“Anyone who imagines a different reality is helping everyone else to see our power to act, and to make changes.” —Never Say You Can’t Survive by Charlie Jane Anders Growing up as a queer person in Indonesia meant continually starving for representation. It’s only within the past years that … [Read more...]
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Cultural Context, Joy, and Community: Lunar Boy and the Realities of Queer Experience in the Global South
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Dilan 1997 releases today: Netflix’s Indonesian romance returns with love, memories and political turmoil
August 29, 2026 by
Dilan 1997 is an Indonesian-language romance and drama set to stream on Netflix on 28 August 2026. The title carries a UA-13+ rating and features Niken Anjani, Ariel, Raline Shah, and Wafda Saifan Lubis in key roles. Based on a novel, the film continues a story rooted in youth, love and changing … [Read more...]
Apart Hate: How Trevor Noah Made Me See Indonesia
August 25, 2026 by
Editor’s Introduction Kanti W. Janis is an Indonesian constitutional lawyer, acclaimed author, and political leader whose work bridges constitutional litigation, democratic governance, and anti-extractivist community defense. Emerging from a prominent anticolonial family of independence freedom … [Read more...]
The City and the Writer: In Jakarta with Khairani Barokka
August 25, 2026 by
Art, resistance, “slang unfurling and evolving”: Khairani Barokka considers Jakarta in all its multiplicity. If each city is like a game of chess, the day when I have learned the rules, I shall finally possess my empire, even if I shall never succeed in knowing all the cities it … [Read more...]
A Social Gathering of the Opposition
August 23, 2026 by
News that Oei Tjoe Tat would visit Salatiga, Central Java, in May 1986 reached Stanley Adi Prasetyo. Oei, who had served as a state minister under President Sukarno, was planning to visit the family of his wife, Rika, also known as Kwee Loan Nio, who hailed from that city. To Stanley, then an … [Read more...]
