Wednesday, 22 April 2020

Empat Penampilan Menghadiri Pertemuan Daring Selama #DiRumahAja


1. Kaus kerah lebar + lipstik senada

Sebagai manusia yang hanya punya kipas angin di kamar, memakai kaus lebar dengan kerah yang lebar pula jadi jalan ninja demi bertahan duduk manis menghadiri pertemuan daring. Suara kipas angin akan beradu dengan suara diri jika memaksa baling-baling kipas berputar. Lipstik jadi penting karna beberapa kali menghadiri rapat dengan wajah polosan, saya dibilang belum mandi! Ih padahal kan yaa kadang udah kadang belum. Lagipula saya juga rindu dandan, mematut diri di depan cermin kan hal yang menyenangkan, pas pula lipstik dan kaos kerah lebar di rumah punyai kepekatan warna yang sama :) 

 Khatulistiwa Membaca weekly meeting

2. Daster

Saat harus menghadiri pertemuan daring sedang pekerjaan di layar masih kentang, ya sudah, hadir saja dengan penampilan apa adanya. Ini juga yang saya suka dari situasi #dirumahaja. Pekerjaan tak perlu ditinggal, hadir dasteran semuanya memaklumkan. 

poetdemic meeting



3. Selimut kain

Pernah ada harinya kala Pontianak memberi pagi yang sejuk hingga gaya gravitasi bantal susah dilawan. Panggilan atasan jadi satu-satunya alasan segera muncul di layar berkamera aktif. Tentu saya tak perlu rungsing ke kamar mandi dulu. Cukup berjalan lima langkah, tarik selimut melingkari badan, mana ada yang tahu saya sambil memeluk guling di baliknya >_<



 4. Kaus kerah lebar + kain + korset

Ini jadi satu-satunya penampilan yang saya pikirkan hingga ke bawahan. Biasanya apa adanya saja, tak ada pun tak apa, haha. Tapi bawahan ini jadi problem saya selama pertemuan karna salah arah lititan! Ah, gara-gara situasi #dirumahaja Omah Wulangreh membuka kelas daring tari bali. Sudah lama saya mengincar kelas terbukanya tiap saya berpelesir ke ibu kota, apa daya baru bisa berjodoh justru saat tak bisa bertatap muka langsung. Puspanjali, tari yang diajarkan, memang cukup mudah sehingga semua peserta bisa mengikuti dengan baik, walau saya yakin badan saya pasti habis dipiles-piles oleh Mba Putri bila kami tak dibatasi oleh ruang.

online workshop by Omah Wulangreh

Tuesday, 14 April 2020

The Feminist Minds – Two Years of Collected Essays from Magdalene



Magdalene proclaimed itself as a Jakarta-based women-focused online media outlet known for its bold and daring coverage that pushes the envelope and advocates equality and progressive values. A channel for the voices of feminists, pluralists, and progressives, or just those who are not afraid to be different, regardless of their genders, colors, or sexual orientations. After five years (Magdalene came to being in September 2013), they decided to put in print some of the articles and essays from the two years of their publication as appreciation to their contributors, so here came the book.

The contents divided into seven parts: I am Magdalene, womanhood, gender and feminism, faith and identity, relationship, gender and sexuality, and leisure and culture. Each part separated by a pink-and-gray-two-page illustration with a powerful quotation. There are fifty-six articles written by males and females with different backgrounds in this not-so-pink book (I seriously like the shades). But since this is an online media and written in English, we know that the contributors are not that diverse.

Two articles that I like are Kartini the Forgotten Nationalist, written by Devi Asmarani, Magdalene Editor-in-Chief and May 1998 and How It Changed Me by Elisa Sutanudjaja, a full-time mom (which she finds a bit odd because how can you determine part time or full time for motherhood?) (yes, you can know the writers’ background, it is available on the last pages). Some (or most?) articles feel too judgemental and some are too shallow. I mean, yeah we are being judged by others but why you also judge the others and try to show that you are the one who right? If I had to rate the book, it would be three out of five. The shallowness is forgiven because (maybe) Magdalene wants to bring feminism issues to the tiniest level of our daily life.

By the way, please kindly check magdalene.co, it does not only serve articles to be read but also podcasts to be listened.