Intan Paramaditha

"We are always haunted by the question of not choosing the other path, the road not taken…Travelling is always about making choices, but at the same time your choices are made for you, structured by ma…"

"…My fiction is also influenced by women intellectuals such as Melani Budianta and Julia Suryakusuma. I love the works of male writers such as Asrul Sani, Budi Darma’s Orang-orang Bloomington , and Moe…"

"…I thought it was important to resist. That’s why I wanted to tell stories about bad women. Feminism, though, was much less appealing than in today's conservative Indonesia. Even progressive male thin…"

"We can decide where to go but we’re not really free…I like having this idea of multiple selves and multiple circumstances. Because that’s what we are."

"In order to fit into certain ideals, you need to mutilate yourself."