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Model Hayati Azis’s shaved head defies local Indonesian beauty standards

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Model Hayati Azis's shaved head defies local Indonesian beauty standards

We speak to the Muslim model about how her recently shaved head has given her a new lease of life Growing up in Jakarta, Hayati Azis never fit in. A tomboyish child who wanted to play with the boys and didn’t look like the other girls, she was frequently bullied no matter how hard she tried … Read more

Radio LBB: Roots Vol. 28

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Now into its sixth year and the 28th edition. For the uninitiated the Roots playlist showcases an eclectic range of music from across the globe of unfamiliar, forgotten, or recently discovered, to the most upfront sounds of now, all with the common theme of being rooted in Africa. Some of the highlights this time round … Read more

John Coast | The Smart Set

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The transformations in John Coast’s life are bewildering to comprehend. There is not a chapter of Coast’s life that was anything less than extraordinary. Even in its bare bones, Coast’s life reads like a modernist experiment in biography. Something like a cut-and-paste collage of some of the twentieth century’s most extreme episodes. An assault on … Read more

SUSU is the zine honouring Indonesia’s unsung feminist heroes

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SUSU shines a light on the pioneering women that fronted Indonesia’s four waves of feminism In February 1998, resistance towards Indonesia’s president, Soeharto, and his New Order regime reached boiling point. His military-dominated government was defined as centralised, strong and heavy-handed, and committed rampant human rights violations against political dissidents, resistance movements and, increasingly, women. … Read more

Romantic Echoes’ murderous trilogy concludes with a happy ending – Entertainment

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Felix Martua (The Jakarta Post) Jakarta   ●   Tue, December 6, 2022 2022-12-06 12:00 0 13405bdda0fa48fa10490aed704bf028 1 Entertainment music,musician,romantic-echoes,new-album,singer-songwriter Free Happy endings and creative emancipation are chronicled in Paradisa, the alt-rock artist’s latest album, which deliberately forgoes the shackles of genre and mainstream-oriented norms. Jack Alfredo is in a good place and not afraid to … Read more

1,700 People Attend Indonesian Night in London

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Jakarta: The Indonesian Embassy in London held Indonesian Night on Tuesday night. Indonesian Night was the culminating event of the Experience Indonesia series.   Held at Central Hall Westminster, the event was attended by around 1,700 people.It featured performances from traditional communities and prominent Indonesian musicians.  “The more people know the beauty of Indonesia, the closer … Read more

Black and Indigenous models on Southeast Asia’s colourism problem

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Growing up biracial in Malaysia, model Hikma was often bullied for being different. Constantly teased for being plus-size, for her dark skin and her curls, she started wearing hijab just to stop people looking at and touching her hair.  In Vietnam, Huỳnh Tiên, who is of Cameroonian and Vietnamese descent, faced similar comments as a … Read more