Julia Suryakusuma
The writer is the author of Sex, Power and Nation. She can be contacted at jsuryakusuma@gmail.com

ON Thursday I was going to a very special party. So how come I felt depressed? Was it because (a) I didn’t have a new dress? (b) a big pimple erupted on my nose the night before? or (c) I was worried that I wouldn’t have a decent selection of dance partners to choose from?

No, it was (d) none of the above, but my depression