Apr 21, 2021 Last Updated 2:05 AM, Apr 21, 2021

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Social Media

Why so serious?

Twitter/mumaxxmuma

Netizens’ responses to the banning of a popular slang word raise questions about the moral character of public communication

Pelakor dan Instagram

Lost in A Love Affair / Amanda Niekamp Creative Commons

Bahasa yang kita gunakan di media sosial ternyata sangat bias jender dalam memosisikan kaum perempuan dan melepaskan tanggung jawab kaum lelaki dalam narasi perselingkuhan

Budaya populer queer

Indonesian female cosplayer performing as a male character / Indra Adryan @indraadryan; APHIN @phinaphin. permission to use the photo granted

Ruang-ruang baru ekspresi queer melalui idola Korea dan komik bromance Jepang

#EroticArt: Agency, advocacy and women’s sexuality

One of my erotic drawings posted on Instagram / Patresia Kirnandita

Art and activism combine to drive the discourse about female sexuality on Instagram

Bicara tentang seksualitas perempuan lewat #eroticart di Instagram

Salah satu gambar erotis yang saya unggah di Instagram / Patresia Kirnandita

Menonton malu dan penghukuman

This image of a public caning in Aceh featured in news outlets around the world: Image by Heri Juanda/AP

Penyebaran foto hukuman Syariah merupakan strategi utama kontrol sosial di Aceh

Pelakor and Instagram

Lost in A Love Affair / Amanda Niekamp Creative Commons

Language around extramarital affairs on social media punishes women and lets men off the hook

Are #DildoforIndonesia a pair of sexist pricks?

The red letters spell out ‘most enjoyable penis’. Full poster reads, ‘The most fun tronjal-tronjol coalition for Indonesia, Nurhadi-Aldo for Indonesia, most fun tronjal-tronjol’. ‘Tronjal-tronjol’ means losing one’s mind during enjoyable sex activities.

Satirical candidates that once seemed refreshing have slipped into tired obscenity

#StayAlive

The 'Into the Light' Facebook page

Social media’s ability to help cut through stigma and misinformation on suicide is being underutilised

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