Bruha Baddies

Today’s episode is part four of a multi-part series where we hardcore nerd out about TRESE, the Netflix Original is based on the Filipino komik series by Budjette Tan and Kajo Baldisimo. Team BB is hashtag blessed to have a legendary Pinoy comics hustler, founding member of Alamat Comics, award-winning writer, co-creator, editor and partly responsible for this Trese nerd fest...BUDJETTE TAN.

Prepare to laugh & be inspired!!

Budjette episode resources:

Hans Christian Anderson Ties with Jose Rizal

Whilce Portactio (Marvel Filipino Comic Book Writer & Artist)

RECOMMENDATIONS

Budjette

• Penlab.ink-website 300 titles comics creators in pandemic for Filipino

Nicole

• Ep 24 of Komiks Kwentuhan on YouTube was really informative for me as someone who is an outsider to Pinoy comic history and more broadly, Pinoy nerd pop culture (PINERD). The 52 minute mark might be my favorite. *this video is primarily in Taglish*

Daniel

• Lola (graphic novel) by J. Torres

Jean (Thinking of other sweet comics to consider that are filipino related)

• Petro and the Flea King by Ken Lamug

Today’s episode is part three of a multi-part series where we nerd TF out about TRESE. The Netflix Original is based on the Filipino komik series written by Budjette Tan and illustrated by Kajo Baldisimo. Today we meet Jean's Trese komiks dealer, Tami. Tami was a former guest on the show in season 1 and long time listener of BB. She is a local artist, game designer, comic fan, and propagator of Trese Komiks!

Tami resources mentioned in this episode:

Ma Me Mi Mumu! - https://www.amazon.com/Ma-me-mi-mumu-English-Filipino-Jomike-Tejido/dp/9716301758

The Comics Cube interviews:

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnsBg1_mVIy2ytknYi6787BHURFXbUdCq

Recs:

Tami

1. www.tabi-po.com.

Jean

1. Smith’s sells some inexpensive pork buns aka siopao

Nicole

1. “Iiwanan” by CHNDTR. 

Bruha Baddies continues on their Trese obsession! We learn more about the work behind the Trese animation with Mikey Macasero, a Line Producer for the Netflix show and beloved comic about a female lead. Learn about his journey in animation and to get where he is in that career. Nicole, Daniel, and Jean learn about how cartoons are made!

Special Thanks to mutual friend Quincy Jay Victoria

Recs

Mikey-

1. You don’t have to be over 50 to join AARP and benefit from their discounts! 

Nicole-

1. CHNDTR (Chin Detera) - “Kpgd” (kapagud) / Paramore cover of “Ain’t It Fun”

Daniel-

1. YouTube Karaoke

Jean-

1. Uncrustables with Hazelnut

Nicole, Daniel, and Jean sit and talk candidly about being socially awkward in the , past, present (during pandemic time), and future, as members of the Filipinx/a/o community. Cool or not cool? Mask or no mask? Save face, gossip, or sit in silence? Socially awkward or Suplado/a (snob)? We're all still living in the pandemic even with vaccinations, so how are we all navigating how to live having being cooped up for so long?

Shout Outs

@MarsWhatNa?- Season 2 launched on July 20th, so make sure to check them out!

@arminakg - (ARM-MEE-NAH) Want to know more about her and why she’s worth investing in for grad school? Check her Episode out on all podcast platforms Armina Guelas: Rebel with Many causes

Recs

Daniel

1. Canned sweet corn.
   

Jean

1. Keet’s (@makeshiftlove) zine called Summer Crush.
   

Nicole

1. Netflix Original Milkshake Gunpowder
   

1. “Kulayan Natin” by Munimuni (2019) (As Tall As Lions, Band of Horses)

Today’s episode is part one of a multi-part series where we nerd TF out about TRESE. The Netflix Original is based on the Filipino komik series written by Budjette Tan and illustrated by Kajo Baldisimo. What is Netflix’s Trese about? “In Manila, where dark supernatural forces pervade the criminal underworld, it’s up to Alexandra Trese to keep the peace — but there’s a storm brewing.” So, why Trese? Alexandra Trese is literally a Bruha Baddie: witchy, badass, flawed, and in need of a good therapist. There will be spoilers, so pause now if you want to watch Trese before proceeding.

Special Guest with one of our favorite nerds Jenna Buffum @secondstringer She is a walking encyclopedia of YA (young adult) and WLW (women loving women) fiction, loves a sword at nag ra-roll 20 siya.

Trese Fan group to join on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/TreseComics/

Recs

Jenna

• @yourtitakate

Jean

• El Mercado at the Boulevard mall

Nicole

• Kura Sushi has Sanrio prizes this month!!!

Trese artists to follow:

• maik_check on Twitter

Lou on Instagram

"FILIPINO AMERICAN ARCHAEOLOGY DOES NOT EXIST. AND SO HOW DO WE MAKE IT EXIST?"-Kat Aben

Special Guest Kat Aben converses with Jean and Daniel about her journey as a as an Archaeologist (a field our filipino/a/x community rarely pursuit). Kat is a Doctoral Candidate with a specialty in historical archaeology and Filipino-American heritage. She is currently employed as a federal archaeologist.

Tune in to how her intentions of helping people led her to a different avenue that ultimately help conserve and investigate our untold stories. Dare we say, she may even be cooler than Indiana Jones!

Special Shout-outs to Grace Talusan (The Body Papers novel) and Mary Talusan (Instruments of Empire: Filipino Musicians, Black Soldiers, and Military Band Music during U.S. Colonization of the Philippines)! Check out these great reads.

Recommendations:

Kathrina

1. Fundamental Primer on theories of Race:

• The Mismeasure of Man by Stephen Jay Gould

Daniel

1. Embroidering

Jean

1. Journal Prompts for stress

What if we had a time machine? Who would we swap places with in History and why? Sitting down with Vera Blossom, Jean and Nicole re-imagine with them about these known and not so known individuals. Come listen to this wild, funny, and pensive history lesson...

Featuring: María Orosa, Carmen Rosales, and Landonis Balthazar "Lando" Calrissian

Honorable Mention: Zheng Yi Sao (pirate)

Recs

Vera

• Letting yourself eat easy food

Nicole

• Radio Soulwax Presents As Heard on Radio Soulwax Pt 2
  

Jean

• Do nothing self care.
  

Sources for Carmen

https://nolisoli.ph/95021/filipina-heroes-women-in-war-ayuvallos-20210309/

https://www.esquiremag.ph/long-reads/features/carmen-rosales-a00304-20200303-lfrm

https://m.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=5017844391621970&id=111131982293260

https://www.pacificatrocities.org/the-legacy-of-the-asian-women-soldier.html

Sources for María

-Google/Ecosia/Wikipedia/Firefox

-The work of Filipino foo historian Doreen Fernandez

-Little Manila in the Heart for Filipino Oral History on the now extinct Filipinotown that once existed in Stockton, CA

Recorded on 5/29/21 1:15pm-2:00pm, Session E at the 2021 Bulosan Conference Center for Filipinx Studies Research Center.

BB thanks all attendees who held and shared space with us.

Host Recs:

Jean

1. Seek spiritual advisors like Krisell Can

Daniel

1. Google “Free Stuff to Do in ___”. If y’all are making moves in the wanderlust mood + on a budget + safety. That fills up the itinerary quick, without leaving a hole in your bulsas. 

Nicole

1. TRESE ON NETFLIX, Y’ALL. June 11th

It’s been a full year of remote recording. Have we grown? How? What setbacks have we experienced? How much did the 2nd vaccine shot kick our asses? Today on Bruha Baddies, we investigate the psychological and physical impacts of the pan de ube.

**content/activation warning on self harm

**Join us on Saturday May 25th from 1:15 - 2 pm for a live recording from the 2021 virtual Bulosan Center for Filipinx Studies Research Conference. The conference takes place on Friday the 24th and Saturday the 25th from 1 - 6 pm. This event is free and registration is required at tinyurl.com/registerbulocon2021. For more information, follow @bulosancenter on IG

**We are in solidarity with past guest (@cuteflesh on IG) Vera Blossom and those at The Believer Magazine and the Black Mountain Institute who are impacted by the institutional white supremacist actions of its former EIC/executive director. More info: https://desertnote-97667.medium.com/

Fan Shout-outs

@softbabebloom

Gabe Oliveros

Recommendations:

Nicole

1. Yaeji’s (@kraejiyaeji on IG) AAPIHM playlist on Apple Music

Jean

1. Whale Gummies from Winco

Daniel

1. Short-dashed-clothes: Suns out, guns out. Sky’s out, thighs out.

Leadership is a sensitive topic in our Filipinx community. And the reasons for this are layered. Being part of a Diasporic community and histories of dictatorship, there can be clashing definitions of what leadership, community, progress, and legacy mean. Sometimes our best intentions to come together, operate in mechanisms that drive us apart. Join us today on BB as we reminisce about our interactions within culture when it comes to Filipinx leadership.

Shout outs: @tasiamacaraeg (Tasia Macaraeg) @mommavie (Vilma Gorre) @dcsantos9 (Daniel Santos) @desire_encouragement (Desiré Galvez)

Shout outs :

Dr. Constancio Arnaldo https://www.unlv.edu/people/constancio-arnaldo

Dr. Francisco Sy https://www.unlv.edu/people/francisco-sy

Jason Sarmiento https://www.library.ucdavis.edu/author/jason-sarmiento/

Recommendations:

Daniel

1. A feelings wheel

Nicole: 

1. Those lil bulalo instant noodle cups.

Jean

1. @djmoeejito