Better Than Seven Sons

In between regular episodes, we are releasing mini-episodes where we share more stories and reflections from our experiences. Light-hearted and sometimes deep, we discuss a variety of topics that have come up in our conversations together. 

In this episode, Ashley asks La and Kathy about their coming-of-age stories as poj laib. Poj laib is a Hmong term to describe a woman whose image or actions are viewed as rebellious, bad, or criminal. 

Welcome to a new season of BTSS! We're starting off with some reflections on how the rest of our 2020 is going since our last episode. We discuss how we're processing through the elections and the impact of the pandemic on our lives.  

Better than never starting. Better than our insecurities. Better than we can imagine. In this final episode, we reflect on our journey in making the BTSS podcast during a difficult season for many of us. We're going on a break while we continue to process what we learned and gained from this experience. We're not done yet. There is so much more to talk about. We'll be back with new episodes soon!

How are we maintaining and building our friendships as adults? In this episode, we share how we're learning to be better friends and what we hope for in our adult friendships. 

We discuss leadership: our beginnings, our formation, and we revisit some disappointing moments in our journey. Most of our leadership happened in Christian ministry but we hope the lessons and the advice we share will be applicable for our Hmong sisters in any leadership role. 

In this episode, we unpack the reasons why we always had a hard time with the Proverbs 31 woman. We also share about other women in scripture that we admire and how we're rereading the Bible. 

Can a Hmong Christian feminist thrive in the Hmong church? This is one of the questions that sparked the creation of this podcast and one question that is not often discussed in Hmong Christian spaces. In this episode, we discuss feminism through the lens of our experiences in our patriarchal churches and imagine what it looks like to see Hmong women fully using their gifts.

BONUS EPISODE: Listen in on a short conversation about the upcoming Disney animated film, Raya and the Last Dragon. We're curious about this film but we're longing for better Southeast Asian representation. 

Who do we want to be? In this episode, we name the things that have defined us and discuss how we are working to reclaim who we are. 

Get to know us as we introduce ourselves and the podcast. We go pretty deep as we discuss being Hmong daughters and the daughter-in-law that inspired the name of our podcast.