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beneath the endless sky

Coffees I consumed throughout July. Became addicted to hot Vanilla Latte.

July's Bookmail.

Perempuan di Titik Nol (Woman at Point Zero Indonesian translation) by Nawal El Saadawi

This book reveals a truth that happened nearly 50 years ago, yet the similar situation still resonates and reflects in our today's reality. Nawal El Saadawi, through the brief interview with Firdaus (a woman who get imprisoned by the authority after killing a man), expose the corruption caused by deeply rooted patriarchal society in Egypt. After that interview, Firdaus was taken away in front of Nawal to face her punishment. She may no longer with us, but all over the world, the same story still happened, torturing, and scaring women. There are still many others like Firdaus, suffering under the flawed society.

Reading this book felt so empowering yet heartwrenching. But more of it, this book should leave us an uncomfortable feeling, making one's mind unable to stop thinking about the terrible systems that still existed and maintained. How many women remain unheard when facing violence and assault, only to be arrested and punished for defending themselves?

"Firdaus symbolized resistance. As she said: My life means their death; it is not my knife they fear but the truth."

The only downside of this book is in the physical aspects. The translation is still rough, with some typos here and there, even when I have the newest edition. The message of this book would be better conveyed and understood if the translation were updated and more carefully reviewed.

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My Poems Collection So Far (2019-2024)

Sometimes we need poetry to endure our most painful moments for it makes everything beautiful

milk and honey by Rupi Kaur

This book is so insufferable. I'm not saying this is not a good book, but surely not suitable for someone in mid 20s. If you are 17-19, then yes. But the chapter of 'the hurting' is depicting a childhood trauma of her upbringing, which perhaps most women can relate to.

But I do still need to be honest, my whole worlds crumble over the first chapter. The trauma she captured, surely is heartbreaking and soul-wrenching. I am not saying this because I'm a woman, but no one in this world, deserved to be violated that harsh and that young.

Franz Kafka didn't say, "I love you". He said, "you're the knife I turn inside myself".

And to mimic him, I want to say:

"You are the love I've prayed for my whole life, in a shape of a mortal being. But how can I call you mortal, when you had stayed in my mind longer than I could recall, living and breathing fire, melting all the awkwardness and wishless dreams."

And we might be a 'Richard Papen' somewhere in our life. Looking for place where we can feel desired, needed, and would never get left behind.

thinking about how richard papen was so desperate to find somewhere to belong because of the broken family he came from and he was obsessed with the exclusive class and after joining them he started resembling them, picking up their habits and their attitude, all because he wanted a family, to be included, and yet even after he joined them he still remained an outsider up until the very end. “your worst sin is that you have destroyed and betrayed yourself for nothing” is so richard papen

Your lips seems blurry in my mind like it was miles and miles away, and i never been this passionately miserable of missing something that was never mine to claim in the first place, the hurt caused by the absence of your touches keep bludgeoning me like a hammer to a nail, a harsh reminder of how I was nothing than a mere object in a tasteless sentence, without your presence, breathing seems missing its meaning.

𝕳𝖊𝖓𝖗𝖞 𝖂𝖎𝖓𝖙𝖊𝖗

james and oliver - the hero and his sidekick

henry fucking winter

Therefore, do not hesitate to make a mistake and continue searching until you find the right person.

k.b. // human design analysis

Introduction.

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The account is mostly about books, journaling, and cafe hopping related content. Pictures are hers and not for commercial use. Pictures that aren't taken by her would be shared with credit to the owner.

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There would be NSFW content such as interaction, harsh words, profanities, books' theme, so the account is not so much family friend. It's no minor area.

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⋅ Isabelle Amanda Hennschen is the name. You may call me with Isa ⋅ A Taurus through, and through. ⋅ Languages spoken are English, Indonesian, High Valyrian (ˢᵒ ˡⁱᵗᵗˡᵉ), German (ˢᵒ ˡⁱᵗᵗˡᵉ) ⋅ Choosing dark/light academia as her aesthetic used avatar: Emily Carey, Kim Dami

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⠀⠀⁀➴ HOBBIES

⋆ Reading ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ I love to read, mostly classics and essays. Not to mention, Indonesian historical fiction too. These are my favorite books from all time: The Secret History, Tetralogi Pulau Buru, I, 1984, The Stranger, Homage to Catalonia, Animal Farm, The Jakarta Method, The Universe of Us, A Song of Ice and Fire, and Gadis Pantai.

⋆ Musics ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ Genre: RnB, Lo-Fi, Classics, K-Pop, Pop, Folk Artist(s): BTS, Claude Debussy, Keshi, New Jeans, Novo Amor, SZA, Summer Walker, The Weeknd, Franz Gordon, KIOF, Rini, Niki, Thuy, Nadin Amizah, etc.

⋆ Writing and Journaling ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ As for me, writing and reading come in the same package. The more I read, the more dying I am to write my abundance amount of thoughts. My writing mostly about yearning, devotion, and infinite sums of adoration toward people or fictional character I fancy. Journaling is one thing, yet book commentary is another thing I did beside pouring down thoughts about life and universe in general.

Bring back my sanity. I pity myself for not even mad at their wrong-doings to Bunny