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.
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