A girl navigates her first period while a woman anticipates her last. A mother loses her baby before she can hold him. A friend opens up about her struggles with mental health. The How Are You Feeling? anthology collects the first three issues of Difference Engine’s DE Shorts imprint: A Drip. A Drop. A Deluge: A Period Tragicomedy, Bearing Witness, and Worlds Apart: A Conversation about Mental Health.
From humorous anecdotes drawn from difficult conversations, contrasting encounters, and shared conundrums, to deeply personal experiences, this trilogy of comics seeks to open up dialogue about relatable issues that remain difficult to talk about.
Griselda Gabriele, illustrator of Bearing Witness, is a Singapore-based Indonesian artist with experience in editorial illustration, comics, and visual development for games and animation. Her work and interests include a wide range of topics such as Southeast Asian arts and culture, gender-sensitive journalism, and information literacy.
Vinita Ramani, author of Bearing Witness, is a writer and editor She has previously worked as a journalist for various local and regional publications, and as a publicist for film festivals, both in Singapore and abroad.
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