I’m Not Your Kartini

This is just a passerby-post, but it did caught my attention for a while…So here goes.

I first heard Mulan Kwok Jameela’s song “Wonder Woman”, and my first thoughts were:

1. Why is it so Britney Spear-esque, especially the “Do Something” song?
2. Why Wonder Woman?

After watching the video, my comments were:

1. Why is it so Kylie Minogue-ish? (Please see the “Can’t Get You Out of My Head” song for referral)
2. What is it with the wonder woman suit…with the american flag stripes and all??
3. What’s with Cinta Laura, man???

Well, Cinta Laura’s not the point here, although my blog readers seems to enjoy her stories. I’m just saying how it seems that Indonesian culture is getting Americanized in every single way…hence the Wonder Woman with the “American Way” independent image. I’m not anti-American, but for me, Indonesian culture and history is something to be proud of and there should be more ways for the pop industry to commercialize our Indonesian heritage.

I was wearing Batik to a mall and my friend said that I looked like her lecturers.

*moment of silence*

It’s just the simple things, where I see that we don’t pay that much attention for our culture anymore now, do we? Perhaps I can’t dance a traditional dance or sing a traditional song, or know the national heroes from A to Z…but I am starting my personal Batik collection. In any occasion, it’s better for me to wear Batik rather than monkey suits and blazers.

What shocked me was, when I was teaching in this elementary school in Depok, one of the kids sang Mulan Jameela’s “Wonder Woman” song and he (yes, he) totally remembered the lyrics! The lyrics itself is not something a 10-year old should be humming about…furthermore, if you know Wonder Woman better than R.A. Kartini, then there must be something wrong here.

Perhaps I’m just over thinking this matter, but like I said before, it bugs me in an unusual way.

“Aku bukan Wonder Womanmu, yang bisa terus menahan rasa sakit karena mencintaimu“

Ouch.

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