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, Ruth Maria Artauli Purba shared a personal episode of how those storied youth tales cannot be generalized to every young teens - especially considering that one can have invisible disability.
Responding to the current growing popularity of films like Hokum (2026), Backrooms (2026), and Obsession (2025), in this Open Column submission, Agnes Giovanni argues that the horror genre’s shift in focus from supernatural fears to dangerous men foreshadows an even darker (and realistic, yet dire and deeply personal) depiction of misogyny in cinema and real life.
In this Open Column submission, Rizky Murdiana questions how, when perceiving life, objectivity through numbers declines subjectivity and the lived experiences that surrounds our lives.
In this Open Column submission, Jagardo Gabetorang Damanik jots down the facts that show how disability representation in Indonesia is a lot more urgent now, more so due to political leadership here that continues to be associated with 'ideals' that marginalize those who do not conform.
In this Open Column submission, Early NHS writes the bitter and often overlooked reality behind major-sounding Musik Timur, and how people need to take into account the reality in which Orang Timur face: racism, land dispossession, extractivism, and political marginalization.