Asian Provocation

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Tu has recovered after getting sick and lost her voice, but is now back, with our first video! You can check us out live on the Asian Provocation youtube channel.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFilqk8b40k This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit ayoto.substack.com/subscribe

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Part 3 of 3 of series with Zehra Yousofi. For show notes, see the Asian Provocation website. — Asian Provocation is an independent podcast. It is hosted by Ayoto Ataraxia . You can be a part of the supporting community by donating directly , or automate a generous monthly support on Patreon .  This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus epi...

This is a three part series, do start on the first episode if you haven't already done so, episode 30, as they are connected and self referencial.  This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit ayoto.substack.com/subscribe

The thesis that started my journey into this podcast. This thesis, links on AsianProvocation.com , laid the foundations for me to start this journey and ask these questions that stirred deep within me. After half a year, I'm proud to share with you this conversation with Zehra Yousofi and her thesis, No Country for Diasporic Men. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with ot...

Updates, news on upcoming episode, and Ayoto's first troll message. See the message on Instagram.  This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit ayoto.substack.com/subscribe

This week, we speak about child abuse, weird online videos, while Ayoto dog sits. You can support Asian Provocation on Patreon This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit ayoto.substack.com/subscribe

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Ayoto and Tu speaks about cults.  This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit ayoto.substack.com/subscribe

This is Part 2 of 4 of a series with artist, and Ph. D. Candidate, Scott Tsuchitani of UC Davis. This week we unpack the model minority myth as well as understand the construct of divide and conquer.  This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit ayoto.substack.com/subscribe

Tu goes to a Vietnamese-Chinese-Australian wedding, and does everything wrong, especially during the tea ceremony.  This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit ayoto.substack.com/subscribe

From episode 17, Miki Dezaki told me about an artist who used art to subvert and question the construct of Geisha and Samurai. On this four part series, Scott Tsuchitani takes us on a journey, starting with the memories of his grandparents, going from Japan to the United States.  This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit a...

Ayoto keeps working on the releases of new upcoming episodes, Tu asks Ayoto the real questions. Like, what happened to your instagram? Why did you stop doing your photography, did you get radicalized into some cult? This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit ayoto.substack.com/subscribe

A palette cleanser and updates for the new season. Tu tells us about her exciting Yoga adventures. Drop us a voicemail at (+1) 347-688-9823 Now on TikTok, maybe. @asianprovocation Support Asian Provocation on Patreon.com/asianprovocation This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit ayoto.substack.com/subscribe

Ayoto speaks to Japan's premier feminist and anti-war artist, Yoshiko Shimada. She is also a lecturer on Japanese art, politics and feminism at the University of Tokyo. We speak about her works, censorship, prostitution and memory.  This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit ayoto.substack.com/subscribe

This week, Ayoto meets one of his traumas on the subject of Tiger Moms, and speaks to peaceful parenting advocate, intersectional unschooler, anti-oppression activist and deconstructing tiger mom, Iris Chen. She is the author of Untigering: Adventures of a Deconstructing Tiger Mother . Additional references and links can be found on this episode's entry on AsianProvocation.com Be a supporter...

We continue our conversation with Miki Dezaki, director of film Shusenjo, The Main Battleground of the Comfort Women Issue.  We dive right in with topics on sexual racism, violence, racism in Europe, the dangers of toxic positivity and the Karen phenomenon. Additional bibliography and reference links can be found on the Asian Provocation website.  This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss...

On this episode, I speak to Miki Dezaki, continuing on exploring and deconstructing racism. We speak about his time practicing meditation as a monk in Thailand as well as discussion on Buddhist traditions, racism and nationalism. Dezaki directed the film "Shusenjo - The Main Battleground of the Comfort Women Issue". Who are the "comfort women" and the sexual slavery discussions...

Junshin Soga is an actor, director, and playwright based in New York. He writes about gay Asian experiences, family and relationships, confronting racism, and creates stories about sex, aging, life and death. His play, One Fine Day , was nominated for the 2017 New York Innovative Theatre Award for Best Original Script, and In Dreams premiered and participated in the 2017 NY Summerfest Theater Fest...

I speak to Ekene Emeka-Maduka between her painting sessions as we share our experiences and observations on colonialism, Otherness, diaspora, her observations on fashion and the art scene.  This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit ayoto.substack.com/subscribe

Kevin Chung is an Asian American living and working in New York City. He is the founder of Kev Management, a PR, talent and artist management company with a focus on diversity and inclusion. You can connect with Kevin @ kevinkchung or @kev_mgmt Kevin read from seminal book, Minor Feelings, An Asian American Reckoning , by Cathy Park Hong.  News footage exclusive by CeFaan Kim, on abc, Channel 7. ...

This is the second part of the conversation with Dr. Katalin Ferber . A social scientist , economic historian , émigré on two different continents, she is an experienced wanderer . We speak about her book, Islands of Otherness , on the myth of Japan, discrimination , ijime , burakumin and many other topics. Visit Asian Provocation website for links, further information and transcripts. This is a p...

Part 1 of 2 conversation with Dr. Katalin Ferber. A social scientist, economic historian, émigré on two different continents, she is an experienced wanderer. We speak about her book, Islands of Otherness , on the myth of Japan, discrimination, ijime, burakumin and many other topics.  This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, vis...