Have you ever gone to some artsy event in America and realized that the vast majority of Asians there were women? Given how much of the creative output from Asia is dominated by Asian men, it surely can't be said that Asian men are somehow genetically uninterested in the arts. So is there something about American culture that creates these gender imbalances among Asian Americans? Is it a supply or demand problem? Returning guest Ray (writer) and new guest Jon Truei (filmmaker) join Oxford Kondo to discuss their experiences of being straight yellow men in America, trying to express themselves creatively.

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Oxford (@JesuInToast)

Ray (@raydeng)

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In the third iteration of the Plan A tech series, Filip talks to guests RK and Jimmy about the surge in activism and labour activism in the tech sector in the past few years. They tackle the question of where Asian Americans fit in amongst the tech-lash, and why we should care, beyond just the fact that we’re highly represented in this world-affecting industry.

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TWITTER:

Filip (@filipgwriting)

Jimmy Wu (@jimmyjwu)

REFERENCED RESOURCES:

Optimize What? by Jimmy Wu at Commune Magazine

https://communemag.com/optimize-what/

Lessons from the Long Sixties for Organizing in Tech by R.K. Upadhya at Science for the People

https://magazine.scienceforthepeople.org/vol22-1/lessons-from-the-long-sixties-for-organizing-in-tech-today/

The Subversive Roots of Asian Scientists and Engineers

https://hyphenmagazine.com/blog/2016/12/subversive-roots-asian-scientists-and-engineers

White Techies are not our Friends by Filip Guo

https://planamag.com/white-techies-are-not-our-friends-e8cf1d51b3a3

Collective Actions In Tech

https://collectiveactions.tech

ADDITIONAL RECOMMENDED RESOURCES FROM GUESTS RK AND JIMMY:

Forget Your Middleclass Dreams in Jacobin Magazine

https://www.jacobinmag.com/2019/03/middle-class-white-collar-unions-kickstarter

Tech Workers are Workers, Too (links to Chinese Tech workers organizing)

https://jacobinmag.com/2019/05/tech-workers-chinese-solidarity-microsoft-github

Coders of the world, unite: can Silicon Valley workers curb the power of Big Tech?

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2017/oct/31/coders-of-the-world-unite-can-silicon-valley-workers-curb-the-power-of-big-tech

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Jess and Teen (after we all watched the wrong Veronica movie on Netflix up in the Catskills) record a late-night podcast while enjoying the effects of some special gummies. We'd write more in this description, but honestly, we don't remember a ton of what we talked about! It was something about adult life?

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Teen (@mont_jiang)

Jess (@cogitatotomato)

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There's a lot to be commended about the movie Hustlers, but as a source of information about the realities of the lives of sex workers, especially Asian sex workers, it has its blind spots and relies on old Hollywood tropes. Red Canary Song is a grassroots collective of Asian and migrant sex workers and allies, starting with the Chinese community of massage parlor workers in New York City. Its co-founder, Kate Zen, along with members Jia and Lillian, join Diana and Oxford to discuss important issues facing sex workers and their own experiences in the industry.

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Red Canary Song's website: http://www.redcanarysong.org/

TWITTER:

Kate: @katezenlove

Diana: @discoveryduck

Oxford: @JesuInToast

INSTAGRAM:

Red Canary Song: @redcanarysong

Jia: @dominajia

Lillian: @theparhelia

REFERENCED RESOURCES:

Kate's piece about 'Hustlers' on NBC News: https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/constance-wu-s-real-life-hustlers-inspiration-problem-model-minority-ncna1062741

Red Canary SCREAMS event on Nov. 2: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/red-canary-screams-tickets-73691847299

Instagram for Kinkout Events on Nov. 2: @kinkoutevents

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Mark and Oxford put on their soccer pundit hats to diagnose just what the hell is wrong with the US men's soccer team, as well as Tottenham Hotspur (their very recent demolition of Red Star Belgrade notwithstanding). Some ideas thrown around include national arrogance (USMNT) and the perils of overachieving in the Champions League last season (Tottenham).

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TWITTER:

Oxford (@JesuInToast)

Mark (@snbatman)

REFERENCED RESOURCES:

US Soccer Is Neglecting Latino Talent—And It Shows: https://www.thenation.com/article/us-soccer-latino-neglect/

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It's been about 2 years since Oxford published his article, "What If Asian American Men Fall To The Alt-Right?" He, Jess, and Teen get together to talk about what has changed in these two years with respect to what the new forbidden topics in Asian America are, and why we're so tired of the usual Stinky Lunch and Yellow Fever thinkpieces. Also, they talk about Reddit's obsession with Hong Kong and why that site's reaction is really about American self-esteem.

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TWITTER:

Jess (@cogitatotomato)

Oxford (@JesuInToast)

Teen (@mont_jiang)

REFERENCED RESOURCES:

What If Asian American Fall To The Alt-Right? https://planamag.com/what-if-asian-american-men-fall-to-the-alt-right-3b392495786

Jenn Fang's negative reaction to Oxford's article about alt-right: https://imgur.com/a/qeaEwRk

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Plan A's own Diana is a prolific comedian these days, but it took her a while to get into the field, even though she's a natural. Oxford interviews Diana to get a bit of her life story and they discuss why young outspoken children turn quiet and uncertain, the racial challenges of young Asian American comics, and more.

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Diana (@discoveryduck)

Oxford (@JesuInToast)

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Popular terms like "intersectionality" and other idealistic words are thrown around in political circles, but they're often covers for more specific personal grievances. Jess and Diana talk about how these grievances should be able to stand on their own and how the lack of honesty makes things worse. This applies in particular to the familiar gender fights within Asian America.

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Diana (@discoveryduck)

Jess (@cogitatotomato)

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In this lighter bonus episode, Oxford and Mark take turns revealing the bad movies they secretly and sinfully love. As a preview, here are some of their choices: Alien 3, Best of the Best, Waterworld, and Superman IV. Do you agree with their choices and will you be hurling pies at these fools?

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Oxford (@JesuInToast)

Mark (@snbatman)

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Diana, returning guest Bryant, Teen and Mark have a long discussion about the model minority myth (MMM). Do concepts like racial melancholia and racial dissociation contribute to the confused understanding of what exactly the MMM is and did white people incept them into our minds? How does it act differently as an interracial force, Asian used against Blacks, and as an intraracial one, recent Black immigrants against ADOS.

TWITTER:

Diana (@discoveryduck)

Bryant (@mfbt)

Teen (@mont_jiang)

Mark(@snbatman)

REFERENCED RESOURCES:

Racial Melancholia, Racial Dissociation

On the Social and Psychic Lives of Asian Americans: https://www.dukeupress.edu/racial-melancholia-racial-dissociation

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