Hi Y’all!

Welcome to another fabulous episode of Really Real Talk.

Today I am chatting with Ihui aka Polar Tropica, queen of the dreamy synth pop sound.

We chat about smashing the patriarchy (of course), being a child of immigrants (we can relate lol) that don't necessarily encourage arts or creative careers because it isn’t seen as a “real option”.

Despite all that Ihui still pursued her musical dreams and veered from the pressures of what a “model child” should be.

We chat about not fitting into the pre-existing industries and systems in place and creating our own paths instead. We chat about indie labels vs being independent, and the opportunities provided to us via social media these days.

Chatting about why instagram is a great tool but at the same time, it’s totally killing our vibe with the content suppression. We talk about why Trumpfs social media “silencing” is something we’ve been experiencing FAR before y’all ever hear about it and why it’s hard to convince people this is happening.

I ask Ihui about her experiences with Patreon as it is something I am currently working on uploading content to. We chat about building community, direct artist to fan contact….Why it's so hard to accept help from others that want to support you.

And much much much more so take a listen at this really fckn productive conversation!!!

Please check out Ihui at

https://www.instagram.com/polartropica/

https://linktr.ee/polartropica

You can find me at www.instagram.com/morethankirakira

and www.tiktok.com/@justkirakira

https://linktr.ee/morethankirakira

Very soon you can also support me via Patreon where you will find full-length video versions of the podcast, bonus episodes, plus cute little membership benefits when you join!

Hello and welcome to another episode of Really Real Talk. This week my guest is Phee, owner of Positive Phee, which is a small business with big plans to shake up the way we consume fashion.

She’s all the way fresh from London and I’m so happy to have been connected with Phee! In this episode, we got to reminisce over our times working in luxury lingerie at Agent Provocateur. We talk about Phee’s fashion journey and how she realized that the way the industry is now isn’t what she wants to participate in. So of course we talk about giving up everything you’ve worked so hard towards, just to nix it all and move somewhere else to start completely a-new! It wouldn’t be an interview with a budding entrepreneur if we didn’t talk about all the sacrifice and risk that goes into such moves.

We talk about how we can take the industry out of the clutches of the white patriarchy (which is still running the fashion industry and for some reason telling us what is cool). How the industry is classist, and how Phee’s business fights all of those things by being an up-cycle, re-cycle local clothing shop.

Although many have lost jobs and dreams due to the *panoramic, it’s also birthed a slew of new small businesses that are waiting for your support in order to succeed. At the end of the tunnel, there is always light. After our recording, Phee and I brainstormed more on how to bring awareness to the positive, and the opportunities out there- when only the negative and the failures are being focused on right now. All the women I interview are a testament to making the best of any situation.

Please follow Phee at

https://www.instagram.com/positive_phee/

https://beacons.ai/positivephee

You can find me at www.instagram.com/morethankirakira 

and www.tiktok.com/@justkirakira

https://linktr.ee/morethankirakira

Hey y’all welcome to episode 50 of Really Real Talk. Happy one year anniversary to the podcast woohoo.

I forgot the intro song in the edit but that's all good because I'm back with my beautiful guest Shonge! (Bonus solo episode coming after this as well.)

Today we talk about assimilating to American culture and Shonge’s experiences navigating life as a queer woman from Zimbabwe by way of North Carolina. She talks about her many hustles and why the 9-5 life just isn’t for her. The amount of variety in this episode is jam packed...We talk about the fashion industry and how to get what you want out of the narcissist circles in LA using basic human psychology, her time working at a comedy club, how staring down her now-husband led to them getting married. We also talk about how she lent me a helping hand by sharing her weed goddess knowledge.

Anyway, I could go on forever but I rather you hear it straight from Shonge! Happy listening.

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You can find Shonge at http://instagram.com/rainbowspacechocolate

You can find me at www.instagram.com/morethankirakira and www.tiktok.com/@justkirakira

https://linktr.ee/morethankirakira