Bruha Baddies

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

In this two parter episode, Daniel as a long time educator will be reacting to our findings from me and Nicole’s research project on the status of college and high school Asian American women. Daniel has not seen our finished brochure that we prepared for our graduate class on career counseling. Today we present to him and he can expand or be surprised by our information. 

If you’d like access to our finished pdf or a printed copy of the brochure when done (graded and tested against time… jk) 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]

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

As Asian folx – and as Filipinos who have high standards for ourselves – we are always stricken with the feeling of being mediocre: just okay, good enough, nothing special. This feeling can manifest itself as an inner voice (critic even), a lack of motivation, the loss of trust in oneself, and – overall – defeat. For today’s episode, we’re going to talk about something that we’re good at feeling – feeling mediocre – and hopefully find ways to get out of that and also the will to accept it.

Show Notes:

Ria's Proposal at Pokemon Go! Event 13:00 mark

Recommendation:

Daniel

• Jeopardy 

Nicole:

• “Afterlike” by IVE IVE 아이브 'After LIKE' MV

Jean

• Pacific Island Taste on Sahara

Team Bruha Baddies interviews Ailene Pasco for her first podcast episode ever! Ailene Pasco was born in Cavite, Philippines and raised in Northern California. She is a mother, educator and business owner of a custom textile-based company, OzzyOllyandOx. Her work has been shown in galleries throughout the Las Vegas valley, both in formal galleries and as public guerrilla-style interventions. She is skilled in fiber art, textile art, sculpture and film photography. Ailene is a passionate advocate for public art and uses her pieces to raise awareness of important issues such as conservation of nature and positivism. Tune in to learn more about Ailene!

Show Notables mentioned:

Dr. Karen Tongson UNLV Guest Lecture reflection 

@tongsonator

Recommendations:

Ailene

• Don't let Jerks get the best of you - Dr. Paul Meyer

Daniel

• Babel, by RF Kuang 

Nicole:

• The Pad Rock Climbing Gym in Henderson (IG @thepadclimbing)

Jean

• Pasabocas Colombian Bakery

Welcome back to all the meta questions that come with 2023 with Jean, Nicole, and Daniel! Questions for all of us to chew on.

Recommendations:

Nicole

1. Janelle Quibuyen (@Phatlip on IG) “Little Filipino Kitchen” print-and-cut diy vinyl sticker collection 

Daniel

1. Best Friend restaurant. Roy Choi.

Jean

1. Simon Sinek Leaders Eat Last

It’s a new year! Who are we? Who do we want to be? What is in store for us? What are the things that we annually look forward to? This episode is all about our ideas and imaginations for ourselves.

Join us for Part 1 and finish Part 2 with us on 2/5/23 as we tread into the new year.

Also happening this week for co-host Jean Munson, graphic novel reading and conversation at University of Nevada Las Vegas on 1/26/22. Free event, book signing, and more info on tinyurl.com/jeanmunson

mentioned in episode part 2