The mention of quotas for women’s representation in politics and the private sector still triggers the staunchest of opposition from supporters of so-called ‘merit’ and those who claim quotas are ‘condescending to women’. These responses fail to dissect what meritRead more…
My life has been marked by lies. Addled by a mother who was both startlingly open and compulsively deceitful, I grew up warped by them. I spent my twenties running from the lies. I became a lawyer, maybe in anRead more…
Jakarta isn’t a walkable city. Footpaths, where they exist, look like they’ve been showered with meteors. The traffic is an engorged snake of cars, motorbikes, angkots, street vendors. Green spaces are almost unheard of, and many choose to wear sanitationRead more…
We’re all crazy. Some people are just better at hiding it. I wish we wouldn’t. It’s here again. The fatigue unlike any other, both dreaded and familiar, worse than the summer I had glandular fever. Unlike the flu, however, IRead more…
Japan is a country where everyday realities evoke ‘shame’ in people, so I didn’t expect to be bombarded with sexual and violent imagery when I visited. While the Japanese government finally banned the possession of child pornography in 2014, animeRead more…
