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Asian Bitches Down Under episodes

November 29, 2020 Gifting Cultures
In the spirit of festive season, we talk about gift giving, the taboos and funny experiences we've had or heard, of gift culture.
References:
https://www.asialifestylemagazine.com/the-tradition-of-asian-gift-giving/
https://www.theatlantic.com/sponsored/hennessy-2018/what-gifting-rituals-around-globe-reveal-about-human-nature/2044/
The Incendiaries https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36679056-the-incendiaries
Opps, it's actually call "Kipo: The Age of Wonderbeasts", go and check it out! https://www.netflix.com/title/80221553
For festive season gift ideas, please visit these artists' Instagram!
https://www.instagram.com/helloinnerpeace/
https://www.instagram.com/mellow_winnie/
https://www.instagram.com/enjoyillustration/
Get Jessie's book here: The Lonely Girl Is A Dangerous Thing https://www.betterread.com.au/book/a-lonely-girl-is-a-dangerous-thing.do
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1 hr 15 min
November 25, 2020 Interracial & Intercultural Relationships
What are the challenges for interracial/intercultural relationship beside the language and perhaps the distance? This week we talk about the difficulties that one may have when coming from different racial/cultural background, share our experience and how to overcome these challenges.
Van Gogh Alive https://www.vangoghalive.com.au/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=search&utm_campaign=van_gogh_alive&gclid=CjwKCAiAnvj9BRA4EiwAuUMDf8QW3Z-qmRB-9w9OFcEAKsYTu9xRYW74YGcxunQSwHq0vSEIXBS-ZhoCSiUQAvD_BwE
Mediocre https://www.googleadservices.com/pagead/aclk?sa=L&ai=DChcSEwiQq_Latp_tAhVSJSsKHa78C1EYABAAGgJzZg&ae=2&ohost=www.google.com&cid=CAESQeD2sBX4L8eLrK1O_SaUm2xhxzCeb3mF1Z7VcJgItzqtA39_Dq8oMk3ez5mPl-ylqK12I52yrCldcwSRQdQ96nnK&sig=AOD64_2a5SulSvPItIFzanJabrhirXiBcg&q&adurl&ved=2ahUKEwji-Ovatp_tAhXhzzgGHUt8DhYQ0Qx6BAgGEAE&dct=1
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1 hr 8 min
November 18, 2020 Alpha Beta Omega
19th November 2020, today, the International Men's Day, we talk about the conventional categorisation of men, our perceptions and how we should strive to become individuals rather than sheep following instructions and illusions of how to be 'the men'.
https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/the_myth_of_the_alpha_male
https://www.fatherly.com/love-money/myth-alpha-male-vs-beta-male-hijacked-masculinity/
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1 hr 1 min
November 12, 2020 The racist whiteness of CottageCore
Hey all, chong-sha everyone?! This week Jess share her experience of attending a talk of Queer Sex and our conversation around the mirage of online aesthetic movement (trend?) "Cottagecore". What implications it has with sexism and racism and why it is essential to explore these influences of online movements that would impact our lives.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/10/style/cottagecore.html
https://honisoit.com/2020/09/cottagecore-colonialism-and-the-far-right/
https://witchwithme.com/2020/08/28/cottagecore-a-gateway-to-romanticizing-settler-colonialism/
Li Zi-Qi https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoC47do520os_4DBMEFGg4A
Molly Yeh - https://www.instagram.com/mollyyeh/
Jia Tolentino - https://www.instagram.com/p/CHTRswNlGsU/
Teddy Cook - https://www.instagram.com/thatcub/?hl=en
Tilly Lawless - https://www.instagram.com/tilly_lawless/?hl=en
Far from the Tree - Andrew Solomon
How to do nothing - Jenny Odell
Mortality - Christoper Hitchens
How to Fly - Barbara Kingsolver
Trick Mirror - Jia Tolentino
Invisible Women - Caroline Criado Perez
The Coconut Children - Vivian Pham
The Great Flowing River - Pang-yuan Chi
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1 hr 13 min
November 04, 2020 Ageism in Hollywood
What kind of characteristics do older people portray on-screen? Fragile? Slow? Wise? Non-sexual? This week we talk about the study on ageist ideas in entertainment industry, share some of the well-known mature-aged actresses and their brilliant work and fascinating lives.
Article
“Hollywood’s intentional and harmful neglect of women over 50”
Jessie Tu - Women’s Agenda
https://womensagenda.com.au/latest/hollywoods-intentional-and-harmful-neglect-of-women-over-50/
"Frail, Frumpy and Forgotten"- A report on the movie roles of women of age
https://www.thestable.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/tena-ageless-test-report.pdf
Woman & Hollywood #ageism
https://womenandhollywood.com/tag/ageism/
Movies | Dramas
45 years, 2015
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yri0UKr0JIQ
The Home Song Stories, 2007
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAy8Pey2XP8
Supernova, 2020
https://youtu.be/-E31v5HJsCI
Red Sorghum, 1987
https://www.netflix.com/browse/person/40165039
Xie Ying-Xuan (Hsieh Ying-Xuan)'s works on Netflix
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1 hr 16 min
October 28, 2020 Language discrimination
As we enter the warmer season in southern hemisphere, we talk about what we are currently reading and watching. The conversation we have this week is on language discrimination, the news of English proficiency requirement for partner visa application, and the complication with Footscary Primary School’s decision of changing their Vietnamese bilingual program to Italian.
New English language rules for Australian partner visas labelled 'racist' by cross-cultural couples https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-10-10/australian-partner-visa-english-language-rule-budget/12743534
Migrants to Australia required to learn English to a 'functional level' under new rules https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-10-08/500-hours-of-english-classes-required-under-partner-visa-changes/12741714
Australia's English test for partner visas could leave women at mercy of abusers, experts warn https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/oct/08/australia-english-language-test-partner-visa-immigration-requirements
Melbourne parents fight to keep bilingual Vietnamese program at Footscray primary school https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/oct/04/melbourne-parents-fight-to-keep-bilingual-vietnamese-program-at-footscray-primary-school
Change.org Petition https://www.change.org/p/minister-save-the-vietnamese-bilingual-program-at-footscray-primary-school
Over the Moon NY Times Review https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/22/movies/over-the-moon-review.html
Hot Milk | Deborah Levy https://www.penguin.com.au/books/hot-milk-9780241968031
Freedom Circus | Sue Smethurst https://www.penguin.com.au/books/the-freedom-circus-9781760890308
Selected Poems | Wallace Stevens https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8552929-selected-poems
Funny Weather | Olivia Laing https://www.panmacmillan.com/authors/olivia-laing/funny-weather/9781529027648
The Great Flowing River | Chi Pang-yuan. Translated by John Balcom http://cup.columbia.edu/book/the-great-flowing-river/9780231188401
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56 min
October 21, 2020 Asexuality|Polyamory
This week our conversation on asexuality and polyamory. What’s the definition and misconception society had for them, and how we could learn to explore difference in sexuality and relationship lifestyle choices.

Abo (Taiwanese Indigenous Musician) https://open.spotify.com/artist/09G7xYbYSjiLPGuneuvvjE
Asian Australian Project (Mental Health Discussion-Follow the Facebook the video will be uploaded soon, hopefully!) https://www.facebook.com/AsianAustralianProject/
Caste, Isabel Wilkerson https://www.booktopia.com.au/caste-isabel-wilkerson/book/9780241486511.html?
source=pla&gclid=Cj0KCQjwuL_8BRCXARIsAGiC51CWdgm4bR5bvOmohmosFMpypxNedwf0MLrsilt5VlF6CEK4vpskQWoaAtCoEALw_wcB
A Clean Marriage https://granta.com/a-clean-marriage/
10 Things you need to know about Asexuality https://lgbt.williams.edu/homepage/10-things-you-need-to-know-about-asexuality/
Asian and Asexual: How I can to Own My Asexuality While Fighting Cultural Stereotypes https://thebodyisnotanapology.com/magazine/asexualtiy-and-cultural-stereotypes/
Why have young people in Japan stopped having sex https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/20/young-people-japan-stopped-having-sex
7 Polyamorous Relationship Myths It Time To Stop Believing https://www.glamour.com/story/7-polyamory-myths-its-time-to-stop-believing
6 Questions That Reveal If You Should Try Polyamory https://www.womenshealthmag.com/relationships/a22531210/polyamorous-relationship/
Polyamory: Beyond the confines of monogamous love https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/325880
Opening Up To Opening Up (Polyamory Workshop) opening-up-to-opening-up-online.html
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1 hr 2 min
October 15, 2020 “The only tolerable suburb in Sydney” | Newtown
We’re starting a new segment to our pod. Once a month, we explore a suburb in Sydney. Our inaugural selection is Jessie’s favourite suburb; Newtown. This is in the inner west of Sydney, where a lively LGBTQIA scene thrives, and everyone is pretty cool.
There are bookstores, cinemas, a million Thai restaurants and vegan eateries. Listen to a bit of its history!

Also discussed:

Collisions - an anthology
Ratched - Netflix show

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58 min
October 07, 2020 Alternative Diets?
Hi Y’all! Are you a vegan/vegetarian? If you are not, what do you think of being a vegan/vegetarian? This week, our conversation on our diets’ influence on social and political values, and having choices are privileges we often taken for granted.
Sophia DuRose | Being vegan is a privilege
In America, Is Veganism For The Privileged?
Exploring veganism as a privileged lifestyle choice
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1 hr 4 min
October 01, 2020 Chinese Poets of the Tang Dynasty
This week, to celebrate Mid-Autumn Festival (where Chinese people eat lots of mooncakes and stuff themselves with other delicious treats) Jessie and Helen talk about Chinese poets who lived during the Tang Dynasty - Li Bai and Du Fu. They also finish off the episode by reciting their favourite poems. For Helen; it’s Robert Frost’s THE ROAD NOT TAKEN. For Jessie, it’s Dorothea Lasky’s POEM TO AN UNNAMEABLE MAN.

Also discussed:

Jessie weeps while listening to these articles read to her from her favourite app AUDM:
“Out there, Nobody Can Hear You Scream”, By Latria Graham, Outside Magazine (21 September 2020)
“Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Supreme Court’s Feminist Icon, Is Dead at 87” By Linda Greenhouse (18 September 2020)
The letter Ruth’s husband Marty wrote on his deathbed to her:

“My dearest Ruth,” it began. “You are the only person I have loved in my life, setting aside, a bit, parents and kids and their kids, and I have admired and loved you almost since the day we first met at Cornell. What a treat it has been to watch you progress to the very top of the legal world.”
Madeleine Thien’s article on Ha Jin and David Hinton’s new books on Du Fu and Li Bai
“Poems Without an ‘I’”, October 8 Issue, 2020

Du Fu - Poetry Foundation Profile
Li Bai - Poetry Foundation Profile

Chiang Hsun - TED X TALK (Taipei, 2012)

Robert Frost: The Road Not Taken
Dorothea Lasky: Poem to an Unnameable Man
Purchase Jessie's Book : Jessie Tu | A Lonely Girl Is A Dangerous Thing
Purchase Zoya's Book: Zoya Patel | No Country Woman
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1 hr 3 min

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