The Year That Never Ended: Understanding the Experiences of 1965 Victims (Roosa, Ratih and Farid, eds., 2004)
2004 Elsam/ISSI/TRuK volume distilling an oral history project of 260 victims, with essays including on women political prisoners (Josepha Sukartiningsih), rape in Central Java, survival strategies and Blitar Selatan. Introduction defends oral history against the Lubang Buaya myth.
State actions regarding G30S: Gadamerian study of survivors (Atmaja, 2012)
2012 article by Hamdan Tri Atmaja using Gadamerian hermeneutics and interviews with seven survivors (two women held at Plantungan) on how they interpret state actions after G30S: readings of the coup, groundless arrests and interrogation.
Women's resistance through writing in the albums Dunia Milik Kita and Salam Harapan (Saraswati and Subono, 2021)
2021 article by Saraswati and supervisors on Dialita's albums Dunia Milik Kita (2016) and Salam Harapan (2019), arguing songs by women prisoners are 'penulisan perempuan' and a form of resistance, with an account of Dialita's origins. Companion to the 2022 thesis summary.
Gerwani as a political school of Islam in the Sukarno era (Rahmanudin, 2022)
Deden Rahmanudin, 'Gerwani Mazhab Politik Islam Era Soekarno' (Jurnal Kewarganegaraan 6:2, 2022), a literature-based article presenting Gerwani as a feminist movement and discussing it from an Islamic viewpoint (Sukarno's Sarinah, Hamka). Drawing on Wieringa and Lestariningsih, it recounts Gerwani's 1950 founding, MPs
Political subject in Martin Aleida's short story 'Ode untuk Selembar KTP' (Nugroho, 2022)
2022 UGM article reading Martin Aleida's short story 'Ode untuk Selembar KTP' through Ranciere: a woman jailed thirteen years, ending at Plantungan, sells land to bribe an official to remove the 'ET' code from her ID. Literary context on stigma.
Women's voices in the songs of the Dialita choir (Saraswati, 2022)
2022 Universitas Indonesia gender-studies thesis summary analysing five Dialita songs (Lagu untuk Anakku, Ibu, Salam Harapan, Tetap Senyum Menjelang Fajar, Ujian), written by women prisoners at Ambarawa, Bukit Duri and Plantungan, as feminine writing in Cixous's sense. Lyric analysis.