Southeast Asian Social Critique

This Whole OM TELOLET OM Craze

And Why It Matters in the Broader Socio-Cultural Context

This Whole Mess We Call “Indonesian Censorship”

Can someone please make it stop?

Indonesia’s censorship has gotten to a point where it has become a parody of itself. On Monday (10/10), the film Automata (2014) on TransTV got the blur treatment. So…

Indonesia’s Non-Taxpaying Culture

Is it necessarily true that someone presented with the option to evade taxes will always choose to…

In Defense of Violence

Or, why we should stop debating violent acts per se and start questioning the narratives around them

Indonesia’s Internet Censorship, Two Years On

Slowly but surely, we’re curving away from total net…

Kemal Palevi’s Bra Prank is Everything That’s Wrong with Sexuality in Indonesia

Or, How We Severely Misunderstand Everything About Respect and Consent

A Beginner’s Guide to Hating Indonesia

Four Tips on Managing that Symptomatic Love-Hate Relationship…

What Teenage Girls’ Bodies Can Tell Us About Indonesian Politics

How our gaze towards the teenage…

The Ironic Tyranny of Innovation

When bastions of openness degrade into delusional tedium