Escape From Plan A

Jess and Chris talk about a bunch of things, from accidentally racist teachers to the devaluation of skill in the pursuit of online fame to the Missing White Women Syndrome-ification of Ukrainian female refugees.

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Jess (@cogitatotomato)

Chris(@JesuInToast)

REFERENCED RESOURCES:

Why J.K. Rowling needs to relinquish control of the 'Harry Potter' franchise by Calum Russell | Far Out Magazine: https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/why-jk-rowling-needs-to-relinquish-harry-potter-franchise/

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With a campfire blazing out in the Catskills, the EFPA crew of Teen, Chris, Adam, and Jong go on a freewheeling conversation starting with an article detailing a young man's dangerous and expensive mission to become 3 inches taller. From there, they discuss Brazilian butt lifts, Biden's dangerous warmongering, the importance of dentists, the double-slit experiment in quantum physics, and the general lack of guidance and over-abundance of short-term thinking in today's society.

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Chris(@JesuInToast)

Teen (@mont_jiang)

Adam (@snbatman)

Jong (@calicoarse)

REFERENCED RESOURCES:

He Was 5'7". After Surgery, He’ll Be 5'10". by Elamin Abdelmahmoud | Buzzfeed News: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/elaminabdelmahmoud/limb-lengthening-surgery-height-stigma-short-kings

How Miami Became a Hot Spot for Brazilian Butt Lift Recovery by Katie Way | Vice: https://www.vice.com/en/article/qjb5qb/how-miami-became-a-hot-spot-for-brazilian-butt-lift-bbl-recovery

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Fulton Hou joins Teen to talk about the acute crisis of violence that continues unabated for Asian New Yorkers, as well as in cities all around America. They Can't Burn Us All is an organization dedicated to forming a positive and forceful community response, and hopefully this episode will inspire you to find ways of serving elderly and other more vulnerable people in our communities.

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REFERENCED RESOURCES:

Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/tcbua/)

Change.org petition to add Asian languages to Citizen App (https://www.change.org/p/call-to-action-adding-chinese-tagalog-korean-to-citizen-app?utm_content=cl_sharecopy_32939944_en-US%3A3&recruiter=1258586413&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=copylink&utm_campaign=share_petition)

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Teen (@mont_jiang)

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Jess and Chris discuss The Atlantic article on teenage sadness and the impending Elon Musk takeover of Twitter.

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Long-time friend of Plan A Kasie Lee joins Jess and Teen to discuss the state of the San Francisco criminal justice system. Led by a progressive DA, controversy has surrounded lighter sentencing, decriminalization, and bail reform, as violent crimes against Asians skyrocket. Kasie is the Chief of Victim Services and an Assistant District Attorney with the San Francisco DA.

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New York State Assemblyman (and friend of the second best AAPI creator podcast according to Good Housekeeping) Ron Kim joins Adam, Shan and Teen to talk about the disastrous private takeover of elder nursing care, the remorseless exploitation of home health aides by for-profit agencies, and... giving regular people an ownership interest in their home NFL team.

Ron goes on to explain the concept of "public capital" and how we can take back the state, and make its priority the welfare of all people, not just the oligarchs who are buying up our country sectory-by-sector.

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Ron (@rontkim)

Shan (@duskyrainbow)

Teen (@mont_jiang)

Adam (@snbatman)

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Teen and Chris discuss the Will Smith vs. Chris Rock 2022 Oscars insanity, as well as Elaine Hsieh Chou's piece in The Cut, "What White Men Say In Our Absence."

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Teen (@mont_jiang)

Chris (@JesuInToast)

REFERENCED RESOURCES:

What White Men Say In Our Absence by Elaine Hsieh Chou | The Cut: https://www.thecut.com/2022/03/what-white-men-say-in-our-absence.html

About That Natalie Tran Video On White Male/Asian Female Relationships by Teen Sheng | Plan A Mag: https://planamag.com/about-that-natalie-tran-video-on-white-male-asian-female-relationships/

A Power Letter To Asian Women by Rohan Zhou-Lee | Mochi Mag: https://www.mochimag.com/activism/letter-to-asian-women/

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Teen and Chris are joined by returning guest Josh C., who has written for FAIR.org regarding American media treatment of Russia and China, to discuss the bloodthirstiness and anti-Russian xenophobia exhibited by liberals in the wake of the war in Ukraine.

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Josh (@JoshC0301)

Teen (@mont_jiang)

Chris (@JesuInToast)

REFERENCED RESOURCES:

What The Russian Invasion Teaches Us About The Right by David French | The Atlantic: https://newsletters.theatlantic.com/the-third-rail/6234aa276c90860020516e75/republican-conspiracy-russia-ukraine/

Why Can't The West Admit That Ukraine Is Winning? by Eliot A. Cohen | The Atlantic: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/03/ukraine-is-winning-war-russia/627121/

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Liza, Filip, and Adam get together to talk about the newest Pixar movie, Turning Red, that just released on Disney+. They discuss the movie's rather unique, for popular media, theme of an adolescent girl's first period, how Liza's kids watched the movie twice in a row, and Filip rants in Toronto's honor. The gang also briefly talk about the controversial CinemaBlend review, which has subsequently been taken down, and how it unwittingly supports the idea of "media representation matters".

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Liza(@aesthdistance1)

Filip (@filipgwriting)

Adam (@snbatman)

REFERENCED RESOURCES:

Summary article on Bounding Into Comics about the CinemaBlend Review Controversy: https://boundingintocomics.com/2022/03/11/cinemablend-pulls-review-of-turning-red-after-social-media-accuses-author-of-sexism-and-racism-over-opinion-that-he-was-not-the-films-target-audience/

Archived version of the CinemaBlend Review: https://web.archive.org/web/20220307192648/https://www.cinemablend.com/movies/disneys-turning-red-review-in-pixars-latest-comedy-girls-just-wanna-have-fur

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Doug Kim joins Teen to talk about being at the center of Jay Caspian Kang's chapter on MRAsians in his book 'The Loneliest Americans'. From his HS friendship with Mark Zuckerberg, to winning millions in poker at 22, to being wrung through the Hollywood grinder as an Asian guy on the spectrum, Doug is an open book when it comes to the 'angry asian guy'.

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