Amy returns to talk to Adrienne, Claire, and Sabrina about perceptions of beauty, dating (obviously), and more. In particular, bad dating stories, how ableism has never been included in beauty conversations, and getting catfished.

You should read the article we discuss in the episode: https://leavingevidence.wordpress.com/2011/08/22/moving-toward-the-ugly-a-politic-beyond-desirability/

Check out Amy's episode if you haven't already: Drones and Disability Justice https://www.introspectives.uk/quarantine-reflection-drones-and-disability-justice/. You can find her on Twitter: @GaetaAmy or check her personal website: https://aegaeta.wixsite.com/website

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Artwork by Sabrina. FYI: swears in this episode that are not bleeped.

Emily returns to talk to Adrienne and Claire about petiteness, perceptions of submissive Asian (American) women, health, dating, beauty, and more.

Emily is a graduate student studying molecular biology at Brown University, but more importantly, is dog mom to the cutest fluff-potato. Born and raised in New England, she likes to hike the White Mountains, explore quaint coastal towns, and drink iced coffee all year round. She is a self-proclaimed Hufflepuff and her favorite dessert is banana cream pie.

The badass woman mentioned by Emily is Ming-Na Wen.

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Artwork by Sabrina. FYI: swears in this episode that are not bleeped.

Adrienne and Claire reflect on their upcoming decade birthday, stroll down memory lane, and discuss the future.

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Artwork by Adrienne. FYI: swears in this episode that are not bleeped.

Adrienne and Claire talk to Emily about beauty and love through an Asian American lens: role models, definition of beauty, dating as an Asian woman, and more.

Emily is a graduate student studying molecular biology at Brown University, but more importantly, is dog mom to the cutest fluff-potato. Born and raised in New England, she likes to hike the White Mountains, explore quaint coastal towns, and drink iced coffee all year round. She is a self-proclaimed Hufflepuff and her favorite dessert is banana cream pie.

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Artwork by Sabrina. FYI: swears in this episode that are not bleeped.

Anthony is back to talk to Adrienne, Claire, and Sabrina about dating and love. What are our dealbreakers? What did we think of dating when we were younger versus now? This was another hilarious episode and we hope you enjoy it.

If you haven't listened to our feature with Anthony, do it now:  Season 4 Episode 4- "Three Years Ahead of My Time" https://www.introspectives.uk/s4-e4-three-years-ahead-of-my-time/. Check out Anthony and what he’s up to on Instagram and Twitter @antzjourney

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Artwork by Sabrina.

Adrienne and Claire chat about what it means to be anti-racist, current Asian American hate crimes, solidarity within the POC community, feel good stories featuring Gemma Chan, and Iron Fists and Kung-fu Kicks.

Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks https://www.netflix.com/gb/title/80188823

Stop Asian American hate! https://www.instagram.com/p/CLXHA2rsi4J/?igshid=1rgx8gfk6m2nl

Gemma Chan and Beauty Truths https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_pu6eJBGfc

White Fragility by Robin Diangelo https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/White_Fragility/sdp1DwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&printsec=frontcover and So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35099718-so-you-want-to-talk-about-race

Statistics referred to in the episode from Diangelo's book:

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Artwork by Adrienne. FYI: swears in this episode that are not bleeped.

Adrienne, Claire, and Sabrina talk to Anthony about his perspective on beauty and love. What is male self-care? Why are gender expectations and perceptions so different? Who is a "man's man?" Anthony kindly agreed to be the voice of all men for this episode (joking!). You can't hear us laughing in the background since we muted our mics, but this was a fun episode.

If you haven't listened to our feature with Anthony, listen now:  Season 4 Episode 4- "Three Years Ahead of My Time"

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Artwork by Sabrina.

Natalie chats to Claire and Adrienne about family, moving as a kid, living in different countries (USA, UK, Korea, Spain), Covid times, long distance relationships, and more.

Natalie is a recent transplant, having arrived in the UK from the States a month ago. After graduating with a Bachelor's of Music in audio engineering, she began teaching English abroad. After seven years in South Korea and Spain, she returned to the US and worked within the public school system. Now, she's adjusting to life in the UK with her husband and hoping to find work in schools again.

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Artwork by Sabrina.

Adrienne, Claire, Enja, Hazel, and Sabrina talk about the Netflix shows Bridgerton https://www.netflix.com/gb/title/80232398 and Velvet https://www.netflix.com/gb/title/80018046#:~:text=2014%7CTV%2D14%20%7C4,%C3%81ngel%20Silvestre%2C%20Aitana%20S%C3%A1nchez%2DGij%C3%B3n, the book The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51791252-the-vanishing-half, and the podcast episode #airbnb While Black https://www.npr.org/2016/04/26/475623339/-airbnbwhileblack-how-hidden-bias-shapes-the-sharing-economy?t=1612711779691&t=1618082388628.

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Artwork by Sabrina.

Sadye shares her pregnancy journey and the complicated conversations that she hadn't expected. She also tells us about her beauty and love role models and self-care rituals that have helped during the pandemic. Don't miss out on this episode!

Sadye is a prior elementary school teacher and coach. After earning her master’s degree in Education Policy and Management from the Harvard Graduate School of Education, Sadye transitioned to a position at the state Department of Education, where she leads program evaluations for a portfolio of educator preparation providers. She is passionate about ensuring  that all students (especially those that the system has consistently  underserved) have access to excellent educators. Sadye lives in Massachusetts with her husband Ben and dog Milo. She spends her free time taking photographs, reading mystery novels, watching embarrassingly low quality reality TV, and dreaming of past travels (some favorites include Thailand, Iceland, and Italy).  Check out her photos on her Society 6 page https://society6.com/age_of_laughter/wall-hangings.

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Artwork by Sabrina.