Shock
We need shock once in a while.
Goenawan Mohamad
Edition : 15 October 2019
Sidelines/Tempo
A YOUNG woman, standing among hundreds of demonstrators, wearing loose black sunglasses and an attitude of indifference but apparent conviction, holds up a large poster: “My crotch is not state property.” A pair of youg girls wearing hiljabs carry a different poster: “Something is standing erect. Not justice. Cocks.” Another young girl declares her thoughts in Javanese, translated as: “Is it true that matters of
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