Tai Tales
Elizabeth TaiPerspectives about tech, culture and (occasional) geopolitics from a Malaysian-Chinese perspective.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Weekly |
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| Issues | 156 | Founded | 5 years ago | Last Issue | 14 days ago |
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Writers, don't make Substack your digital home!
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“But I already have a website on Substack,” you argue. No, Substack is just a distribution tool to amplify your website. It should not be your digital home.
It’s okay if you’ve bought a domain and linked it...
Chinese Bananas Are Disappearing in Malaysia
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I am what many Malaysians would call a banana. Yellow on the outside, white on the inside.
Culturally, that is.
To some, I am undeniably a banana—Chinese, but more proficient in English. They certainly cloc...
Yet another round with Malaysian healthcare
Photo by The New York Public Library on Unsplash
There is no gentler way to put this except that someone is going to cut into my body and remove something.
Typical of my way of coping, I have just pretended it is not happening and buried...
I am bringing my entire self to Substack
The new hero image of Tai Tales is that of a Peranakan lady. I’m a Peranakan, descendant of Chinese immigrants who came to Malaya centuries ago. Since then, they’ve intermarried with the locals (Malays) and have formed a unique culture that...
The Good People in Wicked Nations
I always wonder what it’s like to have the psychic weight of knowing that your country is responsible for inhuman acts.
That’s what I keep thinking each time a million(s)-dollar bomb lands on a school, a hospital, or a residential building...
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Malaysian Chinese with a "rojak" heritage. I work in tech, am based in Kuala Lumpur and write a lot.
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