Asian Bitches Down Under

By Helen Stenbeck

Roughly one in 10 Aussies come from somewhere in Asia, yet when you look at our representation on TV, film, radio and literature, you’d think we were completely non-existent. What do you do when the w... more

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May 30, 2022 Nostalgic food and expressing our own identity. Feat. Frankie Gaw
Have you grown up eating food made by your grandparents and wanted to continue the family tradition? In this episode, a conversation with Frankie Gaw who has a passion for Taiwanese food and the talents in design to express his identity through the love of food.
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May 26, 2022 Ate Lovia, Tokyo Vice, and other cultural consumptions
This week we are taking a bit of a break from the news and concentrating on our cultural consumption to (hopefully) lighten the mood.
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42min
May 19, 2022 Exercise | Do men still want 1950's housewives?
In this episode, we tackle the question of why men prioritise their time to exercise while women tend to take on the responsibilities for housework. When women can apparently 'do-it-all' in this generation, why aren't men pulling their weight?
Muddy People - Sara El Sayed
Thermae Romae Novae - Netflix
The Staircase - Netflix
Men work out on time borrowed from women
Millennial men want 1950s housewives after they have kids
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54min
May 12, 2022 Fashion Week | Representation Economy
In this episode, our conversation explores the issues of the representation economy; the dilemma it is for POC and how it benefits capitalism rather than doing good for the overall social justice.
Heartstopper
Yiyun Li: Dear Friend from my life i write to you in your life
Kevin Chen: Ghost Town
The Care Package: Is the 'representation economy' exploiting us?
Liberal MP Fiona Martin accuses Labor opponent Sally Sitou of 'desperate political games' over radio stoush
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56min
May 05, 2022 Conversation on Adoption. Part 2. Transracial/Intercountry Adoptions
We have extended our conversations about adoption into transracial adoption and identity this week. We also talked about the struggles surrounding the influences of Met Gala and the problematic reverse of Roe V Wade, the dreadful feeling towards mothers day and just a whole lot of this week dealing with emotional exhaustion.
Korean Transnational Adoption to Australia: ‘quiet’ migrants, diaspora, and ‘hometactics’
As a proud autistic, transracial adoptee, Kaleb has spent his entire life trying to prove himself‘I’m the Centre Part of a Venn Diagram’: Belonging and Identity for Taiwanese-Australian Intercountry Adoptees
Transracial adoption: 'I've been accused of kidnapping my white child'
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1h 5min
April 28, 2022 Conversation on adoption. Part 1
Have you considered adopting? Not a dog or a cat, but a human child! In this episode, we talk about the difficulties of the adoption process, and we are only speaking about the process of adopting a child from Taiwan...there might be more/different barriers regarding other countries. This is part one of our discussion about adoption, mainly the logistics and administrative/regulations about adoption. We extended our conversations to 'what if those regulations apply to the people who conceive naturally?'.
Intercountry Adoption - Australia
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1h 6min
April 26, 2022 Creativity and Diversity in Music | Feat. Matt Hsu's Obscure Orchestra
In this episode, we welcome the multi-talent musician Matt Hsu. Obscure Orchestra is the winner of the 2020 and 2022 Queensland Music Awards and leads the industry in creating platforms for creativity and diversity. We chat about what music means to Matt, the importance of cultural identity through music and just simply, enjoying the pleasantness of different music.
Matt Hsu's Obscure Orchestr
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44min
April 21, 2022 Epic - Everything Everywhere All At Once
SPOILER ALERT: In this episode, we shared our 'experience' of watching the amazing and extraordinary movie "Everything Everywhere All At Once" starring Michelle Yeoh and Ke Huy Quan. The epic cinematic experience got us talking about the visual effects, the plot, the sentiments in parent/child relationships and the poignancy of true love.
On other notes, Helen spoke about her disappointment of work in STC and Jess's fantastic experience with Asian American writers.
Rotten Tomatoes: Everything Everywhere All At Once
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1h 3min
April 14, 2022 "Huh? That was Mandarin?" How Hollywood butchers foreign languages
In this episode, we shared some of our cultural consumption of the week; Lady Boss:Jackie Collins Story American Girl and Old Enough
This week we question the reasons that Hollywood or any other English-centred films/TV cannot get foreign languages correctly, how it is perpetuating certain stereotypes of non-English speakers.
YouTube: When Hollywood Speaks Chinese, I cringe
When Can Hollywood Speak Proper Chinese
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48min
April 11, 2022 Writing, Drawing and the concept of Fame - Feat. Kanako Okiron
In this episode, we have the pleasure of speaking to the amazing young writer/artist Kanako Okiron about her life and artistic creations in drawing and writing, and how her cultural background influences her work. We discuss the concept of fame in this modern age that inspired her to write her debut novel "Not Like In The Movies".
You can get Kanako's book here:
Amazon: Not Like In The Movies
Booktopia: Not Like In The Movies
Barnes & Noble: Not Like In The Movies
Kanako's contact email: [email protected]
Kanako's Instagram: @okironkanako
Kanako's Twitter: @okironkanako
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27min

FAQs about Asian Bitches Down Under:

How many episodes does Asian Bitches Down Under have?

The podcast currently has 250 episodes available.