In this article: Ramayda Akmal
Originally published in Eksentrika.
Dec 10, 2025
Read the full article here.
Originally published in Eksentrika.
Dec 10, 2025
In a session titled She Who Remembers, She Who Rewrites, Indonesian novelist Ramayda Akmal remarked:
“Fiction has the power to refract and expand reality — it plays an important role in revealing the unspoken things that are too difficult for people to say.”
Together with Belgian writer Lize Spit and Malaysian author Bernice Chauly (moderator), Ramayda explored how female characters are often dismissed as cerewet — fussy, nagging, “too much” — and how this mirrors the way women’s writing is read.
“Fiction has the power to refract and expand reality — it plays an important role in revealing the unspoken things that are too difficult for people to say.”
Together with Belgian writer Lize Spit and Malaysian author Bernice Chauly (moderator), Ramayda explored how female characters are often dismissed as cerewet — fussy, nagging, “too much” — and how this mirrors the way women’s writing is read.
Read the full article here.
George Town Literary Festival
