Escape From Plan A

Are people, Asian or otherwise, afraid of Yellow Love? Why does it seem that every other minority group is happy to celebrate same-race relationships except yellow Asians? Diana, Ray, Jong, and Oxford talk about celebrating and politicizing Yellow Love and share some of their own personal stories on the matter.

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TWITTER:

Diana (@discoveryduck)

Ray (@raydeng)

Jong (@calicoarse)

Oxford (@oxford_kondo)

REFERENCED RESOURCES:

Yellow Love, Politics, and Poetry by Christina Qiu: https://www.thecrimson.com/column/new-romantix/article/2016/10/11/interracial-relationships/

For Years, I Was Vehemently Against Dating Asian Guys—Even Though I'm Chinese by Madelyn Chung: https://www.flare.com/sex-and-relationships/asian-men-stereotypes-dating-desexualization/

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The Asian American leftist front can be found on Twitter. Creighton (@cwzaj) and Redmond (@diaspora_is_red)—comrades of vanguard tweet brigade—join the pod this week to discuss the concept of 'Boba Liberalism,' a critique of mainstream AsAm political identity as narrowly focused on assimilationism and privilege, while ignoring fundamental questions of social and economic justice.

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Other handles you should check out on Asian Left Twitter:

https://twitter.com/asianbabyghoul

https://twitter.com/femceldreamgirl

https://twitter.com/comradekelley

https://twitter.com/MaoistTankie

https://twitter.com/JohannaMarcia01

https://twitter.com/dog_respecter

TWITTER:

Redmond (@diaspora_is_red)

Creighton (@cwzaj)

Teen (@mont_jiang)

REFERENCED RESOURCES:

Discussed tweets:

https://twitter.com/diaspora_is_red/status/1069184873305276416

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Teen and Jess talk about Asian Dads for this past Father's Day. From there we talk about @kane's incredible Asian Ron Swanson tweet thread about his Chinese dad. We talk about how there's no such thing as "East vs. West," whether cyberpunk is still alive, and why NYC subway stations are so much dirtier than those in Asia.

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RESOURCES:

The Asian Ron Swanson tweet thread: https://twitter.com/kane/status/1140286040365625345

TWITTER:

Jess (@cogitatotomato)

Teen (@mont_jiang)

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Trevor Beaulieu of the Champagne Sharks podcast joins Teen and Jess for a deep dive into the Asian American rom-com "Always Be My Maybe" (available on Netflix). While met with widespread acclaim and an easy-to-love throwback sensibility, a closer look into this un-serious entertainment raises a lot of questions. "Always" takes the baton from "Crazy Rich Asians" in developing an American genre narrative of contemporary Asian Americans. But the racial aspect of the film does not exempt it from the built-in limitations of the rom-com genre itself.

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TWITTER:

T. Beaulieu (@RickyRawls)

Jess (@cogitatotomato)

Teen (@Mont_Jiang)

REFERENCED RESOURCES:

Teen and Trevor discuss Lee Chang Dong's "Burning" on the Champagne Sharks podcast: https://soundcloud.com/champagnesharks/preview-of-cs-141-carl-jung-and-lee-chang-dongs-burning-double-episode-feat-teen-sheng

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In this episode, Mark, Filip and Diana are joined by special guest and writer Minyoung Lee to discuss the psychological phenomenon called Impostor Syndrome. They share their own stories about feeling it, talk about what it is and how it effects Asian Americans, and share some advice on how to handle it.

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TWITTER:

Minyoung (@minyoungleeis)

Diana (@discoveryduck)

Mark (@snbatman)

Filip (@filipgwriting)

REFERENCED RESOURCES:

What is imposter syndrome?

Definition: a psychological pattern in which an individual doubts his or her accomplishments and has a persistent internalized fear of being exposed as a "fraud”

From: Langford, Joe; Clance, Pauline Rose (Fall 1993). "The impostor phenomenon: recent research findings regarding dynamics, personality and family patterns and their implications for treatment" (PDF). Psychotherapy: Theory, Research, Practice, Training. 30 (3): 495–501. doi:10.1037/0033-3204.30.3.495

To Grieve Is to Carry Another Time by Matthew Salesses : https://longreads.com/2019/04/22/to-grieve-is-to-carry-another-time/

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Teen, Oxford, and Mark discuss the recent article from The Cut about wannabe "chads" who get extreme plastic surgery in hopes of becoming more attractive to women. They also talk about the Fox Business News interview between Trish Regan and Liu Xin.

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TWITTER:

Teen (@mont_jiang)

Oxford (@oxford_kondo)

Mark (@snbatman)

REFERENCED RESOURCES:

How Many Bones Would You Break to Get Laid?: https://www.thecut.com/2019/05/incel-plastic-surgery.html

With His Job Gone, an Autoworker Wonders, ‘What Am I as a Man?’: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/27/us/auto-worker-jobs-lost.html

David Palumbo-Liu's tweet on Asian masculinity: https://twitter.com/palumboliu/status/1126278114387091459

For Years, I Was Vehemently Against Dating Asian Guys—Even Though I'm Chinese (by Madelyn Chung): https://www.flare.com/sex-and-relationships/asian-men-stereotypes-dating-desexualization/

The Danger of Asian American Conformity (by Teen Sheng): https://planamag.com/the-danger-of-asian-american-conformity-116576c716f2

IS HAVING A "No Asian Policy" MESSED UP WHEN DATING? // Fung Bros: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52dQSX-DCN0

FOX Business’ Trish Regan talks trade with CGTN’s Liu Xin: https://video.foxbusiness.com/v/6042507238001/#sp=show-clips

Why Do North Koreans Hate Us? One Reason — They Remember the Korean War.: https://theintercept.com/2017/05/03/why-do-north-koreans-hate-us-one-reason-they-remember-the-korean-war/

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In light of the Champions League final (all hail Son Heung-min!), Mark and Oxford talk about what it was like playing sports growing up and the life lessons they learned.

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TWITTER:

Mark (@snbatman)

Oxford (@oxford_kondo)

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A common debate in Asian American spaces, especially online ones, is how inclusive the term "Asian" can be. Does it only describe yellow people, and if so, how yellow are Southeast Asians, especially those who are darker-skinned? Does it include brown Asians? If so, how do the noticeable differences in experience get accounted for? Oxford (Korean), Sarina (Punjabi), Jay (Tamil), and Quyen (Vietnamese) come together to tackle this intricate topic.

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TWITTER:

Oxford (@oxford_kondo)

Jay (@lithiummano)

Quyen (@_quyenngo)

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Filip, Diana, and Oxford share some of their fashion, or anti-fashion, tips. Filip educates us on the distinction between fashion and style while Diana talks about how many pairs of sweat pants she owns. Oxford recalls a regrettable hat phase in college.

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TWITTER:

Filip (@filipgwriting)

Diana (@discoveryduck)

Oxford (@oxford_kondo)

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Asian American rights discourse focuses on the ways we don't enjoy the same privileges that white Americans do. But this leaves out meaningful thought about the plain fact that we enjoy economic and social privileges, and we spend our lives seeking more and more of it. Jess and Teen talk about the Asian American privilege identity. Should we continue to disclaim it while seeking ever more of it? Is it counter-productive to the rights agenda to acknowledge it? Why bother with it if it's the source of all social evil?

This was intended as a bonus podcast for Patreon members, but we'd rather make this particular episode free and available for everyone. Please visit us at patreon.com/planamag if you'd like to become a member.

TWITTER:

Jess (@cogitatotomato)

Teen (@mont_jiang)

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