Asian Bitches Down Under

Spoil alert! If you are okay with spoilers go ahead and listen to us explore and analyse the comedy/drama "Neve Have I Ever, Season 2".  We discuss the romance, friendship, culture , family dynamics and most importantly, how patriarchy has conveniently inserted itself in this comedy. We also rant about the misogynistic incidents that had happened in the sporting world, just in one week! &nbsp...

(If you hear noises in this episode, that's the thunder that sneaked into our recording! LOL)  This week we catch up talking about our frustration being multilingual and losing part of our native language, but also glad about being multilingual of means gaining knowledges through different cultures and perceptions. Girlhood is this week's main topic, we discuss our journey, and experiences of...

On this bonus episode, Helen interviews Benson and Michelle of Taiwan Film Festival, where they talked about this emerging festival for Australian audiences, sharing their thoughts about film industry, Taiwanese literature and recommendations of films.  Taiwan Film Festival In Australia Taiwanese Bookshelves - July Event - Wu Ming-y Find our updates on:  Facebook | Asian Bitches Down Und...

Hey Bitches, we are returning to regular Friday uploads of NEW EPISODES! Hope you are staying sane and safe throughout this crazy pandemic. This week we catch up to talk about writer Alyse Whitney, private school boys getting 'mistakenly' vaccinated before other prioritised groups, and a media company full of white people trying to take over the voice of POC.  Michelle Zauner: Crying in H Mar...

Hey Bitches, hope you are doing well! Shout out to the Sydney-siders who are going through the lockdown~We are catching up after a break and sharing what we've been reading and watching. On this episode we also talk about the exploitation of migrant workers in the regional Victoria, why is it important to expose theses stories and how it would impact us.  Greenray Production(Taiwan Theatre) G...

This week, Australian Club, the long-standing male-only club has voted to continue to ban female memberships. Is it an outdated club in the current society? Or simply a club the offers 'safe space' for wealthy privileged white males to make inappropriate comments to oppress and exploit on others?  Art of apology. What constitute and apology, how should one express sorry that really means it?...

What is the differences of perspectives in our society today between women and men? We explore the survey Australia Talk in issues about personal safety, feminism and discrimination, does the survey really reflect Australia's society as a whole? With the social progression, more women are choosing not to have children, why? Is there a reason required? What divides men and women? The Australia Talk...

On this extra episode, Helen shares the memory June 1989, the history that Chinese Communist Party had been censoring. ‘Mourn June 4 in your own way’: Tiananmen Square events vanish amid crackdowns and Covid https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jun/03/tiananmen-june-4-events-china-hong-kong-taiwan-macao-crackdown-covid 六四天安門32年後，中國年輕人何以變成了「戰狼」與「小粉紅」？(TAIWANESE ARTICL...

Happy Pride Month Bitches~ This week we look into the media's attack on a woman's choice of prioritising her mental health over her career, society's ever constrain on women's choice of sexual activities, and God of Rabbit, a deity that is specifically dedicated to give faith and guidance on relationships in LGBTQI+ community. Lapsed, by Monica Dux https://www.harpercollins.com.au/9780733340819/la...

This week, we critic some Australian ads, especially the tourism ads, how these ads are still very white/wealthy centric. Diversity has been used as a tokenism for a lot of industries, advertising isn't an exception, utilising POC as a prop but never centres the perspectives of POC. Epic Holidays | Holiday Here This Year | Tourism Australia (90 sec) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lxhm3wDiVrE Stop...

With Japan's COVID state of emergency, shouldn't IOC call the Olympic off? Is it competition or money drive? We look into why there hasn't been much Asian Australian's participation in local sports and question is it the environment or simply the parents' preference of academic achievement over sports achievements? This week we'd like to share aTaiwanese documentary about plus-size women, their he...

Helen begins this episode about the podcasts she listened to the past week, conversations around sperm donor and infertility industry(stay tune we will have a massive episode about this topic), the representation of disability and fat community, how each is trying to reclaim the rights of language usage. Helen highly recommend The Saturday Paper's podcast 7am on the subject of right-wing terrorism...

On this episode, we did a little gossip about Bill and Melinda's divorce news, along with the discussion of why women choose not to have children, how having children impacts women's life. And, another year, another Mothers' Day rant from Helen CIA estimates Taiwan's fertility rate to be world's lowest https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/04/21/asia-pacific/social-issues-asia-pacific/taiwan-birt...

Thank you to all the listeners who sent us questions, we had a blast having such a fun conversation answering your question! Gritty Nurse Podcast https://www.grittynurse.com For the listeners who are concern about racial micro-aggression https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/how-to-respond-to-racial-microaggressions 
 

This week we catch up with news about Jessie's win at the ABIA, Asians winning at the Oscars, and our experience at last Saturday Stop Asian Hate Vigil. Our main topic is the lesser spoken of Asians in ANZAC, the rejections many asians faced during WWI enlisting. The Barbizon https://www.booktopia.com.au/the-barbizon-paulina-bren/book/9781529393033.html The forgotten Chinese Anzacs https://apac.ne...

This week we catch up and rant about how bad the government's response to the crisis of sexual harassment and the need to have CONSENT education in high school. The Xinjiang and Uyghur's forced labour is also this week's topic, as we want to present the story and open up the awareness of individual choices in consumption, how a super power like CCP can utilise capitalism to eliminate ethnic cultur...

Another week catching up with our conversation about what we have watched/read, sharing our experiences and thoughts of how society is dominated through the lens of capitalism. Which city do you prefer? Melbourne or Sydney? Kong VS Godzilla https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godzilla_vs._Kong Thunder Force https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thunder_Force_(film) Breasts and Eggs https://www.goodreads.com/boo...

Hi, we are back from our Easter break! This week we catch up with culture consumption Taiwanese author Wu Ming-Yi's works and the debut work by Yumiko Kadta "Emotional Female". We also discuss the celebration of Qing Ming, with its misogyny history of oppressing women. Wu Ming-Yi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wu_Ming-yi Emotional Female https://www.penguin.com.au/books/emotional-female-97817608946...

We have a jam packed episode this week, hence we have divided it into two episode, the first part is catching up with some news of the week and our reviews of book. Follow by the second part of our discussion of Netflix documentary: College Admission Scandal: Operation Varsity Blue. MONA's David Walsh apologises for Dark Mofo flag controversy as calls grow for Carmichael to go https://www.abc.net....

We have a jam packed episode this week, hence we have divided it into two episodes, the first part is catching up with some news of the week and our reviews of book. Follow by the second part of our discussion of Netflix documentary: College Admission Scandal: Operation Varsity Blue. MONA's David Walsh apologises for Dark Mofo flag controversy as calls grow for Carmichael to go https://www.abc.net...

We catch up sharing our sentiments and experience of the Monday's March4Justice, our encounters of the past years' activism, discussing the intersectionality of race and feminist issues, and the lack of media coverage for Asians as well as disheartening avoidance of the racial discussions within the Asian community. Other discussion included the horrible Atlanta shooter who might be motivated by r...

This week, we explore the lack of intersectionality in IWD events Nomadland https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9770150/ Palm Springshttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt9484998/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0 We need to talk about Kevin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_Need_to_Talk_About_Kevin Klara and The Sun https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/653825/klara-and-the-sun-by-kazuo-ishiguro/ The Friend https://www.npr.or...

We catch up with the discussion about the current sexual scandals in the Australia political arena, review&rant the movie trilogy "To All The Boys I've Loved Before". Porter shredded the rule of law. He shouldn’t hide behind what’s left of it https://www.crikey.com.au/2021/03/04/christian-porter-rule-of-law/?newUser=1&provider=Facebook To All The Boys I've Loved Before https://www.imdb.com/title/t...

We catch up with sharing our weekly culture consumptions: White Tiger, Odd Woman and The City, and Promising Young Woman. Discussion about what’s happening at the Australian Parliament and the response about the petition for Consent education in private schools. Ending with our thoughts and experiences of our own native tongue Taigi.  The Dig https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3661210/ White Tiger...

Facebook banning on Australian users accessing and sharing news/informative contents on Facebook! it be impacting the industries and what other platforms you can use. A Sydney girls' high school pricilnpal's sexist and misogynistic announcement shocked the community. White feminism, how far would they go?! ‘Unreasonable behaviour’: Media companies slam Facebook’s Australian news restrictions https...