Content warning: This book discusses sexual violence, war crimes, and trauma. About the Book Perawan Remaja dalam Cengkeraman Militer (Teenage Girls in the Military’s Grasp) is not a novel but a collection of historical testimonies compiled by Pramoedya Ananta Toer during his exile on Buru Island. The book documents the harrowing stories of Indonesian teenage…
Dinamika kosa-kata dalam bahasa Indonesia belakangan ramai oleh ‘Omon-omon’. Istilah yang mencuat di ajang Debat pilpres 2024 ini, pertama kali terucap dari mulut Presiden Prabowo Subianto. Kata yang sebenarnya terpeleset dari niat mengucap Omong – omong, tiba-tiba menjadi ‘Omon-omon’ saat membalas argumen lawan debatnya, Anies Baswedan. Tanpa diprediksi, insiden ini menjadi viral dan menambah meriah…
To be called a lover is to be an object of loving. A being with devotion and craving, enraptured in making mental monologues about what have been, and what should have not. Roland Barthes revealed what it means to stand as a lover. An extreme solitude, he said. Owned or disowned, he dwells in that…
Some time ago, I came across a post on social media claiming that God or the universe gives us relationship intuition signs about who our soulmate will be. As I began reading through the replies, I found myself nodding along with those who agreed with this statement about these intuition signs. One person shared how…
Dad’s Carnegie In 2009 I suffered from depression for months. Some events triggered it, so it wasn’t clinical, but rather an on-set. My parents whom I lived with didn’t know what it was; I was avoiding people, feeling full all the time at the dining table, just being in shambles from morning till after sunset….
Homo Quarens. That’s what humans have turned into, the human of inquiring. After centuries, and centuries from just a simple homo sapiens (the wise), homo faber (the working human), and more on the list we’ve created. We evolved into a species full of questions and anxiousness. Nothing seems right and we soon falter from anxiety,…
As another year unfolds, I find myself in my familiar January ritual – scrolling through horoscopes predictions with a mixture of curiosity, hope, and yes, a slight tinge of anxiety. As a Virgo who also follows Chinese astrology (my animal is a Dog), I’ve always found myself straddling two celestial worlds, picking up nuggets of…
When Iris Marion Young and I Crossed Paths We might always be sensing that homemaking is at the hands of a woman. Coming home to aplace means coming home to mostly things women have touched. Iris Marion Young in heressay narrates her analysis philosophically on this matter. How a place to live, gets called ahome,…
Fair Play : A movie on woman’s unflinching thrive to move forward in men’s universe. Draped in a skin-colored gown, and swayed red hair, Emily played by Phoebe Dynevor struck as a gorgeous girl next door. She effortlessly captivated so many men at the party. But only one man is lucky to have her as his…
