What is the journey of a model/actor from Myanmar look like? What are the advantages and disadvantages of having the beauty and the brain? How does the entertainment industry in Myanmar treat women?

In this episode, Thiri shared her deepest and darkest journey from being only a model to an actress and becoming who she is today, a lifestyle influencer who is not afraid to share her story with her audiences. She has been very vocal about raising awareness and education on mental health, sex education, menstrual justice, and beyond. She is self-reflective and takes accountability for her position of being born into a privileged family but she was also struggling to understand her mother's depression after the loss of the child.

We talk about career, mental health, sex education, patriarchy, and beauty standards in this episode.

Speaker Bio: Tea talk with Thiri Soe a lifestyle influencer who’s promoting mental health awareness in her community. Her career started as an actor/model but she finally found herself as an interest big sister to her community.

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"I deal with bullies by laughing at mean things they said or commented. It usually makes them stop coz they couldn't achieve what they want to do on my wall." 

Phyo Pa Pa Aung is a beauty blogger, a cat lover, a foodie, and a feminist who enjoys being single and taking care of her well-being as much as working full-time. 

In this episode, she shares her thoughts on feminism, skincare, youth, and career, as well as the joy of being on your own and not having to depend on anyone else for your emotional well-being. 

Listen, connect and share. 

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"To fix the problem, we need to work at the micro-level by endorsing the policies, by changing the narratives, and at the individual level by having the dialogues on dignified menstruation. And the dialogues have to start by men too." -Radha Paudel

Radha Paudel is a Nurse, Author, Activist, and Founder of Global South Coalition for Dignified Menstruation (GSCDM).  The campaign of Dignified Menstruation is moving forward through 8 different chapters namely Australia, Philippines, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Uk, Uganda, and North America Chapter. She is the initiator to mark International Dignified Menstruation day for 8 December as a day of 16 days of Activism and also working for the three days (December 8-10) International Workshop on Dignified  Menstruation along with the Ministry of Women, Children and Senior Citizen, Government of Nepal.

In this episode, Radha talks about the importance of having dialogues around dignified menstruation from an individual level to a political level, and while doing that, it is equally important to avoid using vague language that can diminish the value of the menstrual issue. 

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“The celebration of Identity is interconnected to the sustainability of communities, cultural diversity, language, and ultimately the celebration of self.” - Cassandra 

In this episode, Cassandra talks about her inwards and outwards struggles of being an indigenous person in Canada. She gives us a brief history of Anishinaabe while explaining the importance of sustaining identity. Connecting with your ancestors means connecting yourself. Listen to the conversation to hear the other side of the coin. 

Speaker bio; 

Cassandra Spade is a human rights, and language rights activist from Mishkeegogamang First Nation, Canada. She has recently completed a B. A from the University of Manitoba and is currently enrolled in Community Economic and Social Development at Algoma University. Her advocacy involves but is not limited to, the acknowledgment of Indigenous land-based education, the recognition of Indigenous languages as a human right, developing the accessibility of education to Northern Indigenous communities, and suicide prevention awareness. Her work continues to focus on creating safe spaces to connect Indigenous Youth to their language, identity, and culture.

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"Consent needs to be explicit and cannot and should not be influenced or negotiated. Without consent, sexual activity (including oral sex, genital touching, and vaginal or anal penetration) is sexual assault or rape." Anukriti Kunwar

"Asking for what we want and saying no to what we don't want is a direct rebellion to patriarchy."- Anugya Kunwar

What is consent and what is NOT consent? How do we build a consent culture? In this discussion, we have two activists from Nepal, Anugya & Anukriti, sharing their knowledge and experiences with working on research and projects on pleasure, consent, and sex education.

Speaker bios:

Anukriti Kunwar (she/her) is a Senior International Studies Major at Centre College, Kentucky. Anukriti co-founded a self-initiated project called "let's talk about pleasure" at her college. Through the project, she co-facilitated a three-day workshop on purity culture, hookup culture, vulva anatomy, and pleasure activism.  Her areas of interest lie in pleasure activism, advocating for Human Rights, especially for communities marginalized by their gender, caste, sexual orientation, and race.

Anugya Kunwar (she/ her) is a feminist pleasure activist who recently graduated with a Bachelors's degree in Politics, Philosophy, and Economics with a minor in Gender Studies. Her digital advocacy project for CHOICE, 'Pleasure Activism' strives to create a safe and informational sex-positive space for youths to openly talk and learn about their sexuality and pleasure. It also pushes for pleasure-based comprehensive sexuality education in Nepal.

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"I want to tell the men that instead of saying feminism is fake and all, first, try and LISTEN to these women."

Asmita is a feminist and digital content creator. she creates and shares her thoughts on feminism, female sexuality, and many other topics related to women via Wabi.Sabi. Society Instagram Page with over 38k followers.

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"I wanted to create safe spaces for young girls so that they can talk about their struggles, fears, and anything they want. "

Tata Diko Duku Tikaya (aka) Tata is an activist for women’s rights and spoken word artist and member of youth movements that use art to unite and preach peace in South Sudan. She was nominated for Sout al-Salaam (Sound of Peace) 2019 Awards, People’s Choice Category.

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"Most of us wants to be valid and acknowledge, some of us just don't wanna admit it."

Why is it important to acknowledge and appreciate the contributions of young people or any individual in society? It is the best and free way of making them do more of what they are doing. In this episode, I talked about how small compliments, appreciation, and acknowledgment have shaped me. Compliments and feedbacks are like vitamins for me. It is a good force that keeps you going, too. 

Don't forget to compliment someone today.

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"We need to imagine a different world- an equal and just world. For that to happen, we need to raise our sons and daughters differently."

Why do we make boys think that being a man means being tough and do not show emotions? This is so dehumanizing. We raise girls to please men and the circle never ends if we don't start from us. It must start with you and me and parents who are raising girls and boys. We have to raise them as human beings with full potential who can be kind, loving, but also assertive and strong. 

In this episode, I read the third sections from Why We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie in Myanmar language. Hope this will expand our thinking to act differently. 

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"The higher you go, the fewer women there are." 

Why do you it is difficult for women to get to the leadership position? Is it because of the stereotyping thinkings like women aren't qualified enough or is because of gender discrimination? How can we normalized female leadership? 

Listen to this podcast where I read a section from Chimaman Ngozi Adichie's essay, Why We Should All Be Feminists and reflect on my personal story and how our country, Myanmar, treat its female leaders. 

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https://www.ted.com/.../chimamanda_ngozi_adichie_we...

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