Kebaya Quotes

Kartini adalah pendekar. Ia bukan pendekar busana, melainkan pendekar sastra. Perjuangannya bukanlah agar kaum perempuan suka berkain kebaya, melainkan suka membaca.

When we are finished the little boy walks over to me and looks up at my chest. Then he reaches up and cups my breast in his hand. The mother comes over and does the same thing with my other breast. Yes I am the same I nod. Look. I pull up my shirt and unhook my bra. My breasts pop out and they both smile. I think about the Zapotec village in Mexico where I was not accepted until I was wearing their clothes and the Balinese ceremonies I would never have attended in anything but a kebaya and a sarong. I smile when I realize that if I were to live here I would walk around topless. If I weren't with three westerners I would do it right now.

Pagi ini, di sebuah musim semi, aku dipaksa untuk menyentuh bagian asing tubuhku. Aku sama sekali tak bersedia mengulik wilayah itu. Mungkin ada beberapa bagian Indonesia yang terasa begitu unik dan eksotik. Jawa, Bali, Sumatra, Ramayana, Mahabharata, Panji Semirang, Srikandi, gamelan, kebaya renda merah kesumba, aroma kopi luwak, pedasnya rendang daging, dan gurihnya gulai kambing. Tetapi Indonesia nampaknya bukan eksotisme kultural. Sejak kecil, aku sudah dihadapkan pada peristiwa politik yang tak pernah dialami kawan-kawan satu kelas di Paris. Sebuah peristiwa yang dihapus di dalam buku sejarah Indonesia.