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The power of small acts: Glimmers of hope from 2025

In a year marked by despair, it was small, human acts that broke through the noise, reminding us that hope doesn’t vanish. It’s passed hand to hand, one person to another.

The power of small acts: Glimmers of hope from 2025

Do we really need New Year’s resolutions?

Before you write another set of resolutions, ask yourself: Do you have the anchor to carry it through?

Do we really need New Year’s resolutions?

The case for Gen Z: What we want isn’t much, it’s realistic

Blamed for being entitled, praised for being bold, Gen Z is just trying to survive in the grim economy they inherited.

The case for Gen Z: What we want isn’t much, it’s realistic

Freedom, at a price: The true cost and reward of divorce for women

Walking away from a marriage gone bad often involves steep financial, emotional and social costs. But for many women, the freedom that follows is priceless.

Freedom, at a price: The true cost and reward of divorce for women

When aging women become monsters: The horror trope we can’t escape

Aging women are increasingly portrayed as monsters across the horror genre, both local and global. The trope isn’t just frightening: It reflects deep-rooted sociocultural fears of women whose power no longer depends on beauty, youth or submission.

When aging women become monsters: The horror trope we can’t escape

The Weekend Digest

Living with borrowed certainty: A Gen Z reflection on the climate of our times

Living with borrowed certainty: A Gen Z reflection on the climate of our times

When dry roads feel like a gift, what kind of future are we really holding on to?

I wasn’t into nationalist orchestras, then Satoe Indonesia surprised me

Culture and Entertainment

I wasn’t into nationalist orchestras, then Satoe Indonesia surprised me

What started as a rainy-night obligation turned into a nostalgic reminder that the songs of our childhood never really leave us.

Agak Laen returns funnier and warmer, but don’t call it a sequel

Culture and Entertainment

Agak Laen returns funnier and warmer, but don’t call it a sequel

Prosperity And Progress

Why we overwork (and what that might be hiding)

Why we overwork (and what that might be hiding)

Some of us overwork because we care. Others, because we’re afraid to stop. Either way, it’s time we paid attention to what’s underneath the effort.

Privilege to quit: Hope, desperation and the uneven right to stop

Privilege to quit: Hope, desperation and the uneven right to stop

When quitting is seen as failure, only the privileged get to walk away. What if the right to stop was a matter of justice and not just willpower?

Uniquely yours: Jakarta weddings are getting smaller and more personal

Uniquely yours: Jakarta weddings are getting smaller and more personal

Life

Five films to start 2026 strong (and where to watch them)

Five films to start 2026 strong (and where to watch them)

From friendship to forgiveness, these films offer something steadier than escape as 2026 begins.

Five cultural moments that shaped 2025

Five cultural moments that shaped 2025

From padel courts to TikTok folklore, here's a look at a handful of formative moments we’re still trying to process.

Easing into 2026: The soft guide to start being productive again

Easing into 2026: The soft guide to start being productive again