Millions of Palestinians have been affected by the occupation of Israel in Palestine for more than seven decades. Civilians have been killed, violently displaced and forced to live under fear and uncertainty by this colonisation. This is indeed a greedy political war involving many countries that have political interest towards this tragedy. This needs to […]
Historical events that shaped Palestine Read More »
Reksa. Kita telanjang lagi. Aku memungut sisa-sisa hari ini tanpa kamu yang menemani pangkal pahaku yang kering. Kita senang mengalir bersama shower ringkih asam berbau besi berkarat. Tapi sekarang aku rebah di padang pasir. Haus, Tidak ada air yang melegakan kerongkonganku yang mentok dicekik picing pidana. Aku berharap semalam kita mimpi basah. Karena kekasihku mati
At first, a nation and nationalism give an impression of being a genderless concept that affects and is influenced by all community members equally. It comes from the theory discussed by Anderson (2006) about the imagined community in which a nation is a social construction where a community imagines their commonality with its members and
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Homeland. In Bahasa Indonesia, we call it kampung halaman. No matter how far we go, it is a place we shall return home. “I come from a small village, Borong, in East Manggarai, and this Sasando has guided me to travel around the world. The farther I go, the deeper my feelings toward my homeland.
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Is local tradition backward? Is preserving traditional clothes – off-shoulder kemben, wearing traditional hair buns (konde), and tight fitting kebaya – a sin? Is ‘adat’ / culture something in the past and no longer relevant? Is it wrong to hold on to our own roots? . Does wearing a veil represent spiritual consciousness? Everything is
Dilemmatic Transformation of Women in Indonesia Read More »
The interchangeability of being a woman and having the ability to do it all should be normalised, Why isn’t normalised now? I wonder. Why are people still amazed when one of us is able to shine and still have it all under control? Why is there an expectation of us to do this and that
I love doing artwork. But an artwork will be just a piece of artwork if it only stops at my brain or my desk. I am thinking of contributing to a change. So here I am, recreating an artwork, using Angelina Yusridar’s quote to support her during menstrual hygiene day 2023. For me, a meaningful
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In this episode, Angie is discussing decolonising menstrual health in Indonesia based on her experience with Simavi, a Dutch NGO who focuses on women’s rights to water, sanitation and hygiene, including menstrual health. Angie was interviewed by XingYu, from Debris Town, a digital platform for embracing young female fragmentation globally. Click below button to listen
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The menstrual leave policy usually grants unpaid or paid leave to female employees every month during menstruation and has been implemented in a few countries such as Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Zambia, Indonesia and more recently, Spain as the first country to implement the policy in Europe. Since menstruation can cause physical and emotional discomfort
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If you are Asian, African or Latin American, have you asked yourself: what would your country be if it had never been colonised? I reckon some of the answers would be: our country would never be modern, left behind, traditional and even barbarians. However, I really disagree with this. Who says our Indigenous knowledge is
Going back to our root through decolonial feminism lens Read More »
