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this episodes a heavy one. since the recent passing of sania khan, women have been more vocal about the taboo nature of divorce and abusive relationships in the south asian community. mashnun has c*vid, so mohuya talks solo on why women are taught to stay with their toxic partners in this culture, signs of abusive relationships, the effects of bollywood movies, and her own personal experience with an emotionally abusive relationship. hope this episode helps even just one of you and more actions are being taken. 

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this episode on toxic masculinity in south asian households was HEAVILY requested and y'all went ham in our story replies. in this ep., we talk about how mashnun didn't have a traditional "toxic" male upbringing because of the heavy influence of women in his life and some of his tips on how to discipline these entitled sons. we have so many experiences with toxic masculinity and we talk about the imbalance of power between sons and daughters, their privilege, allyship between the brothers and sisters, and  SO. MUCH. MORE. this one's a good one and we hope u enjoy :) 

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WE'RE BACK!!<3 we took the last month off to reflect on the progress of the pod and think bout how to make it even better for u guys. we're so so excited to have u guys a part of the next chapter with us and even more excited for u guys to see what we got in store!  in this ep, we're reminiscing on a lot of the happier stories that have always stuck out to us throughout our lives. we realized that us and our parents as south asians spend a lot of time highlighting the bad/negative parts of our journeys, but there's just so much more to our stories that we ever given enough credit to. from mohuya getting chased around her neighborhood on her bike from her mom, to mashnun crying because his parents went to panera bread without him, join us as we blabber on bout funny stories from our childhoods in hopes of bringing some light to our journeys, and in hopes of celebrating more love overall. 

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it is officially the end of the season after about a year of straight podcasting and we are so excited to answer your questions and give advice in our last ep. of season one! what do u do when you feel lonely? how to pursue your dreams in a south asian household?? are y'all dating? we give you the tea and our thoughts. hope y'all enjoy and see you for season 2 on july 1st! thank you for your support the past year :)

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a lot of us struggle to connect with our roots and be "brown" cus of the internalized racism we had towards ourselves. we never rly saw healthy forms of representation that made us feel seen. SO, in this episode, we dive deep into what caused us to drift away from our culture, but small things that we do now to keep us close to our culture, and the important of holding culture close in general. enjoy fam! <3

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now that we're older, we understand the importance in participating in the little joys that used to make us happy as kids. we were never able to have our own identities outside of our south asian families and mashnun, who just came back from a solo colombia trip and mohuya, who just graduated with her masters, has a lot of new insight on how to live life and find yourselves. hope u enjoy!

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a highly requested ep! therapy is still so taboo and inaccessible in the south asian community. we wanted to open up the conversation to all of the benefits therapy has brought us and how important it is to find someone of the same background who understands us. listen to us yap away about how our parents struggled to take mental health seriously, our experiences with therapy, and so much more!

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