220 views
This video is a collaboration between Mari Jeung Rebut Kembali, Bersama Project, Tika & The Dissidents & Sounds From the Corner.Written by Kartika JahjaThe song Tubuhku Otoritasku was written in 2012, as a call to women to embrace the uniqueness of their bodies and as a statement to all that a woman's body is nobody else's rights but her own.Why? Because women's bodies go through so much in life. They are judged, objectified, shamed, sexualized, blamed, policed, and often times experience violence. We are scutinized any which way we go. You show too much skin, you're a slut. You cover up, you're oppressed. You have big breasts, you are provoking. You're not a virgin, your morality is questioned. You're a virgin, you're a prude. You wear mini skirts, you deserve rape (yet rape still happens even if you're covered head to toe).You can't feel beautiful if you're fat. Can't feel sexy if you're skinny. If you don't wear make up, you're plain. If you wear make up, you look dumb. If you don't bear children, you're a failure… the list goes on. Women's cleavage are censored on TV, yet child marriage is legalized, women trafficking, rape and abuse happens everyday, everywhere. Women are taught how to not get raped instead of men being taught not to rape. In this video, we'd like to celebrate the diversity of our beauties and reclaim our bodies away from the judgement, the rules, the scrutiny and the violence. Because the first revolutionary step a woman can make is to love and reclaim herself.
