In this episode, Naina and Melissa talk with Magnolia Printz to discuss the disparities in the STEM field from the perspective of Asian women. They touch on topics like pressures to sacrifice femininity for professionalism, balancing work and personal life/duties/care, and issues like medical racism, xenophobic microaggressions, and double standards within gender.

In this episode, Melissa and Naina discuss with Helen Li, a member of grassroots podcast “Fresh Off the Vote”, about idolizing politicians. They touch on how consumerism and capitalism feeds into idolization, how idolizing leaves little room for accountability, and the difference between support vs. idolization.

In this episode, Melissa and Naina are joined by Ngan Le to talk about voter suppression in the Asian American community. They highlight the apoliticism among Asians, struggles Asian or other minority groups in America face while voting, and more.

This week's episode are the voices behind Dear Asian Youth as they talk about themselves, first impressions of each other, and dating stories. 

In this episode Julie from the Asian American Feminist Collective and Genesis sit down and talk about her knowledge on the political history of the AAPI, shifting to topics about finding your political ideology while growing up and her advice on how to find your voice.

RESOURCES:

BOOKLIST FROM AAFC: https://www.asianamfeminism.org/resources

AAFC: https://www.asianamfeminism.org/

Alina and Genesis talk to Anu Thirunarayanan about how affirmative action started, the pros and cons of affirmative action, how it afffects the Asian community, and how it relates back to the Asian community’s internalized racism and anti-blackness

In this episode Alina and Gen talk to Akshadha Lagisetti from AYCE about her political experience in Georgia working for Elizabeth Warren and her local community, holding our government accountable, the difference ever since Trump’s administration on government accountability, and different types of way to keep our government officials in check.

In this episode, Alina talks about the film industry and the stereotypes perpetuated through media to show diversity through the camera, theater vs film, why the Oscars committee and other awards ceremonies need to be diversified, and more with Maddy Manning Bi, a fellow DAY member with experience in the industry. 

In this episode, Melissa and Naina are joined by Claire Yu. Claire is a mental health advocate, especially for the Asian community. She is a part of organizations like Mental Health America, Asian Mental Health Project, and more. Together, they talk about the growth of her perceptions of mental health throughout middle/high school, witnessing how her school system tackles mental health, and the relevance of mental health to her education.