

Asian Bitches Down Under
Helen Stenbeck
Roughly one in 10 Aussies come from somewhere in Asia, yet when you look at our representation on TV, film, radio and literature, you’d think we were completely non-existent. What do you do when the world doesn’t give you the space to be heard? You make your own space. Each week, sisters and Sydney locals Helen Stenbeck and Jessie Tu give searing intersectional feminist critiques on social and cultural issues relevant to those living in Australia and abroad. Join us as we traverse the complex intersectionality of gender, race and culture.
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Aug 11, 2022 • 5min
Diversification in your reading: Books giveaway
Hello lovely bitches, here's an amazing giveaway from our number one bookstore
Amplify Bookstore to enter, listen to this episode and check out the Instagram post!
And don't forget to grab some tickets for Taiwan Film Festival in Australia !
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Aug 4, 2022 • 1h 2min
Ghost Month and Jiang-Shi, the hopping zombie
In this episode, our cultural consumptions are:
Bullet Train (Katoro Isaka)
NPH's Uncoupled (Netflix)
Extraordinary Attorney Woo (Netflix)
In Cold Blood (Truman Capote)
Ghost Town (Kevin Chen) --- Which we will speak about in more detail in the weeks to come!
Our main topic for this episode is on GHOST MONTH, Zhong Yuan in Taiwan. What's the respect for the death culture in Taiwan, what are your dos and don't during the month of Zhong Yuan.
And don't forget to grab some tickets for Taiwan Film Festival in Australia !
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Jul 28, 2022 • 51min
Films, books and TVs | Diversity in Parliament
Hello lovely bitches, we are back this week with jam-packed cultural consumptions to share:
Tomi Obaro - Dele Weds Destiny
Elaine Hsieh - Disorientation
Fire Island
And don't forget to grab some tickets for Taiwan Film Festival in Australia !!!
And we also chat about Diversity in Parliament
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Jul 21, 2022 • 19min
Cocercive Control | Inequity in Stem Cell Donors | Taiwan Film Fest in Aus 2022
Helen going solo this week! Jessie is still recovering from sickness, so let's wish her the best so Helen can record with her next week!
This week, Helen's cultural consumption includes: Document 72 Hours and a Taiwanese novel "Wish you were here too" (yet to be translated into English). Let us know during these two years, do you watch/read destination books/films to imagine you travel elsewhere?
In this week's news, Helen talked about NSW government's law on Coercive Control and the Inequity of Steam cell donors. You could find more information through Mixed Match Project and Swab the world if you are interested to become a donor.
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Jul 14, 2022 • 1h 6min
Racial Politics of Swimming | Sydney, the unfriendly city
In this episode, we traced back what we have watched and read in the past fortnight:
Only murders in the building
Boo Bitch
Joan
Dele Weds Destiny
Umbrella Academy
The Dropout
Thor: Love and Thunder
Our main topics this week are Swimming Wasn't For Us and Sydney has been ranked as the third-worst city in the world for making new friends
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Jun 30, 2022 • 50min
Roe V Wade | Abortion in Asian & Australia
In this episode, Jess shares her experience of attending STC: Top Coat, and reading Third and Final Continent, while Helen shares Dr Yumiko Kadota's Emotional Female and the heart-warming Disney Plus: Baymax!
The main topic of the week: Roe V Wade, abortions in Asia and Australia and the complications/impacts on women
Nikkei Asia: Abortion in Asia and the limits of choice
Guttmacher Institute Fact Sheet: Abortion in Asia
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Jun 23, 2022 • 44min
Act Your Age Campagin
This week's culture consumptions: God's Favourite Idiot, The Return, Gangubai Kathiawadi and The Stand In
Our conversation this week is on Act Your Age Campagin; why it's neccesary and what sort of complications it has for POC and the industry.
Actors call for better onscreen representation of women over 45
Why These Women are Type Cast: We are Afraid of Aging
‘Little Big Women’ Review: Heartbreak is a Family Affair
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Jun 16, 2022 • 57min
Rebel Wilson | Mochi Muffin
This week's news: Rebel Wilson's saga with SMH's journalists and her rights to her privacy and trademarking generic terms such as 'mochi muffin'.
Our cultural consumption of the week:Disney Plus: Ms Marvel, Stan: The Return,
Australian Paper Deletes Rebel Wilson Column but Denies Outing Her
Social Media Fallout Continues Over This Bay Area Bakery’s Controversial Trademark
Brutal Beating of Women in China Highlights Risk of Saying ‘No
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Jun 13, 2022 • 22min
Night Sky, From, Joan, Mimi's Utopia
Short catch-up this week as Jessie talks about Night Sky From, and Helen shares the short documentary Mimi's Utopia and Katherine Chen's new book Joan
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Jun 2, 2022 • 52min
Why "Asian Salad"???
Our cultural consumption this week includes Clarissa Goenawan's 'The Perfect World Of Miwako Sumida', Rob Brook's Artificial Intimacy, and Netflix Japanese Drama, He is expecting
We also tackle some questions surrounding the importance of transferring a well-meant sentiment through the translation of Asian literature.
In this episode's main topic, we interrogate the reasons of radicalised dish names, in particular; Asian Salad
Consumer Reports: Stop Calling It Asian Salad
NY Times: Why is Asian Salad still on the menu
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