Asian Bitches Down Under

Helen Stenbeck
undefined
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 ! Facebook | Asian Bitches Down Under Instagram | Asian Bitches Down Under  Buy Me A Coffee | Asian Bitches Down Under BUTTER BUTTER active wear - use code ABDU10 for $10 off Email: asianbdownunder@gmail.com    
undefined
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 ! Facebook | Asian Bitches Down Under Instagram | Asian Bitches Down Under  Buy Me A Coffee | Asian Bitches Down Under BUTTER BUTTER active wear - use code ABDU10 for $10 off Email: asianbdownunder@gmail.com      
undefined
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  Facebook | Asian Bitches Down Under Instagram | Asian Bitches Down Under  Buy Me A Coffee | Asian Bitches Down Under BUTTER BUTTER active wear - use code ABDU10 for $10 off Email: asianbdownunder@gmail.com    
undefined
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.   Facebook | Asian Bitches Down Under Instagram | Asian Bitches Down Under  Buy Me A Coffee | Asian Bitches Down Under BUTTER BUTTER active wear - use code ABDU10 for $10 off Email: asianbdownunder@gmail.com13  
undefined
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 Facebook | Asian Bitches Down Under Instagram | Asian Bitches Down Under  Buy Me A Coffee | Asian Bitches Down Under BUTTER BUTTER active wear - use code ABDU10 for $10 off Email: asianbdownunder@gmail.com  
undefined
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 Facebook | Asian Bitches Down Under Instagram | Asian Bitches Down Under  Buy Me A Coffee | Asian Bitches Down Under BUTTER BUTTER active wear - use code ABDU10 for $10 off Email: asianbdownunder@gmail.com    
undefined
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 Facebook | Asian Bitches Down Under Instagram | Asian Bitches Down Under  Buy Me A Coffee | Asian Bitches Down Under BUTTER BUTTER active wear - use code ABDU10 for $10 off Email: asianbdownunder@gmail.com  
undefined
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 Facebook | Asian Bitches Down Under Instagram | Asian Bitches Down Under  Buy Me A Coffee | Asian Bitches Down Under BUTTER BUTTER active wear - use code ABDU10 for $10 off Email: asianbdownunder@gmail.com Music Credits: Music by Lesfm from Pixabay    
undefined
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   FILL IN THE SURVEY FOR YOUR CHANCE TO WIN JUHEA KIM'S "BEASTS OF A LITTLE LAND" - ABDU SURVEY - CLICK ME!!! Facebook | Asian Bitches Down Under Instagram | Asian Bitches Down Under  Buy Me A Coffee | Asian Bitches Down Under BUTTER BUTTER active wear - use code ABDU10 for $10 off Email: asianbdownunder@gmail.com Music Credits: Music by Lesfm from Pixabay    
undefined
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 FILL IN THE SURVEY FOR YOUR CHANCE TO WIN JUHEA KIM'S "BEASTS OF A LITTLE LAND" - ABDU SURVEY - CLICK ME!!! Facebook | Asian Bitches Down Under Instagram | Asian Bitches Down Under  Buy Me A Coffee | Asian Bitches Down Under BUTTER BUTTER active wear - use code ABDU10 for $10 off Email: asianbdownunder@gmail.com Music Credits: Music by Lesfm from Pixabay    

The AI-powered Podcast Player

Save insights by tapping your headphones, chat with episodes, discover the best highlights - and more!
App store bannerPlay store banner
Get the app