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Teaching Literature From nan29 in A Feminist Blog (280 days old)

In my workplace, besides being assigned to teach English and Bahasa Indonesia, I am also responsible to watch students during ‘library’ sessions. Every student is assigned to read one book… more

Women in Indonesia's soap operas From nan29 in A Feminist Blog (280 days old)

I remember one day during my college days, a male senior lecturer of mine protested the portrayal of ‘modern’ women in many soap operas in television (Indonesians call them ‘sinetron… more

Why bike to work? From nan29 in A Feminist Blog (366 days old)

“At first my workmates considered me weird. However, since they knew me as someone who usually have weird hobbies, they no longer gave a damn on my biking to work.”This was what Pak Warg… more

Saved!, Juno, Gilmore Girls From nan29 in A Feminist Blog (366 days old)

A coin has two sides. Just like a movie has many interpretations, not only two.I plan to watch JUNO with my students this Monday. I have watched this movie with another class before, around a month … more

Homosexuality From nan29 in A Feminist Blog (366 days old)

“God never made mistakes in creating human beings!” The statement above was said by one student of mine several months ago when I asked the class to discuss homosexuality/transgende… more

Into the Wild From nan29 in A Feminist Blog (366 days old)

This movie is based on Jon Krakauer’s book that tells us about the true story of Christopher Johnson MacCandless who was born on February 12, 1968 and died on August 18, 1992. Getting very dis… more

Change Your Perspective: Join Student Exchange From nan29 in A Feminist Blog (451 days old)

I have got an answer to my question to myself a year ago, “Why are the five students selected to go abroad by AFS committee all studying at Islamic boarding school?” I have been looking fo… more

Bike to Work From nan29 in A Feminist Blog (500 days old)

“I am not sure if you will succeed in gathering many people to join that b2w community,” this was Angie’s pessimistic comment when seeing the flyer of ‘bike to work’.I sa… more

Breastfeeding Bylaws? From nan29 in A Feminist Blog (527 days old)

This recent week one mailing list I join has been talking about the plan of the Health Institution of South Sulawesi to issue a provincial bill to (somewhat) force women who just deliver babies to bre… more

Freedom Writers 2 From nan29 in A Feminist Blog (542 days old)

After writing the result of the discussion in my class on FREEDOM WRITERS, in this article I will write what I like most from this movie.Erin Gruwell is always the most conspicuous character. She real… more

Freedom Writers 1 From nan29 in A Feminist Blog (542 days old)

On Saturday 17 May 2008 I invited my class to watch FREEDOM WRITERS. The class consisted of 15 students, 4 guys and 11 girls, and all of them are college students. Before watching the movie, I gave th… more

On Kartini Day 2008 From nan29 in A Feminist Blog (542 days old)

On Kartini Day, 21 April 2008, I was invited as one resource person in one local television of Semarang. The theme was talking about Kartini, as a woman who was popularly known as the ‘triggere… more

Why getting married? From nan29 in A Feminist Blog (567 days old)

A workmate of mine, whose stories oftentimes inspired me to write for my blog, told me an experience of her cousin some days ago. Her cousin, a woman, lives in a small town in Central Java while her h… more

NH Dini From nan29 in A Feminist Blog (567 days old)

Several weeks ago I attended a sort-of promotion book of ARGENTEUIL by one senior writer in Indonesia, NH Dini at RUMAH SENI Semarang located at Kampung Jambe number 280. NH Dini herself as the main s… more

One Day in My Life From nan29 in A Feminist Blog (602 days old)

“You don’t work, do you?” accused a salesclerk when I was about to buy a pair of goggles the other day, in one sport store at Ciputra Mall Semarang. I understood why she accused me l… more

Gender Equality From nan29 in A Feminist Blog (602 days old)

I am oftentimes bothered when finding well-educated people don’t understand the importance of gender equality in social life, for both sexes betterment, not only for women, but also for men. To … more

Racial Prejudice 2 From nan29 in A Feminist Blog (602 days old)

In FREEDOM WRITERS movie, the role of Erin Gruwell, the teacher who happened to be white, is very strong to make her students coming from various ethnic groups—the Black, the Asians (especially … more

Racial Prejudice 1 From nan29 in A Feminist Blog (602 days old)

When reading the previous post at THE JAKARTA POST, I remembered one discussion I had with a good friend of mine, especially on the way the Dutch colonial government divided society into three hierarc… more

Chinese Indonesians From nan29 in A Feminist Blog (602 days old)

CHINESE-INDONESIANS FRIGHT PREJUDICEBy Lilian BudiantoElizabeth Widjaja, a Chinese-Indonesian housewife who has opened her cozy home to disadvantaged children, is well known throughout the community.S… more

Soekarno vs Soeharto: My Dad From nan29 in A Feminist Blog (653 days old)

When my dearest Dad was still alive, I was not very close to him. He was a kind of old-fashioned parent who probably thought that he didn’t need to be close to the children, to make the children… more

Soeharto passed away From nan29 in A Feminist Blog (653 days old)

On Sunday 27 January 2008 around 13.15 Angie and I entered a food stall selling chicken noodle and meatballs somewhere on Jalan Suyudono Semarang, not far from my dwelling place. Before both of us sat… more

Not Knowing ... From nan29 in A Feminist Blog (657 days old)

I sometimes think that not knowing something is better than knowing. Or, not knowing makes someone’s life more peaceful. In Javanese culture, in general, and in Central Java (or Semarang… more

Feminism: A Western Culture? 2 From nan29 in A Feminist Blog (657 days old)

When I was in the elementary school, the second half of 1970s, I used to find many girls getting married after graduating from elementary school. Don’t imagine that they were around 11 or 12 yea… more

Feminism: A Western Culture? From nan29 in A Feminist Blog (657 days old)

“Feminism is western lifestyle. Therefore, as eastern people, we are not to follow it because it is not our culture. It can be added too that feminism is against Islamic teachings. Consequently,… more

Women: the Oppressed and the Oppressor From nan29 in A Feminist Blog (675 days old)

Several weeks ago, a workmate of mine told me about a neighbor of hers who was treated very unfairly by his mother. The mother has four children. She treated her husband (or ex husband, I am somewhat … more

Educational System in Indonesia From nan29 in A Feminist Blog (675 days old)

Monday afternoon December 24, 2007, I attended a class having a presentation time. There were five students to present their papers. However, I was attracted only to two of them. One student talked ab… more

The Death of the Author From nan29 in A Feminist Blog (675 days old)

I am not sure whether I would come to the same conclusion when writing my thesis if I had not used some theories I chose: Goldmann’s Genetic Structuralism, Feminist Literary Theory (referring to… more

Angie versus Mia From nan29 in A Feminist Blog (675 days old)

Angie means my Lovely Star—Dzikrina Angie Pitaloka; while Mia is the nickname of Mia Thermopolis, the narrator of teen-lit novel entitled Princess Diaries written by Meg Cabot.I bought the first… more

Ayu Utami From nan29 in A Feminist Blog (675 days old)

Ayu Utami, one feminist writer in Indonesia, is not a supporter of Roland Barthes’ theory of “the death of the author”. She said that when she was invited by the committee of KAMPOEN… more

Religious = Saved? From nan29 in A Feminist Blog (700 days old)

When reading one article in Jurnal Perempuan number 54, I remember one friction I had with a very good friend of mine. It was not about gender equality though; it was more on religious pluralism. I wa… more