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Interview: Support for Domestic Abuse Survivors in Bangkok
An interview for Coconuts Bangkok with 3 women with lived experience of abuse, providing recommendations for where survivors of domsetic abuse in Thailand can get help .
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‘Muay Thai Feminist’ – My Interview with The People
I was recently interviewed by Thai news outlet The People about my experience as a female fighter and a feminist in Muay Thai. The article is in Thai, and you can see the original in full on The People’s website, or in the Facebook post below. It was captioned with Read more
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Unter den Seilen – Interview for the Berliner Zeitung
Yesterday, I was featured in Germany’s Berliner Zeitung newspaper. The article, headlined with the German translation of ‘under the ropes’, talks about the rising popularity of Muay Thai for women. Writer Caroline Bock came to train with me at Attachai Muay Thai for an afternoon last month for her very Read more
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From Where I Stand: Under the Ropes on UN Women
UN Women Asia Pacific’s website runs a ‘From Where I Stand’ article series, which highlights people who are creating change in their communities. For their latest article, they featured me, along with the speech I made at the recent Vagina Monologues production at the UN ESCAP building in Bangkok. You Read more
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Defining Consent in Thailand
Last year, I wrote a feature for feminist travel magazine Unearth Women‘s Consent Issue. I interviewed Wipaphan ‘Nana’ Wongswawang, founder of ThaiConsent. She talked to me about sexism, rape culture, politics and patriarchy in Thailand. Here’s the article, ‘Defining Consent in Thailand’. You can read a pdf version of the feature or purchase Read more
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‘Inside the Ring with a Muay Thai Fighter’ – A Feature in Scoot Magazine
You can find me in this month’s issue of Scoot Magazine, the in-flight publication for Scoot Airlines. Last month, writer Ja Racharaks approached me and asked if she could shadow me for a day of training for the feature, which focuses on “a local resident whose job plays a significant Read more
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Interview for Lawrence Kenshin
Lawrence Kenshin has been producing excellent technique breakdown videos for some time and sharing them on his Facebook page and Youtube channel. For the past year or so, he’s been taking some of the most-watched moments in Muay Thai and dismantling and explaining them in bite-sized videos. He’s also been Read more
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Mujeres al Cuadrilátero – ‘Women in the Ring’, an article on Female Fighters in Thailand
On June 1st, an eight-page article on female Muay Thai fighters living in Thailand was published in the Sunday supplement of La Vanguardia, a Spanish newspaper. Put together by journalist Luis Garrido-Julve and photographer Joan Manuel Baliellas, it features several different women, including myself. The featured fighters are Victoria Garcia Read more
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‘A Fashion that Hits Hard’ – Article for Grazia Magazine, Spain, 12th June 2013
I was lucky enough to be featured in the June 2013 issue of the Spanish Grazia magazine. This is something that came about entirely by chance, as journalist Javier Casado originally wanted to interview Master Toddy for an article on women in Muay Thai. During his interview, he asked if Read more
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The Fighter – A magazine article written by a student of mine
As well as training and fighting in Thailand, I also teach English here. This is something I do not only because it funds my stay in Thailand, but because I truly enjoy it. Teaching fulfills me in a way that I never expected it to. Before I became a teacher, Read more