About this blog & me
Hi, my name is kaewmala (a pseudonym). The title of this blog is “thaiwomantalks.com” because it is a blog on which a Thai woman (yours truly) “talks.”
I use the singular “Thai woman” because it is just me – one Thai woman – talking. I claim to be no expert in nor representative of Thai culture or Thai women, because I’m not. I believe that having been born into a culture doesn’t make one an expert. I’m just a member of a culture who is curious about the various aspects of the culture and society in which I grew up.
See my interview on Women Learning Thai blog, in which I talked about learning and writing on Thai language and culture:
- Part 1 (my background, my perspective on Thai language and society)
- Part 2 (how I go about learning Thai language and culture as a native Thai speaker)
In an audio interview podcast on Bangkok Podcast, I talked about Thai sexuality and Thai-farang relationship.
I love to write and choose to write about language, politics and love because these are the topics close to my heart. Although I speak, read and write Thai at a high level, I have much to learn and I believe that language is a window into a culture and the people in it. Looking at words, their meanings, how they are used and how they change over time, help us understand the way the people in a culture think, feel and relate to one another. I strongly believe that language reveals a culture’s psyche.
On politics, well, I didn’t really intend to talk about politics when I first started this blog, but I ended up writing about it – even a bit obsessed about it sometimes.
About lov
e, this is a topic that got me started on blogging – actually more like love and sexuality.
In 2009 I wrote a book called “Sex Talk: In Search of Love and Romance” which is not about anything hanky-panky but a linguistic-cultural look into Thai language & culture of romance, love and sexuality. The website for that book is here: thaisextalk.com.
I take questions about Thai language and cross-cultural relationship that concerns Thai women, and occasionally post answers that I think might be of interest for a larger audience. However, let me stress that I am not a relationship counselor and am not into providing anyone with advice for intimate relationship problems (so if I don’t respond to certain questions along that line, please be aware that I choose not to, and I apologize for not helping). I can try to provide some general cultural perspectives, if they are useful.
Simply ask your question(s) here, or email me.
ciao
kaewmala
I also occasionally contribute cultural and social commentaries to the SiamVoices Blog on Asian Correspondent.
You can also find me on Twitter as:
- @Thai_Talk (as incorrigible teaser and provocateur of Thai language, culture and politics)
- @thai_idioms (on Thai idioms & slang)
- @lanna_talk (on northern Thai language).
My Profile on Faces on Twitter by @freakingcat
sorry but are you happy in your sex life ? i dont think so like many thai womans
Some may wonder why I approved this comment. While Jack won’t have a satisfaction of getting an answer from me one way or the other, I’ll leave his comment here to speak for itself. (If Jack doesn’t understand why I’d done that, then it can’t really be helped.)
With his evident people’s skills, especially with women, I suppose Jack likely suffers lack of female friendship. But no worries, Jack may find new bosom friends in this post: “Thai Women, Me and the Monkey’s Uncle.”
Hello Kaewmala,
I’m sorry our “friend” Jack left you such a silly comment. I would just like to say, I think it is great what you do and I wish you all the luck in the world with your writing career.
Thank you, Ray, for stopping by and leaving a nice comment.