Dear Asian Generation

Dear Asian Generation

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Dear Asian Generation episodes

  • Dear Asian Girl: Periods, The Truth Around the World
    This episode, Melissa and Naina talk with guest Manavi Nag about the stigma around periods in the United States vs. India. Manavi is the 15 year old author of ‘Breaking the Taboo,’ a book revolving around the lives of girls in Mumbai, India as they navigate menstruation. They discuss funny stories of first periods, emotions felt while navigating through the menstruation taboo, and more!
    34 min
  • Dear Asian Girl: Asian Women in Politics

    In today's episode, Alina interviews Beenish Mannan, aka Alina's mom! Beenish worked in Pocatello, Idaho City Council for 1-2 years. Alina and her mom tackle what it is like being an Asian (and Muslim) politician in a conservative town, her experience working on the city council, which was racially homogenous, as well as what it is like to face backlash as a WOC in politics, and also talk about how Asian women are told to not seek out careers, and rather care for their families, which is something councilwoman Mannan had experienced.

    36 min
  • Dear Asian Girl: 17.21 Million Miles of Asia
    This episode, Naina and Melissa discuss some of the toxic culture within the Asian community as well as the dynamic between East Asians and Asians from other regions. Zoe and Naina also discuss the hierarchy inside the Asian community with guest Arianna Afsar, a Bangladeshi singer and storyteller.
    50 min
  • Dear Asian Girl: The Ideal Working Asian

    In today's episode, Alina and Gen tackle being Asian, especially Asian women, in the STEM and business fields. They talk about the term “Bamboo Ceiling", why Asians aren’t in the top leadership positions in their careers, even about AOC, Michelle Obama, and RBG! Links to the articles Alina and Gen mentioned are down below:

    https://www.apa.org/pubs/highlights/spotlight/issue-119

    https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/womens-blog/2014/oct/03/when-will-we-stop-calling-successful-women-abrasive

    https://hbr.org/2013/09/women-rising-the-unseen-barriers

    https://www.forbes.com/sites/liyanchen/2016/01/20/how-asian-americans-can-break-through-the-bamboo-ceiling/#6a1075c61e43

    https://hbr.org/2018/05/asian-americans-are-the-least-likely-group-in-the-u-s-to-be-promoted-to-management

    44 min
  • Dear Asian Girl: Asian Girl in Red
    In this episode, Melissa and Naina talk about being bisexual as well as being part of the Asian community. Naina is also joined by Zoe to interview Andrea Razali about her experience as a transgender woman in Singapore.
    1 hr 3 min
  • Dear Asian Girl: All Bottled Up
    In this episode Alina and Genesis talk about mental health in the Asian community. Genesis is also joined by Ananya from the Bottle Project where they talk about stigmas of mental health in school, work, and her own personal experiences! Follow @the.bottle.project for more information
    1 hr 4 min
  • Dear Asian Girl: Fairest of Them All
    This episode, Naina and Melissa talk about beauty standards in Asia. Listen to them discuss the roots and origin of Asian perceptions of beauty, relive experiences and pressures they've felt from colorist standards, and relate it to the patriarchal roles of women.
    29 min
  • Dear Asian Girl: Am I Really Asian?
    With the struggles of fitting into two different cultures, expressing your struggles to your parents, and trying to find your identity, living as a second gen kid today is a struggle within itself. Today Alina and Gen reveal the truth of what it means to be a second gen kid growing up in America and how that has influenced their daily lives and the way they view the world.
    44 min
  • Dear Asian Girl: Dear Schools, Corona Still Exists w/ Sophia Beasley

    Meet our new cohosts, Melissa and Zoe! Melissa and Naina discuss their own experiences with the reopening of schools in California and Ohio, the incline of Asian American hate, and how systemic racism leads to the BIPOC community being disproportionately affected during the pandemic. Zoe, our editor as well as cohost, interviews Sophia Beasley. She is a member of the DAY Team, and she discusses her own experiences with COVID-19 in the state of Georgia.

    47 min
  • Dear Asian Girl: Don't Fetishize Me w/Joyce Giboom Park
    In this week's episode, Alina, Gen, Naina talk about their own experiences with Asian fetishization, how it correlates to the model minority myth and lack of Asian representation, and more. They are joined by Joyce Giboom Park, an upcoming published author that dismantles "Yellow Fever" and sexual racism while also deconstructing Asian fetishization. Her book, Yellow Fantasy, will be out in December 2020. You can follow her @notyouryellowfantasy for more information and if you want to pre-order her book for exclusive awards the link is: tinyurl.com/yellowfantasy
    51 min

About Dear Asian Generation

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The podcast you wish you had growing up. Our hosts, Eden, Meghna, Naina, and Lisa and our guests, explore the funny, insightful, and awkward experiences of what it means to be of Asian descent. With the lack of representation in media, it's important that we support one another, bring awareness, and be at the forefront of change.