Fresh Off the Broke

Tiktok Asian? Rave Asian? Ambitious Asian? In today’s episode, we discuss the “categorization” of Asians, and why you shouldn’t feel pressured into fitting in.  OG Asian Types Videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R42iz17qoAU&pp=ygUPdHlwZXMgb2YgYXNpYW5z   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qW1a3UOAIaw&pp=ygUZdHlwZXMgb2YgYXNpYW5zIGZ1bmcgYnJvcw%3D%3D   🥠ABOUT FOB🥠 Song: Crying Over You http...

Boo! It’s spooky season!!  In today’s episode, we go over Asian folklore and read some creepy horror stories.  📚SOURCES📚 https://exemplore.com/paranormal/The-Tragic-History-of-the-White-Lady-in-Filipino-Folklore   https://radii.co/article/long-list-chinese-ghost-stories   https://owlcation.com/humanities/liaozhai-ghosts-demons   🥠ABOUT FOB🥠 Song: Crying Over You https://www.youtube.com/watch?v...

SPECIAL EPISODE ALERT! In today’s episode, we get up close and personal and discuss Asian drinking culture!  P.S: Nice to finally meet you all :) 🥠ABOUT FOB🥠 Song: Crying Over You https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiYs5z4xdBU   Connect with us! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/freshoffthebroke/   Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@freshoffthebroke   LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/fre...

It’s family vacay time and we’re heading to the motherland! 😯 In today’s episode, we go over the shared experience of visiting the mainland as a first-gen.  🥠ABOUT FOB🥠 Song: Crying Over You https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiYs5z4xdBU   Connect with us! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/freshoffthebroke/   Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@freshoffthebroke   LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com...

Extra school??? After school??? In today’s episode, we discuss the idea of Asian tutoring, how it’s different from Western tutoring, and our own personal experiences with it.  📚SOURCES📚 https://www.uopeople.edu/blog/diploma-vs-degree/ https://thehelpfulpanda.com/lucky-and-unlucky-chinese-numbers/   🥠ABOUT FOB🥠 Song: Crying Over You https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiYs5z4xdBU   Connect with us!...

Are you feeling exhausted? Do you suddenly hate your job, more than normal? Is this affecting your work? If you answered yes to all three questions, you are most likely burnt out! In today’s FOB Fact episode, we discuss burning out, what you can do to prevent it, and how to deal with the aftermath of being burned out.  📚SOURCES📚 https://www.who.int/news/item/28-05-2019-burn-out-an-occupational-p...

TW: Mentions of murder, rape, war crimes In today’s episode, we discuss the horrors of Imperialist Japan, and how the rest of the world is still affected by it to this day. 📚SOURCES📚 https://theconversation.com/japan-has-turned-its-culture-into-a-powerful-political-tool-72821   https://www.cao.go.jp/cool_japan/english/index-e.html   https://www.japanesestudies.org.uk/ejcjs/vol21/iss1/roca.html  ...

Changing your race? Subliminal videos that change your appearance to look more like a POC?  Do these terms sound like nonsense? (Hint: they ARE nonsense) In today’s episode, we talk about the chronically-online terms “transracial” and “RCTA,” and why these terms are incredibly harmful to POC and the transgender communities.  📚SOURCES📚 https://nypost.com/2017/11/13/transracial-man-was-born-white-...

1,2, so sweet!  Today we did something a little different… Rhianna takes the wheel and gives Tiffany (and the audience) a bit of an internet deep-dive 👀 Tune in to hear our explanation and reaction to the viral Sorb3t TikTok!  🥠ABOUT FOB🥠 Song: Crying Over You https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiYs5z4xdBU   Connect with us! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/freshoffthebroke/   Tik Tok: https:/...

Plump, glowing, hydration, boost! In today’s episode, we talk about all things Asian skincare! What it is, the differences compared to Western skincare, where to buy Asian skincare products, all that good stuff.   🥠ABOUT FOB🥠 Song: Crying Over You https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiYs5z4xdBU   Connect with us! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/freshoffthebroke/   Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.co...

47/100, 67%, a big red F in marker… Today, we tackle everyone’s biggest fear… getting a bad grade. In this episode, we discuss how a low mark in school can feel like the end of the world, and how to deal with these irrational thoughts.  🥠ABOUT FOB🥠 Song: Crying Over You https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiYs5z4xdBU   Connect with us! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/freshoffthebroke/   Tik Tok...

Have your parents ever bragged about your achievements to make themselves look good, but don’t seem to care about you as a person? In today’s episode, we discuss the negative effects of being a trophy child, and what people can do to cope.  💛SUPPORT RESOURCES 💛 https://asiansdotherapy.com/   https://www.asianmhc.org/   http://samhaa.org/ (South Asian Mental Health Alliance) https://hongfook.ca/a...

Happy API Month!  To celebrate, we discuss aspects of our culture and identity that make us most proud to be API.  📚SOURCES📚 https://www.esquiremag.ph/long-reads/features/nieves-fernandez-guerilla-wwii-a00293-20200915-lfrm  https://jeanlumbfoundation.ca/  https://www.viviennepoy.ca/  https://davidsuzuki.org/  https://www.canada.ca/en/canadian-heritage/campaigns/asian-heritage-month.html  🥠ABOUT...

Have you ever felt like you struggled a bit with your cultural identity because you don’t really belong in one single community? For example, if you’re Chinese-Canadian, do you have a hard time “picking a side”? Do you feel like you’re not on either side? In today’s episode, we discuss what it means to be a third culture kid, and how one can connect to their cultural roots.  📚SOURCES📚 https://en...

What do you think when you hear that something’s made in China? Cheap or expensive? Good or bad quality?  Today, we discuss the negative connotations that are associated with the label “made in China”, and how these harmful stereotypes came to be.   P.S. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rILKm-DC06A  📚SOURCES📚 https://www.thezoereport.com/fashion/made-in-china-stigma#:~:text=Looking%20back%20on%20...

Happy Fobiversary!!!!!!! Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for sticking around for THREE WHOLE YEARS 💛 In a new installment of FOB Facts, we tackle the Asian goodbye, and how to get out of it. If you don’t know what an Asian goodbye is, you’re very lucky, but also, please let us teach you for your own good.  🥠ABOUT FOB🥠 Song: Crying Over You https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiYs5z4xdBU   C...

Today, we tackle the “Bamboo Ceiling” and no, we’re not talking about bamboo architecture. We’re talking about the fact that Asians make up for only 1.9% of corporate officers. 📚SOURCES📚 Lessons from the Bamboo Ceiling – Association for Psychological Science – APS The Bamboo Ceiling: Asian Americans and the Myth of the Model Minority (alliant.edu) Cracking the 'bamboo ceiling' in career developm...

The world of fame is a mystery to many… In today’s episode, we discuss the dark side of the Asian entertainment industry, specifically Kpop and Jpop. 📚SOURCES📚 Padget, F. (2017) What are the difficulties of being a Korean pop idol and to what extent do they outweigh the benefits? https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/17/world/asia/taiwan-china-singer-chou-tzu-yu.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John...

Double eyelids. They seem like the pinnacle of East Asian beauty standards.👁️ In today’s episode, we discuss what double eyelids are, how people get them, and why they are such a big part of Asian beauty standards. 📚SOURCES📚 https://med.stanford.edu/cosmeticsurgery/aestheticservices/face/asian-double-eyelid.html https://www.dazeddigital.com/beauty/article/43499/1/why-double-eyelid-surgery-popula...

“If they’re Filipino…immediate red flag”⛳ “We’re civilized, we’re not like those Asians that eat with their hands” Sound familiar? Today, we talk about the terms “Jungle” and “Fancy” Asian, and how they divide Asian communities into those that are “cool” and acceptable, and those that are “dirty” and “uneducated”. 📚SOURCES📚 https://medium.com/@jcarastotomas/reclaiming-jungle-asian-4d18fa3ff1cf...

Happy new year! 🥳 We’re kicking off the new year with a new series, “FOB Facts”! In our first episode of “FOB Facts”, we’re tackling how to survive as a token Asian. Whether you’re the only Asian in your friend group, workplace, or at school, it can be isolating and you may feel disconnected from everyone around you. With this episode, we share our experiences and give some advice on how to navig...

Happy Holidays to our Fob Family 💛🫶 The holidays can be a tough time for many. With the heavy emphasis on spending time with family, if you don’t have a family to spend the holidays with, it is a rather isolating time of year. In our last episode of the year, we sit down and talk about moving out and how it’s frowned upon by Asian parents. P.S: Sorry for the clipping in Rhianna’s audio T_T 💛RES...

Success. Your parents talk about it, your grandparents talk about it, the whole neighbourhood and your second cousin talk about it. The thing is, what really is success? Is it really becoming a doctor? 🤔 In today’s episode, we explore success, varying perceptions of it, and talk about what it’s like when you go against the grain and try to define success your own way. 🥠ABOUT FOB🥠 Song: Crying O...

TW: Eating Disorders Has someone in your family ever pointed out how you’re “getting too big” or that you “should eat more”? Do your Asian relatives point out your weight before even saying hello? In today’s episode, we discuss toxic Asian beauty standards and how they manifest in our day-to-day lives through cultural norms and social media trends. 📚SOURCES📚 “I am Too Wide for Your Narrow Mind”:...

TW: pedophilia In today’s episode, we discuss the harmful concept of Asians being infantilized, and how this idea is connected to darker and very harmful themes. 🥠ABOUT FOB🥠 Song: Crying Over You https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiYs5z4xdBU Connect with us! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/freshoffthebroke/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@freshoffthebroke LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/c...