About

I'm a law graduate based in Jakarta, with a degree in international human rights law from the University of Sussex. By day, I work at Affandy Law Office, where I think about the structures that decide who gets protected and who gets a press release.

Beyond the office, I write. Mostly long-form essays — about Indonesian politics, justice and its absences, the gaps between what the constitution promises and what daily life actually looks like. I also make videos, listen to too much music for someone with a job, and read more novels than is strictly defensible.

This site is where the writing lives without an algorithm choosing what you see. Most of it is free. A few longer pieces are reserved for readers who want to support the work — a single $7 unlock and you have the lot. There's no subscription. There's no login. The unlock lives in your browser, where it belongs.

If something here moves you, the tip jar is on the support page. It pays for the coffee that pays for the next essay. Either way, thank you for reading.