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A quick chat about what we will be doing this Lunar New Year and some interesting traditions in Taiwan 8-things-you-might-not-know-about-chinese-new-year.html https://thewest.com.au/news/health/women-rent-a-boyfriend-for-new-year-ng-ya-344556 Facebook | Asian Bitches Down Under Instagram | Asian Bitches Down Under  Email: [email protected] 
 

Trigger Warning: This episode contains discussions of suicide, and sexual harassment/assault/abuse stories. It's almost Lunar New Year! Before we have to stop ourselves talking about all the shits things in the world during the New Year celebration (Yes, you are not suppose to speak of the negativities during the celeb) we finalise the year of Rat with two stories we have recently obtained. Jess with the story of Harmless Hiker and men's mental health issues, and Helen with sexual harassment stigma and Cheng Ili's bravery even thought knowing the consequences of being judged in Taiwan society. The Unsettling Truth About the ‘Mostly Harmless’ Hiker unsettling-truth-mostly-harmless-hiker Model accuses Taiwanese singer of sexual harassment, waiting for apology https://www.asiaone.com/entertainment/model-accuses-taiwanese-singer-sexual-harassment-waiting-apology What Grace Tame's Australian of the Year win means for survivors like me https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-01-31/what-grace-tame-win-means-for-survivors/13104108 Facebook | Asian Bitches Down Under Instagram | Asian Bitches Down Under  Email: [email protected] 
 

We catch up review/dramas we've watched the past week and discuss how our past experiences with body image causes damages of our self-esteem and confidences. The trial of the Chicago 7 https://time.com/5900527/trial-of-the-chicago-7-true-story/ Paperback Hero https://www.sbs.com.au/movies/review/paperback-hero-review Let’s Talk About Body Image For Asian American Women https://studybreaks.com/thoughts/asian-american-women-body-image-pressures/ 
 

Have you ever been ghosted? Or you have ghosted someone? It's more common than you think. This week, we share personal experiences of ghosting, and how it affects individual's mental wellbeing Road to Jonestown https://www.booktopia.com.au/the-road-to-jonestown-jeff-guinn/book/9781476763835.html?gclid=Cj0KCQiA3smABhCjARIsAKtrg6KaYO-mZ4DISlZgGMDipbvrbcAGQ6QFiADNBs3hHezM0Igx29o_FDMaAppbEALw_wcB Seduced (STAN)https://www.stan.com.au/watch/seduced-inside-the-nxivm-cult?gclsrc=aw.ds&ds_rl=1263226&gclid=Cj0KCQiA3smABhCjARIsAKtrg6JcCpD_ueTXtocOa7YPkcAEQlM0-0NYASX_i9Xv2ASqrBMtJJPDcEcaAvegEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds Sorrow and Bliss https://www.booktopia.com.au/sorrow-and-bliss-meg-mason/book/9781460757222.html Uncut Gem https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5727208/ The Meyerowitz Stories https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5536736/?ref_=ttfc_fc_tt Occupation https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6774786/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 Facebook | Asian Bitches Down Under Instagram | Asian Bitches Down Under  Email: [email protected] 
 

This week, we catch up with reviewing the movies that we have recently watched; The Dry, Soul and Knives Out. We share our thoughts on Elfy Scott's Op-Ed about moving to regional area, it racism or lookism that is happening here? And with the up coming Invasion Day, we spoke about how Australia continuous to be a racist nation and lack of transparency in the society. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/jan/17/i-made-a-sea-change-during-the-pandemic-but-i-miss-the-diversity-of-the-city?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other https://www.solidarity.net.au/aboriginal/changing-date-wont-give-us-anything-celebrate/?fbclid=IwAR0N8FrRGQLRAZjV1KpHxrG46ALCWr3qqadXEsyAAM9HiUrI8F5-LWVF69M https://www.smh.com.au/national/fly-the-aboriginal-flag-at-half-mast-on-january-26-20210113-p56tvu.html?fbclid=IwAR34oIDWTC43IKxS1f1n-LjeShZ6FSuLpzunfAuNtVMIigQIaPTevN9mzcg 
 

Welcome back to ABDU! And welcome to 2021~This week we reflect on what we've read and watched throughout the holiday periods, and rant about the social expectations of females. Sweet Home: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweet_Home_(TV_series) Vegetarian: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25489025-the-vegetarian Luster: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51541496-luster My Dark Vanessa: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44890081-my-dark-vanessa Beauty Pays: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11505511-beauty-pays?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=hOvL6oZiLj&rank=1 Facebook | Asian Bitches Down Under Instagram | Asian Bitches Down Under  Email: [email protected] 
 

Happy holidays! This episode we review the incredible or rather, strange and perplexed 2020. As always, check out the books/movies/drama/podcasts we have mentioned, and let us know what you think!? Facebook | Asian Bitches Down Under Instagram | Asian Bitches Down Under  Email: [email protected] 
 

Are you feeling stress about the festive season? Annoyed with consumerism around Christmas? Well, you are not alone! https://www.psychologytoday.com/au/blog/evidence-based-living/201712/what-we-know-about-the-holiday-blues https://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/health-and-wellness/the-holiday-blues-tips-for-when-time-off-doesn-t-feel-very-relaxing-20200107-p53pha.html https://psychcentral.com/lib/understanding-coping-with-the-christmas-blues/ The Dry https://www.booktopia.com.au/the-dry-jane-harper/book/9781925481372.html?source=pla&gclid=CjwKCAiAoOz-BRBdEiwAyuvA61oE1zLC17BFar53Chwzybi2qRFw6KKXUf5VFCu9XJTARnxR8J_JnxoCGtkQAvD_BwE Educated https://www.penguin.com.au/books/educated-9780099511021 Facebook | Asian Bitches Down Under Instagram | Asian Bitches Down Under Asian Bitches Down Under Email: [email protected] 
 

On this week, we catch up with the recent book/movie/documentary we have consumed, as well as bringing the spot light on Forbes Most Powerful 100 Women. We discuss appropriation on yoga and recent controversy from the British Masterchef. Sorrow and Bliss | Review  The Happiest Season | Trailer  A Secret Australia | Buy    Love on Spectrum | Love_on_the_Spectrum What's the Difference Between Cultural Appropriation and Cultural Appreciation? | https://www.yogajournal.com/yoga-101/yoga-cultural-appropriation-appreciation 'MasterChef' contestant faces backlash for calling Asian food 'dirty' |  https://www.today.com/food/masterchef-contestant-faces-backlash-calling-asian-food-dirty-t202082 Shout out: Match & Forest https://matchaandforest.com.au. Facebook | Asian Bitches Down Under Instagram | Asian Bitches Down Under  Asian Bitches Down Under Email: [email protected] 
 

3rd of December is International Dal of People with Disability. On this episode we talk about the difficulties that people with disabilities of navigating their lives, sharing some wise words from people with disability and how Asian cultures could result negative perceptions of disability community. Extra: Elliot Page and the impact of 'deadnaming' Elliot Page Twitter | https://twitter.com/TheElliotPage/status/1334037241883209728 International Day of People with Disability | https://www.idpwd.com.au/about/  Employable Me Australia | https://iview.abc.net.au/show/employable-me-australia/series/1  Love on the Spectrum | Netflix browse Carly Findlay | https://www.mamamia.com.au/disability-representation/  Jerusha Mather |https://womensagenda.com.au/leadership/profiles/jerusha-mather-and-her-crusade-to-enhance-the-lives-of-people-living-with-disability/ LIVING A LIFE WITH A PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT IN TAIWAN“IT IS MORE THAN JUST THE IMPAIRMENT”Hsiu-Ching Lin (2012) | 10914431.pdf Chess Taipei is Asia's first nightclub to host a club night for people with autism spectrum https://mixmag.asia/read/chess-taipei-hosts-club-night-people-autism-spectrum-local ABC reporter Nas Campanella writes about a shocking interaction on a Sydney train | https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-11-30/abc-reporter-nas-campanella-stranger-says-life-not-worth-living/12920246 Disability royal commission data shows Indigenous and culturally diverse groups under-represented in submissions | https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-07-23/disability-royal-commission-indigenous-cald-submissions-lacking/12476358 Japanese Film Festival (Australia 2020) | australia Don't forget to get some Xmas gifts ideas from these fantastic artists! https://www.instagram.com/helloinnerpeace/ https://www.instagram.com/mellow_winnie/ https://www.instagram.com/enjoyillustration/ ·       Facebook | Asian Bitches Down Under ·       Instagram | Asian Bitches Down Under  ·       Asian Bitches Down Under Email: [email protected] 
 

In the spirit of festive season, we talk about gift giving, the taboos and funny experiences we've had or heard, of gift culture. References: https://www.asialifestylemagazine.com/the-tradition-of-asian-gift-giving/ https://www.theatlantic.com/sponsored/hennessy-2018/what-gifting-rituals-around-globe-reveal-about-human-nature/2044/ The Incendiaries https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36679056-the-incendiaries Opps, it's actually call "Kipo: The Age of Wonderbeasts", go and check it out! https://www.netflix.com/title/80221553 For festive season gift ideas, please visit these artists' Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/helloinnerpeace/ https://www.instagram.com/mellow_winnie/ https://www.instagram.com/enjoyillustration/ Get Jessie's book here: The Lonely Girl Is A Dangerous Thing https://www.betterread.com.au/book/a-lonely-girl-is-a-dangerous-thing.do ·       Facebook | Asian Bitches Down Under ·       Instagram | Asian Bitches Down Under  ·       Asian Bitches Down Under Email: [email protected] 
 

What are the challenges for interracial/intercultural relationship beside the language and perhaps the distance? This week we talk about the difficulties that one may have when coming from different racial/cultural background, share our experience and how to overcome these challenges.  Van Gogh Alive https://www.vangoghalive.com.au/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=search&utm_campaign=van_gogh_alive&gclid=CjwKCAiAnvj9BRA4EiwAuUMDf8QW3Z-qmRB-9w9OFcEAKsYTu9xRYW74YGcxunQSwHq0vSEIXBS-ZhoCSiUQAvD_BwE Mediocre https://www.googleadservices.com/pagead/aclk?sa=L&ai=DChcSEwiQq_Latp_tAhVSJSsKHa78C1EYABAAGgJzZg&ae=2&ohost=www.google.com&cid=CAESQeD2sBX4L8eLrK1O_SaUm2xhxzCeb3mF1Z7VcJgItzqtA39_Dq8oMk3ez5mPl-ylqK12I52yrCldcwSRQdQ96nnK&sig=AOD64_2a5SulSvPItIFzanJabrhirXiBcg&q&adurl&ved=2ahUKEwji-Ovatp_tAhXhzzgGHUt8DhYQ0Qx6BAgGEAE&dct=1 ·       Facebook | Asian Bitches Down Under ·       Instagram | Asian Bitches Down Under  ·       Asian Bitches Down Under Email: [email protected] 
 

19th November 2020, today, the International Men's Day, we talk about the conventional categorisation of men, our perceptions and how we should strive to become individuals rather than sheep following instructions and illusions of how to be 'the men'. https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/the_myth_of_the_alpha_male https://www.fatherly.com/love-money/myth-alpha-male-vs-beta-male-hijacked-masculinity/ ·       Facebook | Asian Bitches Down Under ·       Instagram | Asian Bitches Down Under  ·       Asian Bitches Down Under Email: [email protected] 
 

Hey all, chong-sha everyone?! This week Jess share her experience of attending a talk of Queer Sex and our conversation around the mirage of online aesthetic movement (trend?) "Cottagecore". What implications it has with sexism and racism and why it is essential to explore these influences of online movements that would impact our lives. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/10/style/cottagecore.html https://honisoit.com/2020/09/cottagecore-colonialism-and-the-far-right/ https://witchwithme.com/2020/08/28/cottagecore-a-gateway-to-romanticizing-settler-colonialism/ Li Zi-Qi https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoC47do520os_4DBMEFGg4A  Molly Yeh - https://www.instagram.com/mollyyeh/ Jia Tolentino - https://www.instagram.com/p/CHTRswNlGsU/ Teddy Cook - https://www.instagram.com/thatcub/?hl=en  Tilly Lawless - https://www.instagram.com/tilly_lawless/?hl=en  Far from the Tree - Andrew Solomon  How to do nothing - Jenny Odell  Mortality - Christoper Hitchens How to Fly - Barbara Kingsolver  Trick Mirror - Jia Tolentino  Invisible Women - Caroline Criado Perez  The Coconut Children - Vivian Pham  The Great Flowing River - Pang-yuan Chi  ·       Facebook | Asian Bitches Down Under ·       Instagram | Asian Bitches Down Under  ·       Asian Bitches Down Under Email: [email protected] 
 

What kind of characteristics do older people portray on-screen? Fragile? Slow? Wise? Non-sexual? This week we talk about the study on ageist ideas in entertainment industry, share some of the well-known mature-aged actresses and their brilliant work and fascinating lives. Article “Hollywood’s intentional and harmful neglect of women over 50” Jessie Tu - Women’s Agenda https://womensagenda.com.au/latest/hollywoods-intentional-and-harmful-neglect-of-women-over-50/ "Frail, Frumpy and Forgotten"- A report on the movie roles of women of age https://www.thestable.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/tena-ageless-test-report.pdf Woman & Hollywood #ageism https://womenandhollywood.com/tag/ageism/ Movies | Dramas 45 years, 2015 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yri0UKr0JIQ The Home Song Stories, 2007 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAy8Pey2XP8 Supernova, 2020  https://youtu.be/-E31v5HJsCI Red Sorghum, 1987 https://www.netflix.com/browse/person/40165039 Xie Ying-Xuan (Hsieh Ying-Xuan)'s works on Netflix ·       Facebook | Asian Bitches Down Under ·       Instagram | Asian Bitches Down Under  ·       Asian Bitches Down Under Email: [email protected] 
 

As we enter the warmer season in southern hemisphere, we talk about what we are currently reading and watching. The conversation we have this week is on language discrimination, the news of English proficiency requirement for partner visa application, and the complication with Footscary Primary School’s decision of changing their Vietnamese bilingual program to Italian.  New English language rules for Australian partner visas labelled 'racist' by cross-cultural couples https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-10-10/australian-partner-visa-english-language-rule-budget/12743534 Migrants to Australia required to learn English to a 'functional level' under new rules https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-10-08/500-hours-of-english-classes-required-under-partner-visa-changes/12741714 Australia's English test for partner visas could leave women at mercy of abusers, experts warn https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/oct/08/australia-english-language-test-partner-visa-immigration-requirements Melbourne parents fight to keep bilingual Vietnamese program at Footscray primary school https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/oct/04/melbourne-parents-fight-to-keep-bilingual-vietnamese-program-at-footscray-primary-school Change.org Petition https://www.change.org/p/minister-save-the-vietnamese-bilingual-program-at-footscray-primary-school Over the Moon NY Times Review https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/22/movies/over-the-moon-review.html Hot Milk | Deborah Levy https://www.penguin.com.au/books/hot-milk-9780241968031 Freedom Circus | Sue Smethurst https://www.penguin.com.au/books/the-freedom-circus-9781760890308 Selected Poems | Wallace Stevens https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8552929-selected-poems Funny Weather | Olivia Laing https://www.panmacmillan.com/authors/olivia-laing/funny-weather/9781529027648 The Great Flowing River | Chi Pang-yuan. Translated by John Balcom http://cup.columbia.edu/book/the-great-flowing-river/9780231188401 ·       Facebook | Asian Bitches Down Under ·       Instagram | Asian Bitches Down Under  ·       Asian Bitches Down Under Email: [email protected] 
 

This week our conversation on asexuality and polyamory. What’s the definition and misconception society had for them, and how we could learn to explore difference in sexuality and relationship lifestyle choices.    Abo (Taiwanese Indigenous Musician) https://open.spotify.com/artist/09G7xYbYSjiLPGuneuvvjE Asian Australian Project (Mental Health Discussion-Follow the Facebook the video will be uploaded soon, hopefully!) https://www.facebook.com/AsianAustralianProject/ Caste, Isabel Wilkerson https://www.booktopia.com.au/caste-isabel-wilkerson/book/9780241486511.html? source=pla&gclid=Cj0KCQjwuL_8BRCXARIsAGiC51CWdgm4bR5bvOmohmosFMpypxNedwf0MLrsilt5VlF6CEK4vpskQWoaAtCoEALw_wcB A Clean Marriage https://granta.com/a-clean-marriage/ 10 Things you need to know about Asexuality https://lgbt.williams.edu/homepage/10-things-you-need-to-know-about-asexuality/ Asian and Asexual: How I can to Own My Asexuality While Fighting Cultural Stereotypes https://thebodyisnotanapology.com/magazine/asexualtiy-and-cultural-stereotypes/ Why have young people in Japan stopped having sex https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/20/young-people-japan-stopped-having-sex 7 Polyamorous Relationship Myths It Time To Stop Believing https://www.glamour.com/story/7-polyamory-myths-its-time-to-stop-believing 6 Questions That Reveal If You Should Try Polyamory https://www.womenshealthmag.com/relationships/a22531210/polyamorous-relationship/ Polyamory: Beyond the confines of monogamous love https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/325880 Opening Up To Opening Up (Polyamory Workshop) opening-up-to-opening-up-online.html Facebook | Asian Bitches Down Under Instagram | Asian Bitches Down Under  [email protected] Support ABDU through Acast: https://supporter.acast.com/asian-bitches-down-under 
 

We’re starting a new segment to our pod. Once a month, we explore a suburb in Sydney. Our inaugural selection is Jessie’s favourite suburb; Newtown. This is in the inner west of Sydney, where a lively LGBTQIA scene thrives, and everyone is pretty cool. There are bookstores, cinemas, a million Thai restaurants and vegan eateries. Listen to a bit of its history! Also discussed: Collisions - an anthology Ratched - Netflix showConnect with us through social! Facebook | Asian Bitches Down Underhttps://www.facebook.com/asianbdownunderInstagram | Asian Bitches Down Under Asian Bitches Down Under Email: [email protected]://www.instagram.com/asian.bitches.down.under/ 
 

Hi Y’all! Are you a vegan/vegetarian? If you are not, what do you think of being a vegan/vegetarian? This week, our conversation on our diets’ influence on social and political values, and having choices are privileges we often taken for granted. Sophia DuRose | Being vegan is a privilege  In America, Is Veganism For The Privileged?  Exploring veganism as a privileged lifestyle choice  · Facebook | Asian Bitches Down Under · Instagram | Asian Bitches Down Under · Asian Bitches Down Under Email: [email protected] 
 

This week, to celebrate Mid-Autumn Festival (where Chinese people eat lots of mooncakes and stuff themselves with other delicious treats) Jessie and Helen talk about Chinese poets who lived during the Tang Dynasty - Li Bai and Du Fu. They also finish off the episode by reciting their favourite poems. For Helen; it’s Robert Frost’s THE ROAD NOT TAKEN. For Jessie, it’s Dorothea Lasky’s POEM TO AN UNNAMEABLE MAN. Also discussed: Jessie weeps while listening to these articles read to her from her favourite app AUDM: “Out there, Nobody Can Hear You Scream”, By Latria Graham, Outside Magazine (21 September 2020) “Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Supreme Court’s Feminist Icon, Is Dead at 87” By Linda Greenhouse (18 September 2020) The letter Ruth’s husband Marty wrote on his deathbed to her: “My dearest Ruth,” it began. “You are the only person I have loved in my life, setting aside, a bit, parents and kids and their kids, and I have admired and loved you almost since the day we first met at Cornell. What a treat it has been to watch you progress to the very top of the legal world.” Madeleine Thien’s article on Ha Jin and David Hinton’s new books on Du Fu and Li Bai “Poems Without an ‘I’”, October 8 Issue, 2020 Du Fu - Poetry Foundation Profile Li Bai - Poetry Foundation Profile Chiang Hsun - TED X TALK (Taipei, 2012) Robert Frost: The Road Not Taken Dorothea Lasky: Poem to an Unnameable Man Purchase Jessie's Book : Jessie Tu | A Lonely Girl Is A Dangerous Thing   Purchase Zoya's Book: Zoya Patel | No Country Woman   · Facebook | Asian Bitches Down Under · Instagram | Asian Bitches Down Under · Asian Bitches Down Under Email: [email protected] 
 

On this week’s conversation, we discuss the recent SHORE SCHOOL incident of private school boys’ misogynistic behaviours which inherently deflected by the public, as well as how sexual scandals presented in Taiwan media. Presidential aide resigns over sex scandal  Purchase Jess' Book A lonely girl is a dangerous thing Click here >For your chance to win a set of Soy&Spice lingerie Soy&Spice 10% Discount Code for ABDU Listeners: #Asianb Facebook | Asian Bitches Down Under Instagram | Asian Bitches Down Under Asian Bitches Down Under Email: [email protected] 
 

It’s Spring in Southern Hemisphere! Are you doing Spring Cleaning where you declutter the shits that you’ve accumulated in your place? This week, we critic Netflix’s Home Edit, and discuss our relationship with the idea of the show which enforces women into the traditional and regressive work of ‘home duties’. Critics Have These Big Problems With 'The Home Edit'  ‘Get Organized With The Home Edit’ Makes Excess a Virtue: TV Review  Purchase Jess' Book A lonely girl is a dangerous thing   Click here >For your chance to win a set of Soy&Spice lingerie Soy&Spice 10% Discount Code for ABDU Listeners: #Asianb Book: The Good Girl Of Chinatown - Jenevieve Chang   Podcast Shout Out: Good Gay (Mandarin Podcast)   Facebook | Asian Bitches Down Under Instagram | Asian Bitches Down Under For collaborations/advertising/sponsorship please contact via email: [email protected] 
 

We were planning for a short bonus episode, but it end up with us chatting more and more about the whole drama. Go and check out TOKYO GiRL on Amazon Prime! Amazon Prime - Tokyo Girl  Amazon Prime - Jack Ryan   Netflix - Indian Matchmaking   Facebook | Asian Bitches Down Under Instagram | Asian Bitches Down Under Asian Bitches Down Under Email: [email protected] 
 

This week, we dive into a rather taboo-ish topic for ya’ll out there. We want to discuss the sexual empowerment around our society, what is defined as sexual empowerment for us, and how society’s image around women is damaging how we identify ourselves sexually. We are pleased to have our first collaboration with Soy&Spice with a competition to win some lovely prizes and exclusive discount code to shop at Soy&Spice  The Difference Between Feeling Sexually Empowered & Seeking Validation — And Why It Matters   “If you’re not that as an Asian woman, you’re not shit as an Asian woman.”: (re)negotiating racial and gender identities  That's patriarchy: how female sexual liberation led to male sexual entitlement  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Click here >For your chance to win a set of Soy&Spice lingerie   Soy&Spice 10% Discount Code for ABDU Listeners: #Asianb Make Sure you follow Soy&Spice Lingerie Instagram for the annoucement of the prize winner on 25th September! Asian Bitches Down Under Instagram   Asian Bitches Down Under Facebook   Asian Bitches Down Under Email: [email protected] 
 

Anticipating Father’s Day this upcoming Sunday, we sat down to chat about the ways gender constructions are amplified during these ‘festive’ commercial events. Ever notice the colour pink and red all over the shops around May? Well, for September, we’re lead to believe that all fathers (therefore, men) only like dark colours; blue, black or grey. Hm, interesting. And what about indications of what a father (and therefore, a man) is interested in reading? Helen looked at the top 24 book recommendations for dads advertised by bookstores and found that only three books were written by women. What? Men don’t read female authors? NO! Can that be? And why were all the books on the ‘Dad’s wish list’ books about male sportsmen, entertainers, politicians, wine, science, technology? And why were all the novel recommendations spy, crime, thriller, forensic, military? Fathers (and therefore, men) don’t like flowers? Who says? Finally, Helen noticed the bias schools have committed by having Mother’s Day Morning Teas (held at 11am) and Father’s Day Breakfast (held at 8am) because what, only fathers (and therefore, men) have to race to work? Hm. Very bias forms of discrimination, don’t you think? Culture Consumption: Movie: Death Becomes Her (dir. Robert Zemeckis, 1992) Trailer That scene Jessie talks about where Goldie Hawn turns into a huge, huge person. Hungry Ghosts (SBS, 2020) Trailer The Great Pretenders (Netflix) Trailer Articles:From Vietnam To Taiwan, Why Asian Fathers Are Caring More For Their Children (Forbes, June 15, 2017) The perception of Asian dads and masculinity (Chicago Tribune, June 10, 2016) Asian Bitches Down Under Instagram Asian Bitches Down Under Facebook Asian Bitches Down Under Email: [email protected] 
 

This week, we discuss the action and feeling of SHAME, what's your memory of feeling ashamed as a child? And the multiple layers around feeling shame as an Asian.  Jessie's appearance on Equality Talks - Taking Action on Sexual Harassment (12 August 2020)   Anti-binge drinking ad shaming girls and women who drink | 2000The ‘Pinky Ad” - Anti-speeding campaign shaming men who speed on the road | The Road, Traffic Authority, 2014 Books In Defence of Shame | Tanveer Ahmed  Asian Shame and Addiction - Suffering in Silence | Sam Louie Articles Asian Shame | Sam Louie On Covidiots, cancel culture and shame’s potential for healing | The Australian, August 25, 2020Why shame is good | VOX, Joseph Burgo, April 18, 2019 Brene Brown | 12 categories of shame Replying My Shame  Shout Out Happiness Habit | Workshops   ----------------------------------------------------------------- Asian Bitches Down Under Instagram Asian Bitches Down Under Facebook Asian Bitches Down Under Email: [email protected] 
 

How should BIPOC represented in a teen-movie in the 2020? This week we critic the film WORK IT, discuss the continuation of stereotyping BIPOC and white protagonist taking advantage of those characters.  Have you experienced BENEVOLENT SEXISM? How do you deal with it?  Work It  Benevolent sexism: a feminist comic explains how it holds women back  Asian Bitches Down Under Instagram Asian Bitches Down Under Facebook Asian Bitches Down Under Email: [email protected] 
 

What's your understanding of cultural appropriation? Is it a good thing? Is it taking up further space by the people with power or is it an ambassadorship?  The Cultural Appropriation of Food   The Feminist Guide to Being a Foodie Without Being Culturally Appropriative  A White Restaurateur Advertised ‘Clean’ Chinese Food. Chinese-Americans Had Something to Say About It.  Uncle Roger DISGUSTED by this Egg Fried Rice Video (BBC Food)  Facebook | Asian Bitches Down Under  Instagram | Asian Bitches Down Under   
 

What more could you do as a feminist besides doing a hashtag? Is a hashtag simply enough? We discuss the controversy around #challengeaccepted, and our response to the hashtag.  Books  Asymmetry - Lisa Halliday   Fleishman is in Trouble - Taffy Brodesser-Akner  Articles  The complicated origin of Instagram’s #ChallengeAccepted  ‘Challenge Accepted’: Why Women Are Posting Black-and-White Selfies  Challenge accepted: Turkish feminists spell out real meaning of hashtag  For those who are interested in the Taiwanese drama:  U Motherbaker 我的婆婆怎麼那麼可愛  Facebook | Asian Bitches Down Under Instagram | Asian Bitches Down Under 
 

Cheese company COON is finally renaming/rebranding (?) the so-call iconic (uniconic) name, but why has it taken so long? This week we discuss how society is perfunctory with tackling racism, and the exhaustion we face in explaining the history of racism.  Film: GF*BF   Film: Taipei Exchange  Film: Where’d you go Bernadette?   Film: The King of Staten Island  Book: Dark Emu | Bruce Pascoe   The Coon Caricature (Ferris State University  Coon Cheese name to be retired (SMH, July 24,2020   The end to Coon cheese has surprised the owner of Wodonga's Coons Dairy who says she does not find her surname "racist at all" (Farm Online, July 28, 2020 )  Black Lives Matter and the trap of performative activism  WEF | 4 ways to be an ally in the fight against racism  Facebook | Asian Bitches Down Under Instagram | Asian Bitches Down Under 
 

Should women still feel shame for not conforming to social and familial expectation? Why do Asian culture (conservative/traditional cultures) blame women of choosing a partner according their own metrics?  This week, we talk about how Leftover Women has been used as a term to shame women who choose not to get married.  Garth Greenwell   Metalhead Politicas Podcast   Only Yesterday (Film)   Father to Son (Film)   Between tradition and modernity: "Leftover" Women in Shanghai   Where Being A Single Women Is Not Ok  Gender, media, and myth-making: constructing China's leftover women  Facebook | Asian Bitches Down Under Instagram | Asian Bitches Down Under 
 

We dive into our love for films this week.  With COVID19 this year, Taiwan Film Festival is online this year, Helen and Jessie talk about some movies from the Festival, particularly focusing on two stand-out documentaries "The Good Daughter" and "Run for Dream".  We also look back at one of our favourite childhood action movie DEMOLITION MAN and how differently we perceive the movie now as adults.  Taiwan Film Festival (Australia) 澳洲台灣影展  Demolition Man  Facebook | Asian Bitches Down Under Instagram | Asian Bitches Down Under 
 

No, we’re not talking about emotional labour. We’re talking about something more subtle. Something invisible. Shrouded. So innocuous, and perpetual. Sometimes you get an idea, and you can’t take time out to write it down. Why’s that? What does it look like for mothers? What does it look like for young women? This week, we chat about gendered roles, unpaid decision making jobs in the home, and hot male nurses. Also discussed: BooksSad Mum Lady (Ashe Davenport, 2020) Before the Coffee Gets Cold (Toshikazu Kawaguchi, 2019) FilmsBrittany Runs a Marathon (dir. Paul Downs Colaizzo, 2019) MusicJulia Jacklin “Good Guy”“Someday” (The Strokes cover) Facebook | Asian Bitches Down Under Instagram | Asian Bitches Down Under 
 

Is it biological? Social? Why are some men only attracted to very young women? Is it true girls mature faster? Is it true men take longer to mature? Or is this all patriarchal bullshit? This week, we talk about age and love between the sexes. Also discussed: Articles: Unconventional Wisdom: Are men really hard-wired to desire younger women? (Rebecca Stoner The Outline, 2018)Is this the real reason older men date younger women?(Sydney Morning Herald, 2018)Temping for the 1 percent (Sophie Madeline Dess, The New Republic, 2020) Films:Athlete A (dir. Bonni Cohen, Jon Shenk, Netflix, 2020) Facebook | Asian Bitches Down Under Instagram | Asian Bitches Down Under 
 

Dyson Heydon has spent more than half his life with the banner of “brilliant legal mind.” What are the perks of being labeled a “brilliant legal mind”? In Australia, it apparently means you can harass and violate young women without any accountability.This week, we chat about male judges like Heydon and Brett Kavanaugh and Alex Kozinski, and their criminal behaviour. In this country’s most powerful legal institutions, the perpetual unmitigated acclaim that powerful men give each other ensures the systemic harassment and assault of the industry’s most vulnerable members – young women – continues. It effectively ensures women are kept out.Powerful men target a woman’s most vulnerable (and, according to society, her most valuable) asset: her sexuality. They know by doing this, women are reduced to pieces of meat. It’s a strategy – to exert power, keep us out, to destroy every other part of us. And, often, they succeed.Also discussed: being a follower is boring, capitalist advocacy, Fleabag. ArticlesJohnson & Johnson Will Stop Selling Skin-Whitening Lotions (NYTimes, June 2020) Dyson Heydon Says addressing Liberal Party Fundraiser Does Not Mean He Supports The Liberal Party (Sydney Morning Herald, 2015) Two High Court judges 'knew of complaints against Dyson Heydon' ( Sydney Morning Herald, 2020) TV ShowsFleabag (Seasons 1 & 2) Amazon Prime BooksEggshell Skull (Bri Lee, 2018)She Said (Jodi Kantor & Megan Twohey, 2019)The Education of Brett Kavanaugh | An Investigation ( Robin Pogrebin Kate Kelly, 2019) Facebook | Asian Bitches Down Under Instagram | Asian Bitches Down Under 
 

Did you know in Taiwan, you can be locked up for up to a year if you're caught cheating on your spouse? Last month, the country's adultery laws were abolished. We talk this week about these laws, extramarital affairs, and touch on our feelings about polyamory.  Articles Taiwan grand justices rule adultery no longer a crime (Taiwan Times, May 2020)  Taiwan Court Strikes Down Law Criminalizing Adultery (NYTimes, May 2020)  Facebook | Asian Bitches Down Under Instagram | Asian Bitches Down Under 
 

The Neighbor's Window won an Academy Award. That means someone (those people, probably men, in power) thought that the film was good, and that it espoused a good message. What do we think? We think it's racist, conventional, and deeply, jarringly moralistic.  Watch it now here.  Facebook | Asian Bitches Down Under Instagram | Asian Bitches Down Under 
 

In 2014, at 25, Jessie travelled to Yemen as a budding photojournalist. This week, she chats to Helen about her conflicting feelings about the dominance of white men in photojournalism.  Topics discussed include: commencement speeches, World Press Contest, Tim Hetherington and Phillip Montgomery    Videos Steve Jobs Commencement Speech at Stanford (Youtube, 2005)  Dear Class of 2020 (Youtube, 2020)  Tim Hetherington - Sleeping Soldiers ( Youtube, 2007)  Images World Press Contest (World Press Foundation)  Philip Montgomery (Instagram)  How Solders Sleep in the Field, Images by Tim Hetherington (National Geography, 2007)    Books Here I am ( Alan Huffman, 2013)   Articles Gender Inequality in Photojournalism Is Real (TIME, 2015) Women battling sexism in photography – a picture essay (The Guardian, 2019) Facebook | Asian Bitches Down Under Instagram | Asian Bitches Down Under 
 

This week, we chat about the viral Op Ed from Matthew Fray who counsels men in ways to save their marriages. Is it good for a white man to step up and raises these issues that have been historically dominated by women? What should the role of a husband be in 2020? Why are gender roles in heterosexual marriages still so segregated?  We share our thoughts on Australia’s response to the protests in the US, and the performance of virtue and a desire for social justice. Attention and care is not a performance. Why has performing virtue become the norm?  Discussed this week: The Good Men Project  Articles Deaths Inside: Every Indigenous Death in Custody since 2019 (The Guardian, April 2019)  The Man Who Coaches Husbands on How to Avoid Divorce (NYTtimes, 2020) She divorced me because I left dishes by the sink (HuffPost, 2016) Michelle Obama & Roxane Gay’s Responses (Women’s Agenda, 2020) 8 minutes and 46 seconds: How George Floyd was killed in Police Custody (NYTimes, 2020) Books Becoming (Michelle Obama, 2018)  Seven Fallen Feathers (Tanya Talaga, 2017)  Boys & Sex: Young Men on Hookups, Love, Porn and Consent (Peggy Orenstein, 2020) Songs Across the Universe, Fiona Apple (dir. Paul Thomas Anderson, 1998) Films/Series This is where I Leave You (dir. Shawn Levy, 2014) Jeffery Epstein: Filthy Rich (Netflix, 2020)  Facebook | Asian Bitches Down Under Instagram | Asian Bitches Down Under 
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Is it wrong that Jack Black voices a Panda? Is The Half of It any good? And why are the Asian mother’s always dead in these stories?  This week, we chat about Hollywood’s problem with whitewashing. Discussed this week: Kate & Leopold (2001)  The Half of It (2020)  To all the boys I’ve ever loved (2018)  To all the boys I’ve ever loved Part 2 (2020)  Crazy Rich Asians (2018) The Evolution of Chinese and Asian Faces in Hollywood ( VOA News, 2019) Asian Pacific American Heritage Month: 9 Actors in Hollywood on the Books and Films That Inspired Them (Variety, 2019) Crazy Rich Asians Kicked Down the Door. Now Asian Americans Are Fighting To Stay in the Room ( Time, 2018) How Margot Robbie Changed Her Hollywood Destiny (Buzzfeed News, February 2020) Hollywood Doesn't Fully Represent Asian Americans Yet (Vice, 2019) 'We're part of a greater movement': Hollywood finally gives Asian stories a spotlight (The Guardian, 2019) Asian Representation In Hollywood: We’re Not There Yet (QG, 2019) Facebook | Asian Bitches Down Under Instagram | Asian Bitches Down Under 
 

What is the phenomena of white worshipping and why does it exist?  This week, we explore the prevalence of this condition in Asian countries and talk about how white people seem to get away with more.  Helen speaks of her experiences in Taiwan as an English teacher, and Jessie confronts her own shame about exhibiting this trait.  Facebook | Asian Bitches Down Under Instagram | Asian Bitches Down Under 
 

Should Mother’s Day still even be a thing? Why are we so against celebrating a day, just once a year, for mothers? Why do some people become mothers? What makes a good mother? Should we just erase that term ‘mother’?    We talk about the performance of motherhood, women who regret motherhood, why Helen is still trying to figure out why she became one, why Jessie probably won’t ever be one, Lionel Shriver’s We Need to Talk about Kevin, and Sheila Heti’s Motherhood.  Facebook | Asian Bitches Down Under Instagram | Asian Bitches Down Under 
 

They hold the greatest powers in society. They make laws, talk to the press, address the public and perform the 'good citizen'. They're sometimes corrupt, sometimes stupid, sometimes greedy, always performative.  In mid-2020, we're still cataloging the daily, harmfully innocuous remarks male politicians make against women; be it their peers or women across society. Why are so many of them so conservative, so heterosexual, so, basic? Plus, we share our own creepy experiences with sexism. Jessie talks about the insidious virtual signalling of heterosexual fatherhood. Helen talks about Taipei's mayor Ko Wen-Je and his quotidian sexism.  Show Notes:  You Should Expect Rape Threats (Julia Gillard, ABC, 2016) Sarah Hanson-Young accuses David Leyonhjelm of sexism at defamation trial (Sarah-Hanson Young, The Guardian, 2019) She Doesn’t have that Presidential Look ( Hillary Clinton 2018) Malaysia issues apology after telling women to “stop nagging” (Malaysia’s Women, Family and Community Development Ministry, 2020) Japanese mayor says men should grocery shop during pandemic as women 'take a longer time' (Ichiro Matsui, CNN, 2020) Jóhanna Sigurdardóttir was the first openly gay leader back in 2009 - Iceland (US.News, 2017) Ke Wen-Zhe continuous with his sexist remarks; "Because I was used to scold the nurses on daily basis.(New Talk, 2020)  Ke Wen-Zhe sexist remarks chaos: The naked truth of gender discrimination (New Talk, 2019)  The negativity of Ke Wen-Zhe's 'mis-spoke' comments; alienation perspectives on the oppressions women encounter (2019)  Man who returns with a 25kg bag of salt (SETN, 2020)  Facebook | Asian Bitches Down Under Instagram | Asian Bitches Down Under   
 

In October 2016, Kim Ji-young, Born in 1982 was published in South Korea, and has since sold more than a million copies. It has been translated it into eighteen languages and a film adaptation was released last year. It's been on the bestseller list in Japan, Taiwan, China and South Korea.  Why has it become so popular? We chat this week about the powerful story of an 'ordinary' woman's life, and the extraordinary impact a humble narrative is casting on the lives of women across South East Asia. Our discussions about the story lead to examinations into South Korea's insidious and often hidden challenges faced by today's modern women.  We talk about sexism, misogyny, patriarchy, K-Pop and molka; the epidemic of revenge porn and spy cameras that continue to maim the lives of women in South Korea.  Kim Ji-young, Born in 1982 | Watch the Trailer here. Read the Book review here.  Buy the book here. 
 

Mental health is rarely openly discussed among Asian societies. Why? Does shame and conservative gender roles contribute to this hidden struggle? Jessie and Helen unpack their own experiences and highlight other factors that may be exacerbating this often invisible condition, especially among Asian communities.  Mental health research and evaluation in multicultural Australia: developing a culture of inclusion Immigration-Related Factors and Mental Disorders Among Asian Americans  Mental Health Among Asian-Americans  Why Asian- American and Pacific Islanders don’t go to therapy   Asian Americans Are Undergoing a Silent Mental Health Crisis   Tackling taboos: Young people talk about Asia’s mental health problems  Facebook | Asian Bitches Down Under Instagram | Asian Bitches Down Under 
 

Alan Yang's film Tigertail takes his father's story, a Taiwanese immigrant, to the big screen (aka Netflix in 2020). Jessie and Helen's discussions about the film broaden to conversations about shame, masculinity, what true love looks like, and food.  Facebook | Asian Bitches Down Under Instagram | Asian Bitches Down Under 
 

Some Asian women only date white guys. I am guilty. This is a somewhat unsavoury thing to admit. But why? Jessie and Helen discuss the possible reasons.  Facebook | Asian Bitches Down Under   Instagram | Asian Bitches Down Under  
 

It’s an old tactic that’s as old as the hills; the use of women’s bodies to sell things. You’d think that in today’s increasing ‘progressive’ society, we’re no longer side-lined so easily. And yet, Trade Show Models are still being used notoriously (and with a degree of success) in places like Taiwan and China. What's the social and ethical 'appropriateness' when it comes to using dolled-up-mannequin-like-adult woman in trade shows? Jessie and Helen discuss.  Facebook | Asian Bitches Down Under Instagram | Asian Bitches Down Under