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We are not performative enough, honestly! How's the book? Which part is the most eye-opening/fascinating for you?

You already had it! Oh yeah, I enjoy insights from Dandhy's series and I know it's going to be good! Love any books that make parcok parno enough 😈

Please do, the amount of research that went into this is remarkable! (I only read this in the morning/afternoon with my notebook and coffee though, haha).

The seed of this book was Prof. Saskia E. Wieringa's effort to combat the notion that queer history and related studies only exist in Western countries. Indonesian independent publisher and collective Komunitas Bambu did the translation project to make Indonesian queer history more accessible.

The postcards are donation souvenirs from Queer Indonesia Archive collective. I love that the postcards and the book cover were inspired by Javanese "wayang orang" performance. I grew up watching it and I always see it as having certain fluidity that lends to queer interpretation.

Here's an interesting mention about the book that might inspire Tolkien's Goblin cave drawing and alphabet. www.tolkienguide.com/modules/newb...

The photo of young Tolkien's hiking group was taken from "The Worlds of J.R.R. Tolkien: The Places that Inspired Middle-earth" by John Garth. It's a fantastic book. #Booksky

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