Yesterday there was this article in the Jakarta Post on how “sculptor Ibnu Nurwanto aims to break the politico-religious discourse on sexuality“.
Well, let’s hope he succeeds. Because muzzling artists would deprive us from what Indonesian painters, sculptors and others can offer. By research ( by googling that is) I got interesting hits. That should [...]
Great.
The Parliament of Indonesia did abolish pornography. Congratulations to these guards of our libido’s.
Forget about the financial and economical meltdown, about deforestation, about hunger and poverty, about healthcare and infra structure: these MP’s know their priorities. They heroically saved all Indonesians from moral and social deterioration. It’s a shining example to all the world what [...]
Whatever you may think, I don’t hate economists. Read this like “I did not have sex with that woman”.
No, actually even some of my best friends are economists. Though I candidly confess that sometimes I have a hard time to keep on loving them. But hey, tensions do inevitably occur in every sound relationship. And [...]
The njai is one of the heroines in a pretty famous novel. She, njai Ontosoroh, concubine of a Dutchman, and their daughter Annelies, represent a complex and dangerous world to Minke, the leading character in Pramoedia Ananta Toer’s novel “Bumi Manusis”. Ontosoroh proves to be an extraordinary strong and independent woman. Yet as an Indonesian [...]
Thoughts on a early, chilly and misty Sunday morning:
1. The problem with finding a partner fit to mate is that they only come ready made.
2. Nuns are women of genius who long ago got the felicitous idea that they could avoid the trouble of unruly men by marrying God.
3. A successful politician is an entrepreneur [...]