In this episode one of my good friends, Laura Gao, and I are talking about her journey into being a writer, our gender identity, and sexuality. We both identify as queer with pronouns she/they, and share about how we've come to these identities :) Laura is a queer comic artist and has published a book, "Messy Roots" (https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/55867756-messy-roots). She's been interviewed by NPR and many others which is freakin CRAZY. Ty Laura for hanging out with me and ty to everyone for taking the time to listen <333

In this episode Harrison and I talked about his experience as a cis bisexual male. We talk about how bisexual men are often judged for not sticking with one “side”. We also briefly discuss how it feels for a male to express emotion in other male dominated spaces.

My AMAZING friend Hannah Wastyk has joined me on this episode to share about her journey on completing her PhD to becoming the CEO of her startup in the bay! She’ll share more about her research which is demonstrates the connection between the gut microbiome and the immune system. She is the FIRST paper to prove this relationship in a human study!! We also talk about the importance of representation and how it is so empowering to see others like us killin it. Thank you so much for hanging out and sharing your story Hannah! I am so grateful :) 

Check out her website to learn more about her: https://hannahwastyk.co/

Check out her paper to learn more about the microbiome: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34256014/

Her freakin awesome defense (I cried at the end): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgExv0seNCY&t=3138s&ab_channel=HannahWastyk

https://now.org/now-foundation/love-your-body/love-your-body-whats-it-all-about/get-the-facts/#:~:text=Body%20Image,the%20time%20girls%20reach%20seventeen.&text=When%20asked%20%E2%80%9CAre%20you%20happy,their%2060s%20answered%20%E2%80%9Cyes%E2%80%9D.

https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/common-eating-disorders#binge-eating-disorder

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9z5xqAP7ek

This was EXTREMELY helpful for me.

(I’m bad at titles) My friend Elli, the founder of the Queer Climbing Collective (QCC), took the time to chat about this group and how she came about making it!

We also talk about: 

- The queer community in climbing

- The different types of climbing

- Our favorite types of climbs

This episode is short and sweet, and I thought it would be cool to share with you all places that I find community and comfort with other queer people :)  Check QCC out! Instagram is @queerclimbingcollective :)

In this episode I'm talking with one of my best buds, Glaiza, about our experience in figuring out our sexuality. Surprise, we're both lesbians! Both of us are Asian American women, and navigating through our sexuality while also battling conflicting standards between Eastern and Western cultures is a long, never ending process. Not only are we talking about our journey, but we are also discussing the word "Lesbian" and what it means to us, as well as how society has portrayed it. I definitely learned a lot, and hanging out with Glaiza helps me feel more comfortable in my own skin! To all my queer asian women out there, we are with you :). And thank you also to everyone else that has taken the time to listen and learn about other communities in this world <3

Even though 2020 sucked, I learned a lot, and I’m grateful that I was able to learn a lot about myself through these hard times. I’m really optimistic about 2021 (kind of) and hope y’all have a safe new year!

In this episode my girlfriend and I are chatting about our experiences in engineering! Both of us are Mechanical Engineers so this episode will focus mainly on that, but I hope to chat with many other ladies in different engineering fields and share with y’all :) I’m also going to try to chat with ladies in all different fields as well!! I hope you all are doing well, we finally made it to the end of 2020!

Joey is back!! And in this episode we’re sharing our thoughts and experiences in grad school. What was fun about this episode is we are studying very different subjects which lead to very different feelings/experiences LOL. Definitely a ramble type episode! Hope y’all enjoy and happy holidays! :)