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Men with the souls of women: Indonesia’s transgender waria
Three lithe young women frolic around in short nightdresses. Smoking cigarettes, they’re slowly getting drunk from a bag of potent local wine. I’m in Kemang, a wealthy district of South Jakarta – home to flashy bars, beer-swilling expats and cashed up locals. But here in the backstreets, … Read more
Gang of Five
Gang of Five: shit siblings
In our list series, ‘Gang of Five’, we make a list of five things related to … whatever we like. Here’s KYD Online Editorial Assistant, Stephanie Van Schilt, with five ‘shit siblings’. A few years ago, the Triple R Breakfasters would list the ‘lesser’ child of a … Read more
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A Christian’s Christmas
Being a Christian doesn’t exactly earn you cool points in the workplace – especially around Christmas. If a colleague asks, ‘What are you doing over the break?’ responding enthusiastically with something like ‘CELEBRATING THE BIRTH OF MY LORD AND SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST!’ can result in the loss … Read more
Books
The Religious Impulse: An Argument for the Novel of Ideas [review]
36 Arguments for the Existence of God: A Work of Fiction, Rebecca Goldstein Publisher: Atlantic Books (Allen & Unwin) ISBN: 9781848871540 RRP: $29.99 In Jeff Sparrow’s recent essay for the March edition of Meanjin, the current crop of militant atheists (Dawkins, Hitchens and the perhaps lesser known … Read more
