Desi Dwi Prianti is an assistant professor in the communication department, Universitas Brawijaya Indonesia. She obtained her philosophical doctorate on gender studies from Utrecht University, The Netherlands. Her research interest covers the topic of media, gender, and cultural studies. She also considered the postcolonial state of Indonesia society as a significant factor in foregrounding Indonesia social dynamics. Her current publication discusses the topics of masculinity, fatherhood, gender relations, as well as the visual studies that all intertwined with the experience of being colonized. Now she is also the director of the Centre for Culture and Frontier Studies, Universitas Brawijaya as well as part of Atgender, The European Association for Gender Research, Education and Documentation.