On this year’s World AIDS Day, I would like to share with everybody an op-ed I wrote for (and ironically about) The Jakarta Post in 2008. Eyeroll. I swear this was more ironic than the fact that hipsters are unhip mindless sheeple who all look alike despite the lack of an official dress code. Here, have a read:
It was written based on a distasteful experience applying for a job at The Jakarta Post (which ended in them calling me thrice to bargain with me to get me to accept the job, and I rejected the offer and they finally left me alone because I was so put-off by their unethical practices). But the whole time I wrote it, I actually had HIV+ people in mind and what kind of stuff they must go through.
I’m glad I refused the job offers from The Jakarta Post because in July 2008, I did get my first proper job after graduating from grad school and ultimately ended up with better things—like working with more supportive and generous employers who know their human rights. Including a UNDP internship where I had the opportunity to learn about issues in Papua (one of them being the rate of HIV/AIDS in that province).
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