Nowhere Safe (2021)
Category
Comic
Project
Self-initiated
⚠️ Trigger Warning ⚠️
This short fiction contains sensitive content about sexual assault.
Short diary of an Unnamed Girl about her growing anger and despair in a patriarchal society.
Inspired by raw, spontaneous, and emotional writing by @ainthebooks (Instagram).
I still have hope that my personal anger is also shared by the masses — a collective anger. An outrage among just about anyone with eyes and ears.
Hope this comic bothers you.
This short fiction contains sensitive content about sexual assault.
Short diary of an Unnamed Girl about her growing anger and despair in a patriarchal society.
Inspired by raw, spontaneous, and emotional writing by @ainthebooks (Instagram).
Artist Personal Notes, 2021:
1 year ago, after hearing enough stories about various sexual assaults in my lifetime, another viral case came to the public attention; that of Novia Widyasari’s (RIP), which triggered a deep helplessness and fury inside me.
In the midst of processing my emotions, my friend sent this raw, spontaneous, and emotional writing by @ainthebooks (Instagram) to me. It enhanced my anger toward the grave injustice, but it also inspired me to spread the anger in a visual form to conceive the emotions even more, hoping to spark the anger to you and everybody else.
In the midst of processing my emotions, my friend sent this raw, spontaneous, and emotional writing by @ainthebooks (Instagram) to me. It enhanced my anger toward the grave injustice, but it also inspired me to spread the anger in a visual form to conceive the emotions even more, hoping to spark the anger to you and everybody else.
“Anger has a long history of bringing about positive change.” - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Novia’s case had somewhat “formally” concluded and Indonesia has passed the sexual violence eradication bill, but we still have long way to go to make Indonesia a truly safe space — and home — for its women.I still have hope that my personal anger is also shared by the masses — a collective anger. An outrage among just about anyone with eyes and ears.
Hope this comic bothers you.
