On our last episode for 2023, special guest Isabel Bagsik (she/her), a former Art Director turned Creative Wellness Guide who has held community spaces for over 300+ BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ changemakers, and supports creatives claiming their gifts from a place of rest. Tune into a perfect way to close out the year by returning to yourself and your creative pleasures.

Show Notes:

You can find more on Isabel here:

@unconventionalbliss

Quick Links on Isabel

Unconventional Bliss website: https://unconventionalbliss.com/

Her free newsletter: https://unconventionalbliss.substack.com/

Recommendations:

Isabel

1. Braiding Sweet Grass by Robin Wall Kimmerer

Daniel

1. Pan fry Chicken for Adobo

Nicole

1. Kylie Prosecco ($15.99 at Total Wine)

Jean

1. Lopez V Lopez on Netflix

As the year winds down, the BB team sits down with long time supporter, friend, and fan Gabe Oliveros as we catch up about his visit back to the Philippines and uncovering family secrets.

Show Notes:

• Dr. Gloria Padoongpatt for Microaggressions research

Top tuned in BB episodes thanks to y'all!

• Hoy Chismosa

Recommendations:

Gabe:

1. Dilaw (Filipino band, genre-bending)

Daniel:

1. Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus “Whenever you feel afraid, just remember. Courage is the root of change - and change is what we're chemically designed to do. So when you wake up tomorrow, make this pledge. No more holding yourself back… Design your own future. When you go home today, ask yourself what YOU will change. And then get started.”

Nicole:

1. GamersUp waifu cups and energy drinks energy drink

Jean:

1. Yukon Pizza

1. Crunch of Aloha

Allyson Remigio (@allysonr) is a Baddie from the Bay to Vegas and now Sac. Her research interests include Integrative Health & Wellness, and Motherscholarship. She currently works in rare disease education. BB hosts sit to catch up with Ally on (visiting the Philippines, tiny home living, and parenting). Together they hop on zoom to talk about grief in our Filipino culture and families.

How do we, as Filipino-Americans, deal with the (corporeal) loss of loved ones and of those closest to us?

On today’s episode, we share the honor of remembering Teresa Dancel Fernandez nearly a year after her passing. We invite Allyson to recall the depth of their love and to impart with us her navigation of grief. It is our longest episode to date, but is best delivered in its full completion as tribute.

Show Notes:

• Las Vegas Aces Back to Back WNBA Champions (@lvaces)

Recommendations:

Ally

• Tapping @katehenn.healing

Daniel

• The Theory of Everything Else by Dan Schreiber. Book about weird theories and coincidences. If you’re into that shit – it’s great on audiobook!

Nicole

• Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur 

Jean

• Full House Barbecue (@fullhousebbqlv)

Anime was a big part of our collective childhood as Filipina/o/x Americans and as Asian Americans. Sailor Moon is iconic and we know that our listeners stand. What makes this anime so pivotal in shaping 90s kids in our community? Today our Bruha Baddies cohosts reminisce how this show had deeper layers that led to a more intellectual awakening as adults especially with its queer and feminist under and overtones.

Notes:

• Pinay Power Dr. Melinda De Jesus

Recommendations

Daniel

1. Strangers by Nature (Adele)

Nicole

1. Couch Console

Jean

• Manna Coffee

Meet Zwei, long time fan and new friend of BB. We learn about the many layers of life, growing up in the South as the only Filipino son that attended a Catholic military school while learning of his queerness. Grappling with creativity while also surviving Las Vegas with his partner working in hospitality. Join our cohosts learn and celebrate his story.

Recommendations:

Zwei

1. Bottoms Movie

Nicole

1. Kylie Minogue's Tension Album

Daniel

1. Sauteed Mushrooms and Onions on RICE

Jean

1. Bulk food section of Winco to make your own halloween snacks

Bruha Baddies team takes a field trip to Black Sacrament Tattoo to interview Pinay Tattoo Artist Kayla Talastas. We learn how she's her own boss, her art journey, her family migration story from the Philippines, to Hawaii, and then Las Vegas. This expands on Las Vegas as the 9th Island that we discuss in a past episode with Armina Guelas. 

Tune into learn about being a tattoo apprentice and then full on CAREER!

Be on the lookout for a Patreon Exclusive of Nicole's time getting tatted by Kayla after this episode recording. Follow us on patreon.com/bruhabaddies

Filipino/a/x Tattoo Colleagues recommended by Kayla

@kuyajona

@mintyxlovemachine

Recommendations: 

Kayla

1. Black Sacrament Tattoo

Nicole

1. CONFIRMED HOW GOOD Black Sacrament Tattoo

Daniel

1. Bookpage magazine

Jean

1. Hui Lan Shan

A lot has happened this summer. School is back in session. The BB crew navigates how much they've changed this summer by looking back on the great and not-so-great memories. They have great conversations about the education field, Filipino parental growing pains, and health related revelations as they grow older and...maybe wiser? Tune into find out!

"Growth is great." - Nicole Espinosa

Recommendations:

Jean

• Poke Heaven

Daniel

• Add .pdf to your google search

• entry level audio smut: It Happened One Summer by Tessa Bailey

Nicole

• LV Aces

Loisse Ledres is a Filipina freelance designer and illustrator based in the Southwest of what is colonially known as the United States. She is always experimenting to discover how image, text and color intersects with culture to empower and mobilize people. Through her skillset in experiential design, she infuses interactivity within creative media and event spaces. She’s worked with organizations and creative agencies in NYC, San Francisco, LA and New Mexico. 

Loisse is also developing personal projects with like-minded creatives that facilitate creativity and breakdown obstacles to doing so. As Creative Director of Tagalikha, she helps lead discussions around the intersection of Filipino identity and creation. She hopes to continue creating art that helps people feel seen and inspired to access their own creativity, too.

See more of Loisse’s work @geezloisse on Instagram and her website geezloisse.com

Show Notes:

• Long Beach Asian American Pacific Islander Book Festival

Recommendation:

Loisse: 

• The Rug Lady

Daniel: 

• Going on a walk outside. 

• Japanese Curry

• Silly putty
  

Nicole:

• Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves

• https://www.bustle.com/wellness/is-therapy-speak-making-us-selfish

Jean: 

• Amy Frost

This week, the BB team interviews Chloe Bernardo. She is a “Las Vegas-based Graphic Designer and Illustrator [who] aims to create exceptional design and utilize various media. With focus in conceptual design, branding, and editorial design, she has gained a strong foundation in digital design as well as print. She enjoys the process of expanding her knowledge of communicating visually and collaborating with a team of writers, management, and developers” (from cbernardodesign.com).

Chloe co-curated Barrick Exhibit: Am I Your Type | | University of Nevada, Las Vegas (unlv.edu)

Jean Filipina Zine: Jean Munson - Zines (google.com)

RECOMMENDATIONS:

Chloe

1. Naked by David Sedaris

2. Shanghai Plaza

3. Alleyway Hot Pot : 7385 S Rainbow Blvd Ste 120, Las Vegas, Nv 89139

4. Fay Ku

5. Her Australian Shepard

Daniel

1. Lactaid 

2. Everything Everywhere All At Once

3. Cursed Bunny by Bora Chung

Nicole

1. Gachapon Store in Los Angeles

2. Weighted Dinosaur (Study buddy)

3. Las Vegas Community of Hope (@lv_communityofhope) | Instagram & The Promise (@thepromiselv) | Instagram (non profit for houseless folks)

Jean

1. Vegas Improv Power

2. IS SWEET Coffee & Dessert (@is.sweet) | Instagram

3. HOME (torakatsuandcurry.com)

Join us for part 2 for Nicole and Jean's Me-search/Research brochure project about the status of high school and college Asian American women through a career counseling lens and reactions from Daniel (long time educator).

If you’d like access to our finished pdf or a printed copy of the brochure when done then check out our patreon (patreon.com/bruhabaddies), because printing, shipping, and labor will help us continue to dig. Thanks!  To be notified of its release, email us at [email protected]

Thank you to our current new Patreon supporters!

Recommendations

Daniel 

1. Heartstopper graphic novel 

Nicole

1. Platform Crocs

Jean

1. SJ Made @sjmade (not Vegas)

Brochure REFERENCES:

1. Kim, Bryan, J., Choi, Y., & Kim, J. H. (2017). Understanding Asian American Student Achievement. Professional School Counseling, 21(1). https://doi.org/10.1177/2156759X18788534