The current British Library exhibition, Unfinished Business: The Fight for Women’s Rights (until 1 August 2021), documenting feminist activism in the UK in historical context, is accompanied by
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Yesterday I was at my parents’ house to visit my mother. I ended up spending a few hours on the 3rd floor, which is where the
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Epilogue for an era: The story of Aksara Kemang
The December 2020 closing of Aksara bookstore’s first and main branch in Kemang marked the end of an era for a venue that had become very
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Turning away from Indonesia
For decades, it has been an article of faith of Australian policy that our continued security and economic prosperity depend, at least partly, on building strong
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Stephent King’s 20 Rules for Writers
Open Culture, October 12th, 2018 In one of my favorite Stephen King interviews, for The Atlantic, he talks at length about the vital importance of a good
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White masks – De Groene Amsterdammer
History is not the past It is the present We carry our history with us We are our history If we pretend otherwise, we literally are criminals James
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Tilik and the gender order crisis
Tilik (The Visit, 2018), a short movie directed by Wahyu Agung Prasetyo, is a viral sensation in Indonesia. Within two weeks of being posted on YouTube, it attracted more
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Race and Representation: Relaunching Asterix in America
The children’s graphic novel publisher Papercutz has launched a new American edition of Asterix, one of the bestselling comics in the world. But there’s a problem.
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‘Harry Potter’ book sales underperform following J.K. Rowling backlash
Harry Potter fans started to distance themselves from the English author JK Rowling back in June, after she posted a series of controversial tweets affirming that women can only
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