In this Open Column submission, Sheilla Njoto invites us to consider one thing in the pursuit that is modern love: Are we dating, or are we just self-marketing?
In this Open Column submission, Joycerlyn Chancellor unpacks a personal recollection and critic towards the 'Chindo' beauty standards, while also recounting her journey in leaving this unrealistic beauty standards behind.
In this Open Column submission, Samantha Dewi Gayatri challenges the framework of weaponizing our degree for the sake of knowledge superiority, where basic human dignity might actually be gatekept—or worse yet, dehumanized.
In this Open Column submission, Gitasya Ananda Murti analogizes the seemingly-complex idea of technofeudalism looming within our horizons using the popular folklore, Satrio Piningit.
In this Open Column submission, Randy Levin Virgiawan gets up close and personal with the crew behind OM Adella, one of the leading dangdut koplo units from East Java, while also proving how dangdut might just be the true folk music in Indonesia. This writing is a tribute to the late Hj. Totok S.R., the founder of OM Adella.
Dalam submisi Open Column ini, Dhiani Probhosiwi menggunakan kaca pembesar untuk melihat yang kadang terlewatkan dari veganisme, dari sudut pandang historis hingga hidup keseharian kita.
In this Open Column submission, Intan Sugianto faces the air of hopelessness and exhaustion with a sliver of hope—which speaks to ones of us who's losing energy in the face of political defeat.