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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: asianbdownunder@gmail.com  

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: asianbdownunder@gmail.com  

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: asianbdownunder@gmail.com  

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: asianbdownunder@gmail.com  

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: asianbdownunder@gmail.com  

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: asianbdownunder@gmail.com  

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  asianbdownunder@gmail.com 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: asianbdownunder@gmail.comhttps://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: asianbdownunder@gmail.com  

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: asianbdownunder@gmail.com