August 2012
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Saya, Perempuan dan Sejarah Kekerasan Diri
Astrid Reza Ketika Yendi Amalia dari YSIK mengemail saya sekian minggu yang lalu, meminta saya menulis untuk kampanye “16 Hari untuk Selamanya”, sebuah kampanye anti kekerasan terhadap perempuan internasional yang berlangsung pada tanggal 25 November – 10 Desember 2010, saya langsung mengiyakan dan saya kira tulisan ini akan mudah. Saya kira saya bisa menyelesaikan tulisan ini dengan cepat dan...
Aug 20th
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July 2012
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“This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for...”
– H.H. Dalai Lama
Jul 6th
Forgive Us
To the people who have also lost loved ones without cause: forgive us for having been unable to stop the tragedy. We pray for the wounds to heal. To the soldiers of all countries and of all centuries, who were maimed for life, or who lost their lives: forgive us for our misjudgments and what happened as a result of them. To the civilians who were maimed, or killed, or who lost their family...
Jul 6th
June 2012
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May 2012
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May 28th
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Alejandro Jodorowsky: Pertemuan Singkat dengan... →
Jago tembak berkaki buntung melintasi gurun di atas bahu lelaki bertangan buntung; kudanil haus memuaskan dirinya di pancuran kesegaran; lelaki gaib bergulat dengan anaconda raksasa di sebuah farmasi bergerak: semua filem hebat Jodorowsky menentang pemirsa dengan iring-iringan liar perlambang yang ditarik dari ketidaksadaran kolektif. Atau setidaknya ketidaksadaran kolektif seperti yang...
May 28th
May 18th
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Divine Women - War of the Words →
Award-winning historian Bettany Hughes discovers how the period known as the Dark Ages was in fact a golden age for a few remarkable women. She finds that education and the written word became vital tools for these women. First, she looks at Theodora, a prostitute who became an empress, who allied herself with Mary the Mother of God to rule over a great Christian empire. Then she looks at the...
May 9th
Mona's Story  →
It’s pleasing to find that one of my favorite writer and historian, Urvashi Bhutalia, write this brilliant piece about Mona, an Indian he/she torn between a community of transsexuals and the values of his/her more conservative family.
May 8th
The Reader and Technology →
A great piece in the advancement of technology that is affecting the way we read and write.
May 8th
WatchWatch
fantastic presentation on emiria sunassa by @mbakheidi
May 3rd
WatchWatch
a brilliant video on eliza kissya by rahung nasution
May 3rd
April 2012
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Apr 10th
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March 2012
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Mar 26th
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January 2012
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Jan 7th
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“Dreams are illustrations from the book your soul is writing about you.”
–  Marsha Norman
Jan 2nd
December 2011
2 posts
Dec 29th
“My hope and wish is that one day, formal education will pay attention to what I...”
– HH Dalai Lama
Dec 23rd
November 2011
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Nov 22nd
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“Pada suatu muasal yang jauh, sebuah kapal penangkap ikan Bugis remuk dihantam...”
– Eka Kurniawan (Kutukan Dapur)
Nov 17th
All The Single Ladies →
Written by Kate Bolick. Despite the situation reflected in the US, but somehow I found many relevant things in our daily life as part of women today.
Nov 5th
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Zlink!: ON/OFF Edisi Proses Kreatif
Ibarat hidup, ini adalah masa di mana kami akan mengisahkan hidup kami. Kami ingat, waktu itu kami berada dalam sekoci Nuh yang ternyata tidak seberapa besar. Ia berkata untuk pergi menuju Utara, melawan arus dan badai yang menerpa kami. Kami membawa beberapa pasang diri kami, yang telah kami kumpulkan diam-diam sebelum air bah mencuci habis bumi ini. Di tengah jalan, kami kehilangan beberapa...
Nov 4th
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Menerjemahkan Marquez, Mengenal Amerika Latin dan...
sebuah catatan kecil dalam Proses Penerjemahan “Chronicle of The Death Foretold” Saya mengenal Gabriel Garcia Marquez ketika saya masih bau kencur dan mulai membaca sastra dunia dari koleksi perpustakaan sekolah dan perpustakaan kota Perth. Lalu datang email-email dari Eka Kurniawan dan nama Marquez muncul dalam salah satu perbincangan kami. Itulah awal dari perkenalan saya dengan Marquez dan...
Nov 4th
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3 Reasons to Travel While You're Young | Goins,... →
A reminder for myself to keep on traveling and don’t hold back
Nov 3rd
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Few intellectuals in court of public opinion →
Written by Benedict Anderson. A hit in the eye for Southeast Asian intellectuals in general for the lost of comprehension and the failure in giving significant comprehension on our daily life.
Nov 3rd
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Kematian Seorang Diktator
Saya membayangkan bulan Mei 1998. Pekat hitam di jalanan. Asap hitam. Kekerasan. Perkosaan. Pembakaran. Penjarahan. Teriakan-teriakan. Suara-suara tembakan. Semua dan segala jenis kekacauan. Saya membayangkan bulan ini, Oktober 2011. Diktator yang tertangkap di gorong-gorong. Diseret paksa. Ditangkap massa. Dipukuli. Ditembaki. Disodomi. Tangisannya tak didengar. Pembunuhannya disiarkan...
Nov 3rd
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The “Missing” Eye of the Messenger
Let us imagine Indonesia in 1965 as a 20-year-old nation. A dynamic, intelligent, vigorous youth. Brave enough to refused the aid from United States. Believed in being revolutionaries to change the nation faith for the better. The political dynamic was in its heyday, with the Indonesian Communist Party (PKI – Partai Komunis Indonesia) seems to be winning the majority. Then suddenly after the...
Nov 3rd
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Keintiman Yang Universal
pass me. pass me slowly if you can for, unlike memory, i don’t stay long lewati aku. lewati aku pelahan kalau kau bisa sebab, tak seperti ingatan, aku tak tinggal lama (“atas YANG HANCUR” Dina Oktaviani, Juni 2011) Kota-kota kesepian. Gema suara penyair yang lirih. Antara warna warni dan hitam putih. Kata-kata menyengat. Kenangan. Rekaman masa lalu dan para hantu. Kedekatan yang tak lagi...
Nov 3rd