My hands are shaking as I look at my crowdfunding page and type. My mouth is dry and my…
Sherry Toh
Sherry “Elisa” Toh (she/they) is a journalist who lives in sunny Singapore. Her diagnosis of SMA type II was in 1999 at 13 months old. Kyphoscoliosis and chronic neuropathy later developed as complications. As a hopeless romantic, her loves include fairy tales, tea, and gaming — the last being the primary focus of her work. She has bylines in PCGamesN, NME, and more. In 2023, her essay “Virtual Progress: A Disabled Journalist’s Thoughts on the Video Games Industry” was published in Singapore’s first printed disability studies anthology, “Not Without Us: Perspective on Disabilities and Inclusion in Singapore.” She writes in hopes of offering community and catharsis. Find her @sherlisass on social media.
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Articles by Sherry Toh
A common tendency among women and girls is to feel like we’re not enough. This insecurity is threaded throughout the…
My voice was off-pitch. I was too nervous. Though the casting directors for Singapore’s nationally televised talent show for children,…
Once upon a time, I was a child who grew up with fairy tales, love songs on the radio and…
The staff at the fictional Manhattan magazine waits with bated breath. It’s a make-or-break moment for reporter Vivian Kent, who’s on a…
White, male, formerly nondisabled: That was the typical profile of an explicitly disabled character in pop culture when I was…
Winter in Singapore isn’t like winter in many other countries. Not much changes in terms of the weather. It might…
My parents used to joke that I should’ve been born an American. As a kid, I loved burgers and fries,…
Since billionaire Elon Musk bought Twitter in late October, I’ve stumbled into the role of being my family’s resident reporter…
Damn Taylor Swift and her lyricism. I had a different plan for this column, with a different title in mind…