Rage Against the Machine: Toward Humane Systems of Mutual Aid
Humanitarian aid is sold as neutral and benevolent. On the ground it often behaves like surveillance and control. This essay traces how mutual aid sustains survival in Palestine, Sudan, and Congo where empire’s aid abandons communities.
Radical Self-Care in Islam: Faith and Healing
Radical self-care is beyond candles and comfort, it’s survival. Rooted in Islam and psychology, it means setting boundaries, rejecting spiritual bypassing, and embracing healing as resistance. Caring for yourself is not selfish; it’s deeply political and faithful.
Unfiltered Reflections on Leftist Spaces, Trauma, and Accountability
Unfiltered reflections on leftist spaces, trauma, and accountability. From mutual aid to purity politics, I explore how carceral logic repeats itself in activist circles—and why reintegration, nuance, and solidarity rooted in care must replace cycles of exile.
Vasectomy Is Not Haram, Systemic Misogyny Is
Being a Muslim woman in Indonesia is political by design. This episode of Unbridled dissects Keluarga Berencana, MUI’s fatwas, and the state’s exploitation of women’s bodies—calling vasectomy taboo while systemic misogyny thrives unchecked.
📢 A Note on Tiers and Where My Work Lives
Comrades, I want to be transparent about a change in how my Patreon tiers are set up. When I first opened this space, I experimented with promises like podcast access and groups that no longer reflect my work. My focus has sharpened: I am both a writer and an advocate, producing essays, critical analysis, and survival frameworks rooted in my politics. Everything I publish here goes first to patrons, then later for free on wrzky.com. Alongside that, I run two connected projects: Knowledge Hub (wrzky.com): essays, long-form analysis, and critical resources in English and Indonesian. Mutual Aid Hub (mutualaid.wrzky.com): an…
Life Update and Building Legacy
Comrades, I have several things I must convey regarding my life and the trajectory of my mutual aid project. I want to be transparent about a shift in how my support system is structured. I’ve been working on a voluntary project to support the mutual aid community on social media platforms through my Mutual Aid Hub and sharing my views through essays, analysis, etc. on Knowledge Hub, while juggling freelance work to ensure I can still contribute to mutual aid through financial means and cover my monthly essentials. Hustle vs. Legacy However, I can no longer manage both freelance work…