A Side of Rice: Recent Episodes
Tanisha Wong & Sharnie Fenn
"Cho Chang", "Your food smells weird", "Did you get that in China?", "doctor, lawyer, engineer"... Do these phrases sound familiar? Join your hosts Sharnie and Tanisha, two Asian-Australian women in their early twenties on their journey in unpacking their cultural identity.
Who did we have a crush on in school?? Are they listening? 👀Is culture important in attracting our attention? In this episode, we have our very dear friend Talisa on with us as we talk about our schoolyard crushes and culture in dating and relationships! We chat about our first crushes, longest crushes 👀and whether cultural elements shape our dating preferences and who we look for as a life partner. Enjoy!
"I don't like wet noodles" "Uh Miss, do you mean the ramen...?" Ah food, it brings us together but bringing Asian food to primary school in the early 2000's when it wasn't as popularly enjoyed granted us a few stares. Sharnie talks about Asian food and her relationship with it while she was growing up and now. She also shares some stories of when she used to work in a Japanese restaurant and the interesting customers she met there. Enjoy! ✨
The idea of beauty is always shifting and shaping to current trends depending on which part of the world you live in. Today we're going to be talking about booty standards... oh oops, I meant BEAUTY STANDARDS! Nah but seriously, the amount of times we said booty in this episode is IMpeccable. Beauty Standards In episode 7, we touch on East-Asian beauty standards that we grew up hearing, and Coastal Australian beauty standards that we grew up seeing. We talk about how we balanced the two beauty standards and how we tried to achieve Australian beauty standards when we were younger. That meant loads of fake tan and box-dye. We also delve into ways of how we personally started to leave beauty standards behind and just be ourselves, whether that incorporated aspects from one beauty trend or another. ENJOYYYYY! 🌟
"Mum, there's this guy I want you to meet"Â "Ok but where's he from, is he white or asian?" MUMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM Bridget joins us again this week to talk about the topic of race when it comes to relationships and dating. Join us as we talk about what guys we were interested in when we were younger and now as well! sips tea It's a fun episode with loads of giggles, but we also get super deep and unpack our younger selves' viewpoints and how damaging they were. Â We talk about how internalised racism affected our preferences, and how these "preferences" were actually a reflection of the identity issues that we felt on the inside. Languages, sense of humour, cultural understanding... many traits come into play when looking for a potential partner. We chat about it all, so sit tight and enjoy the episode!
Meet Mary Liu! Mary runs a Sydney-based label called Soy & Spice whose vision is to empower people to be self-confident and chase their dreams, no matter how big. In today's episode, Mary tells us about her journey in starting her business, and the vision and heart behind it. Â We talk about how she didn't actually know she was going to be an entrepreneur from a young age, and didn't actually study business in university. Â We chat about what Mary did before she started up Soy & Spice, and what her plans are moving forward. Â We also touch on the experiences of following a career path that your family didn't have planned for you. You can connect with Mary at @soyspicelingerie on Instagram or check out her website at soyandspice.com. Â You can also send us a DM at @sideofricepodcast if you wanna chat or share any stories; we're always here to listen and support.
Asian women are bad drivers? Asians are academically smart? Asians are doctors, lawyers, pharmacists, engineers and dentists? Asians are cliquey? Asian women are submissive? Join Bridget, Sharnie and Tanisha as we discuss a few of the stereotypes that we've heard during our lives and if they hold any truth. Â We also chat about stereotypes that exist about our ethnicities and unpack where these stereotypes stem from. We had such a fantastic time chatting in this episode with our dear friend Bridget! Â Her Instagram is @bridgetnam_ if you want to connect with her, or feel free to send your stories, feedback or thoughts to @sideofricepodcast on Instagram and we can pass on the message too.
Recently we have started to see a rise in Asian representation in Hollywood and Western Media. Â Crazy Rich Asians did a ting for us becoming the highest grossing romantic comedy of the decade. Â The Farewell, The Half of It and Never Have I Ever shed light on Asian matters in a contemporary lens, while Ali Wong's Always Be My Maybe and Hasan Minhaj's Patriot Act made us laugh till the cows came home. Â However, Asian Representation wasn't always like this. Â From stereotypical characters to characters that didn't serve a large purpose in films, today we talk about the Asian representation we saw in the media while we were growing up. Â We also delve into the other avenues that we consumed Asian media from when there wasn't enough in everyday TV and movies. Hope you enjoy this episode! Feel free to DM us at @sideofricepodcast on Instagram or message us on Facebook if you related to anything we talked about in this episode, or if you just wanna chat!
Hey Hey! Welcome to A Side of Rice podcast! This week we talk about our childhoods, where we were born and our journeys to Australia as well as the adaptation that had to come with it. Like a lot of children who grew up in Australia with immigrant parents, we sometimes had to adopt a third culture - a crossover between our heritage cultures and the culture we found ourselves in at school and among our friends. We delve into what rules we had at home, school stories and languages we speak.  There may even be a little sample of us speaking said languages at the end of the episode... Hope you enjoy this episode! Feel free to DM us at @sideofricepodcast on Instagram or message us on Facebook if you related to anything said in today's episode, or if you just wanna chat!
WELCOME WELCOME! We are Tanisha and Sharnie from A Side of Rice podcast.  Listen to this episode to find out a little bit about who we are.  We delve into juicy details about our ethnicities (we tell you where we are "REALLY" from), how we came to Australia, our personality types and maybe speak a little bit of our motherland language?  Whether you're Asian-Australian, another type of Asian diaspora or not Asian at all, we welcome you all! This podcast was made with inclusivity in mind; to express our feelings and to unpack our personal journeys of accepting and embracing our cultures.  We hope you enjoy listening and we are so, so excited for you to hear our future episodes.