Asian Bitches Down Under

In this episode, Helen speaks with Amy Yip, a Somatic Transformation and Mental Fitness Coach about her journey from coporate world to coaching and writing a book about communicating with immigrant parents.

(01:15) Amy’s self-introduction

(06:31) Being a Somatic Transformation and Mental Fitness Coach

(09:30) From corporate world to volunteering in Ghana

(16:50) The intergenerational barrier between children and their immigrant parents

(21:40) The journey of writing Unfinished Business Breaking Down the Great Wall between Adult Child and Immigrant Parents

(27:00) Finding the midpoint for you and your parents to express love

(31:15) Boundaries and speaking up for yourself

(38:00) The experience of freezing embryo and how it impacted life

(41:43) Motherhood for Amy

Amy Yip Coaching

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Hey fellow listeners, since moving to a new distributing platform, some earlier episodes are no longer avilable in Apple Podcast and Spotify. In the next few weeks, we will be retunring to the highlights and offer the new listeners a chance to listen to our 'baby episodes' when we first began our journey with Asian Bitches Down Under.

April 2020: Mental health is rarely openly discussed among Asian societies. Why? Does shame and conservative gender roles contribute to this hidden struggle? Jessie and Helen unpack their own experiences and highlight other factors that may be exacerbating this often invisible condition, especially among Asian communities. 

Mental health research and evaluation in multicultural Australia: developing a culture of inclusion
Immigration-Related Factors and Mental Disorders Among Asian Americans 

Mental Health Among Asian-Americans 

Why Asian- American and Pacific Islanders don’t go to therapy  

Asian Americans Are Undergoing a Silent Mental Health Crisis  

Tackling taboos: Young people talk about Asia’s mental health problems 

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Hey fellow listeners, since moving to a new distributing platform, some earlier episodes are no longer avilable in Apple Podcast and Spotify. In the next few weeks, we will be retunring to some of the highlights and offer the new listeners a chance to listen to our 'baby episodes' when we first began our journey with Asian Bitches Down Under.

April 2020: Some Asian women only date white guys. I am guilty. This is a somewhat unsavoury thing to admit. But why? Jessie and Helen discuss the possible reasons.

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In this episode Helen speaks with Merlynn Tong who had rediscovered her passion for performing arts after arriving in Australia at the age of 22. Her latest performance idk is a collaboration of dance and narrative on the concept of consent. 

Playlab: Merlynn Tong

Carriageworks: idk 

Melbourne Art House: idk 

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Hi folks, this is part two of this week's episode, enjoy

(00:08) Dracula: The Last Voyage of the Demeter 

(02:00) Diary of Void, Ghost Girl, Banana (audio correction at 05:50, half million, not half billion)

(10:44) West Girls and racial complexity  

 (20:25) Postpartum care, confinement culture in Taiwan

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Hey folks, this is part one of this week's episode, enjoy! 

(00:50) anticipation of Love in Taipei, Love Boat Taipei

(10:30) Chungking Express

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(00:05) We continue our conversation about Barbie

(03:50) Barbie’s impact on our cultural and social environment

(08:30) Simu Liu as the Asian Ken

(11:58) Gerwig’s construction of Barbie in manipulating our emotions

(09:30) our relationship with Barbie

(14:35)  Welcome to Sex

(27:00) Special guest!

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Our long discussion over several cultural items of the fortnight, therefore we've divided it into two parts. Enjoy 

(02:00) Yellowface, RF Kuang

(05:40) Terry Ngyuen’s review on Yellowface

(13:10) Miss Peony

(19:35) Barbie

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In this episode, Helen speaks with EJ Son and Min Wong, two of the six finalists of 2023 Visual Arts (Emerging) Fellowship,  check out their amazing art installations at Carriageworks in Sydney from the 27th July to 27th August. 

EJ Son Website  

EJ Son Instagram 

Min Wong Website 

Min Wong Instagram

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Get your tickets now Taiwan Film Festival in Australia

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