But Where Are You From?: Recent Episodes
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A fun and uplifting podcast exploring life, culture, politics as East and South East Asians in the UK by besean (Britain's East and South East Asian Network)
Viv Yau had the pleasure of speaking with legendary artist, Keith Khan about whether South Asian and ESEA communities are interconnected, whether it’s better to eat with chopsticks or your hands, how Shanghainese people dress so cool and of course, his upcoming show The Accountants, being shown at Factory International at Aviva Studios!
In partnership with Factory International, we have a limited amount of £3 tickets to attend the show across 4th, 5th, and 7th-11th of May 2024 at Aviva Studios, Manchester.
Discount code: ACTVIV3
Dates applicable: 4th, 5th, and 7th-11th of May 2024
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Location: Factory International at Avivia Studios, Manchester
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About The AccountantsExperience an electrifying encounter of cultures as China and India take centre stage in this awe-inspiring theatrical event from visionary artist Keith Khan, choreographed by Xiexin Dance Theatre and Terence Lewis Contemporary Dance Company.
This dance extravaganza challenges our notions of identity and cultural dominance.
Main characters Kash and Liam – voiced by the talented Josh Hart and actor and author Shobna Gulati – are of British-Chinese and British-Indian heritage. Delivered via texts and voice notes, their banter and soul-searching dialogues playfully debate which cultural superpower reigns supreme – from food to iconic landmarks and spiritual beliefs.
This battle is enriched by a high-tech visual and acoustic feast crafted by the ARIA-nominated sound artist Somatic and the award-winning design studio idontloveyouanymore providing stunning immersive visuals, plus lighting design from the award-winning Simon Corder and dramaturgy by Jude Christian.
Brought to you by Keith Khan, whose grand artistic creations have adorned events from the Notting Hill Carnival to the London 2012 Olympic Games, The Accountants invites you on a global journey right from your seat.
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besea.n co-founders Amy Phung and Charley Wong travelled to Asia together last year. In this podcast they discuss how transformative the trips were, their best food recommendations for Vietnam and Malaysia and future travel plans!Follow the hosts @_amy_pix and @CharFayeW on IG and TikTok, and joint account @eseagaleats on TikTok for future travel recs.--------------------------------------------Follow besea.n and slide into our DMs and keep the conversation going!https://www.instagram.com/besea.n/ https://twitter.com/besea_n Support the podcast by buying besea.n a coffee, 100% of the donations now go towards besea.n!http://bit.ly/Kofibesean --------------------------------------------Credits:Jingle by John Clapper: https://www.instagram.com/john_clapper/
Happy Lunar New Year! Welcome back to what we think is a new season of But Where Are You From?!
Mai-Anh Vu Peterson, David Kam and Viv Yau have a chatty catch up from what’s happened they last time recorded the podcast, they share their zodiac sign traits, Viv has an zodiac related identity crisis, they talk about making new traditions during lunar new year, and they share the story of when Viv ruined their team sound bath session by snoring…loudly.
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besea.n's own Isabelle attended the Waterstones x Penguin 'House of YA (Young Adult) LitFest' earlier this month, and got the chance to interview Marie Lu - 14-time New York Times bestselling writer, and author of the new YA novel ‘Stars and Smoke’ out now.
Isabelle and Marie chatted about the joy of YA (Young Adult) literature, BTS and K-pop, Asian representation in her new book, mental health and trauma, and Marie's relationship to London, which is one of the settings in the book.
Check out the transcript of this episode, together with Isabelle's writeup of the House of YA litfest, in our new Spotlight article.
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Viv and her boyfriend Manny catch up on the podcast about their relationship; from meeting their family, farting, how they navigate racism with friends/family, whilst travelling, unpaid labour, eating lo bak go and fufu, learning Twi and Cantonese and so much more!
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Amy spoke to Kimi Jolly (co-founder of ESAS) and Sophia Luu (Design Researcher) about UK’s hostile environment and how it affects asylum seekers, the new hate crime reporting/support service called On Your Side, the importance of design equity in healthcare, our fluid relationships with language, and why ancestry DNA testing isn’t as useful as we think they are (if you’re Black, Brown or Asian). Do remember to visit www.onyoursideuk.org and support their work. Sophia Luu https://www.sophialuu.co.uk/ https://www.esascotland.org/
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(Trigger warning: abortion, sexual assault, miscarriage, body issues)
In our end of season finale, Mai-Anh and Viv Yau have a chatty catch up and talk a lot about TikTok, the anti-abortion law Roe Vs Wade, our body image issues and how messed up it is, allowing ourselves to look after our bodies, suncream and SO MUCH MORE!
Trust us on the sunscreen!
Links mentioned:
https://prochoice.org/
https://www.plannedparenthood.org/
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Happy Pride Month! Kai (she/her) and Karlie (she/her) talk with the wonderful Cynthia So (they/them), author of the new book ‘If You Still Recognise Me’ (out 9 June in the UK). Together they discuss the impact of YA (Young Adult) books on teenagers and adults alike, discovering queer culture in Hong Kong, the Canto in Cynthia's book, writing about different types of love and family dynamics, and the joys of fanfiction and Tumblr back in the noughties and 2010s.
Where to find Cynthia So Instagram: https://instagram.com/cynthiasowrites Twitter: https://twitter.com/cynaesthete Website: https://socynthia.wordpress.com/ Little Tiger Books: https://littletiger.co.uk/author-illustrator/cynthia-so Resources Malinda Lo books - https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2884780.Malinda_Lo
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Amy talked with Claire Kohda (author of Woman, Eating) and Kaiya Shang (Editor at Scribner), about Claire's wonderful new book (read it!), food as an identity, racial othering and "the monstrous", the mixed ethnicity experience, plus the good bits and the bad bits (think rampant racism and nepotism) of the publishing world.
Connect with our guests:
https://instagram.com/clairekohda
https://instagram.com/kaiyashang
Resources:
Books:
The Mixed Race Experience by Naomi and Natalie Evans
Mixed-race Superhuman by Will Harris
Instagram:
https://instagram.com/mixedracefaces
https://instagram.com/mixedbloomroom
https://instagram.com/themixedfamilyconversation
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Our hosts, David Kam and King-Wey Hii-Ko speak with Jambo Truong on wellness encompassing relationship with our ancestors and reframing the way we see trauma and our relationships to practice of honouring ancestors.
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Mai-Anh and Viv chat with the wonderful Feiya Hu on her experience with the BBC Panorama documentary on racism, we also talk about her charity that she founded, as well as certain brands whitewashing tofu.
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Mai-Anh chats to Kat Lieu of Subtle Asian Baking (go follow!) about starting her page, the Subtle Asian community, how Kat used to be a personal training, her contribution to #StopAsianHate, the food she ate growing up and so much more!
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Amy & Viv had the pleasure of speaking with anti-racist activist, Ted Speaker and author of 'The Good Ally', Nova Reid. We cover A LOT. A trigger warning to our Black and people of colour friends, it's a heavy, heavy episode, BUT we also talk about joy, and we loved hearing about Nova and who she is outside of her job function (spoiler, she used to be a pro-singer - and hates karaoke!) We learnt so much, what an honour to have her on. Please follow her work and buy her book, it's an invaluable piece of anti-racism work that will stand the test of the time.
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Karlie introduces one of our (no longer so new) new core team members, who is already known to the community as the founder and director of Kind Red Packet, - David Kam! Karlie and David chat about being British and Malaysian, David's journey of movement and yoga, and his experience as a Queer ESEA.
Episode notes
David Kam IG: https://www.instagram.com/davidkamkw/
Kind Red Packet website: https://www.kindredpacket.com/
Kind Red Packet IG: https://www.instagram.com/kindredpacket/
Nike Red Packet advert https://youtu.be/Fu8T-7Ct6Oc
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Mai-Anh Peterson, Charley Wong and Viv Yau chat absolute shit in Viv's flat in Manchester, they answer some questions from the New York Times '36 Questions to fall in love', they talk about Viv internalising racism towards her vagina, whether they want to be famous, if the government are not letting us teleport, relationship dealbreakers, short kings and so much more.
Mentioned:
Angela Hui's Takeaway book: https://www.waterstones.com/book/takeaway/angela-hui/9781398705548
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Charley and Mai-Anh speak to Asian-American disability rights advocate Tiffany Yu, who was incredibly generous with her wisdom regarding advocacy, allyship, and how we can all work to improve accessibility. We could have listened to her speak for hours! Listen to find out how she maintains joy i her advocacy work, why allyship to her must be rooted in intimacy, and how she keeps up the marathon relay that is the fight for justice for Disability communities.
Tiffany Yu on Instagram: https://instagram.com/imtiffanyyu
Diversability on Instagram: https://instagram.com/diversability
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Viv introduces two new besea.n core team members King-Wey and Peiwen onto the poddy! We talk about things Peiwen notices moving over to the UK aged 14, like how we have separate taps and daylight savings (didn't realise that wasn't a thing in other countries?!), as well as delving into our turning points for thinking about race, identity. King-Wey shares her stories around friendship breakups, and uses a great phrase about spring cleaning friendships - perfect reason to dust the ol' friendship cobwebs.
A portion of this episode is sponsored by Barnardo's charity.
https://helpline.barnardos.org.uk/hong-kong-bno
The UK’s leading charity for children and families Barnardo’s launched a dedicated helpline last year to support ethnic community families. Since Feb 1st the helpline has been expanded to also offer dedicated services to Hong Kong British Nationals (Overseas) relocating to the UK. In the first half to 2021, 65,000 Hong Kong nationals arrived in the UK and the government expects around 475,000 to arrive over the coming years. Barnardo’s Boloh helpline, offers support in Cantonese and English, provides a free psychotherapy to support the mental health and wellbeing needs of those who will be resettling into a new culture, education system and employment, and challenges integrating into communities. You can find out more and access support on : 0800 151 2605 to speak to a friendly advisor or make an online referral visit their website.
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Kai and Viv chat to LA based actor and content creator, Ryan Alexander Holmes about British accents, being Black and Chinese, his relationship with social media and trolling that he experiences from different communities, the pressures of speaking about multiple causes, love languages, toxic men, his acting career, Ryan was so philosophical....we covered a lot of ground!
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Mai-Anh speaks with transracial adoptees, Pippa Hollington and Emily Couch on their experience, growing up in Hong Kong, being mistaken for other ESEA backgrounds, Pippa talks about being Filipina and her relationship with her white British parents and her sister, Emily talks about her dual heritage of being ethnically Chinese and her British and American nationality and her experience growing up.
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Amy and Karlie spoke to Georgina aka https://www.instagram.com/chop_stick_n_poke/ about her parents, working as a tattoo artist, then they started veering off into korean and Chinese TV dramas, Speaking Chinglish and Asian uncles lubing Georgie up.
Georgina Leung is a British Chinese tattoo artist and illustrator. Spending her formative years in Lisburn, Northern Ireland, Georgina later went on to study Illustration at the Edinburgh College of Art, and is now based in London.
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[Content Note: sexual harassment There may be train noises in the background.] Amy and Karlie sat down to chat with the multi-talented Squid from the Mollusc Dimension, about his and his family's musical background, what it's like to be queer and ESEA, how it was growing up in Essex, as well as Squid's wide-ranging creative projects. Acronym used in the episode: AFAB = Assigned Female At Birth Sabah Choudrey - Supporting Trans People of Colour Alok Vaid-menon Fox Fisher Gendered Intelligence Adult Survivors Open Mic Mermaids https://mermaidsuk.org.uk
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Mai-Anh our host is joined by Charley and Viv where we talk about our experiences with cancer. Resources: https://www.macmillan.org.uk/ https://www.breastcancer.org/symptoms/testing/types/self_exam Follow besean and slide into our DMs and keep the conversation going! https://www.instagram.com/besea.n/ https://twitter.com/besea_n Support the podcast by buying besean a coffee, 100% of the donations now go towards besean! http://bit.ly/Kofibesean Sign petitions: STAND WITH MYANMAR AND TAKE ACTION https://linktr.ee/meemalee ESEA HERITAGE MONTH: Sign the petition to support the launch of East & South East Asian Heritage Month in the UK https://www.change.org/ESEAHeritageMonth We've reached 30,000 signatures! Sign the petition for media outlets to stop depicting ESEA people in Coronavirus related media: https://www.change.org/p/bbc-stop-depicting-east-asians-in-coronavirus-related-media Credits: Jingle by John Clapper: https://www.instagram.com/john_clapper/
This week, Mai-Anh sat down with Labour MP for Luton North, Sarah Owen. We talked about what it's really like being a woman in the Commons, hanger, dealing with trolls and Sarah's top tips for anyone considering getting involved in politics.
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Charley & Viv were joined by Hannah & Rob of Little Yellow Rice Co. to talk about their business, Little Yellow Rice Co, we discuss Hannah's heritage that is the heart of the brand, with Rob being the chef, we discuss gatekeeping of food, white washing, and who can cook ESEA food? Such a fun discussion with our friends!
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Amy and Viv go off on a little ramble about Amy's school report, the #VeryAsian call in, Viv being a twin and then we chatted with co-founders of YukFun - Lucy & Patrick on everything creative, being Chinese and whether it needs to inform your work as an artist, being in a white dominated industry, and Amy & Viv's 'ray-cism' sunglasses gets a mention again.
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Chasing the taste of home (with Jenny Lau and Tiffany Chang): cooking, finding your path and navigating generational divides
We interviewed food goddesses and influencer BFFs Jenny Lau (@celestialpeach_uk) and Tiffany Chang (@tiffcooksalot) on all things food, covering disaporic cooking, motherly disapproval, making a fool out of yourself in front of famous people, and the quest to #FindBrettLove!
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We spoke with Suyin Haynes (Editor-In-Chief at gal-dem) and Angela Hui (freelance food writer for Time Out, HuffPost, gal-dem and so much more!) on a fascinating episode on everything journalism: how they started, writing ad copy for vouchers, finding a community through trauma, how to balance speaking about issues online and looking after mental health. Such a brilliant way to start off season four of But Where Are You From? SOCIALS Follow besea.n and slide into our DMs and keep the conversation going! https://www.instagram.com/besea.n/ https://twitter.com/besea_n Support the podcast by buying besea.n a coffee, 100% of the donations now go towards besea.n! http://bit.ly/Kofibesean Sign petitions: STAND WITH MYANMAR AND TAKE ACTION https://linktr.ee/meemalee ESEA HERITAGE MONTH: Sign the petition to support the launch of East & South East Asian Heritage Month in the UK https://www.change.org/ESEAHeritageMonth We've reached 30,000 signatures! Sign the petition for media outlets to stop depicting ESEA people in Coronavirus related media: https://www.change.org/p/bbc-stop-depicting-east-asians-in-coronavirus-related-media Credits: Jingle by John Clapper: https://www.instagram.com/john_clapper/
1 year of besea.n - we recently went on a betreat, where, among the hike, cooking, games, and besea.n meeting, we also recorded a bonus episode for you, as our birthday gift to you! Listen for lots of crying, laughing and seeing how well we know each other.
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Squeeeaaaal besea.n were invited to the UK premiere of Marvel’s latest action-packed film, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (released 3rd September 2021).
Kai, Karlie, Amy & Viv (sorry Charley and Mai-Anh!) strolled down the red (blue) carpet and experienced the film before its release, and it was EPIC! At a time when our community has been suffering, this film has felt like a big win for the ESEA representation and we’re so proud to have been there to see it all happening.
We got the opportunity to chat with actors of the film, Simu Liu, Fala Chen and director, Destin Daniel Cretton on everything ESEA representation. Also, have a guess whether they are all team rice or noodles...Find out from our interviews: https://www.besean.co.uk/spotlight/shang-chi
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This is our third season finale as we take a break to plan ESEA Heritage Month. Join Amy, Charley, Karlie & Mai-Anh in a Q&A, with some near death experience stories (trigger warning 10-15 mins in), find out their day jobs and find out which recent Hollywood film Karlie featured in!!!! We're in the presence of stars!
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Viv asks her boyfriend Manny about his first impressions of her, who's funnier, she ask him some questions asked by listeners on Instagram, any yikes moments he's experienced in dating as a Black man, and Manny surprises Viv with questions back too right at the end?! Follow besean and slide into our DMs and keep the conversation going! https://www.instagram.com/besea.n/ https://twitter.com/besea_n Support the podcast by buying besean a coffee, 100% of the donations now go towards besean! http://bit.ly/Kofibesean Sign petitions: STAND WITH MYANMAR AND TAKE ACTION https://linktr.ee/meemalee ESEA HERITAGE MONTH: Sign the petition to support the launch of East & South East Asian Heritage Month in the UK https://www.change.org/ESEAHeritageMonth We've reached 30,000 signatures! Sign the petition for media outlets to stop depicting ESEA people in Coronavirus related media: https://www.change.org/p/bbc-stop-depicting-east-asians-in-coronavirus-related-media Credits: Jingle by John Clapper: https://www.instagram.com/john_clapper/
We were joined by Alicia Warner (@il.liss.strate on Instagram or aliciawarner.com) and Francesca Humi @FrancescaHumi on Twitter and @franexplainshistory on Instagram and TikTok. Follow besean and slide into our DMs and keep the conversation going! https://www.instagram.com/besea.n/ https://twitter.com/besea_n Support the podcast by buying besean a coffee, 100% of the donations now go towards besean! http://bit.ly/Kofibesean Sign petitions: STAND WITH MYANMAR AND TAKE ACTION https://linktr.ee/meemalee ESEA HERITAGE MONTH: Sign the petition to support the launch of East & South East Asian Heritage Month in the UK https://www.change.org/ESEAHeritageMonth We've reached 35,000 signatures! Sign the petition for media outlets to stop depicting ESEA people in Coronavirus related media: https://www.change.org/p/bbc-stop-depicting-east-asians-in-coronavirus-related-media Credits: Jingle by John Clapper: https://www.instagram.com/john_clapper/
Charley, Karlie, Amy and Viv chat everything Chinese school! Follow besean and slide into our DMs and keep the conversation going! https://www.instagram.com/besea.n/ https://twitter.com/besea_n Support the podcast by buying besean a coffee, 100% of the donations now go towards besean! http://bit.ly/Kofibesean Sign petitions: STAND WITH MYANMAR AND TAKE ACTION https://linktr.ee/meemalee ESEA HERITAGE MONTH: Sign the petition to support the launch of East & South East Asian Heritage Month in the UK https://www.change.org/ESEAHeritageMonth We've reached 30,000 signatures! Sign the petition for media outlets to stop depicting ESEA people in Coronavirus related media: https://www.change.org/p/bbc-stop-depicting-east-asians-in-coronavirus-related-media Credits: Jingle by John Clapper: https://www.instagram.com/john_clapper/
Join host Amy in Part 1 of a series on interethnic dating as she chats to our very own Mai-Anh and her partner of 12+ years, Jamie (or Jai-Anh, if you will). Amy grilled them on how they met, how they navigate the world as a multiethnic couple and what they’ve learned along the way. Expect chat on Scottishness, microaggressions, feminist pockets and sweaty pits!
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Amy talks to Huong (@mrshuongblack), Liz (@themodernchef) and Georgie (@chinesechippygirl) about parenting as ESEA mums including how we try to instil a sense of ESEA heritage in our kids, introducing durian, the dreaded poonamis, and everything in between!
Huong is one half of @themsgpod. Listen as she and MiMi Aye talk life and debunk food myths along the way.
Visit Liz at Mei Mei in Borough Market London or grab a taste of Singapore at home with her new shiny cookbook, Makan.
Check out Georgie’s podcast, Chinese Chippy Girl where she connects with all kinds of people in the ESEA world including her interview with Katie Leung!
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We answer your Q&A's! We go from deep questions like 'what would you say to your ten year old self?' to 'is coriander nice or nasty?'
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Amy, Mai-Anh, Karlie and Viv chat everything FWENDSSSSS.
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Mai-Anh Peterson is joined by Hollie and Sui on a bloomin' brilliant and insightful discussion around decolonising green spaces. They dig into how poc and marginalised groups feel in green spaces, they then branch out into discussing the history, why gardening is gate kept, how gardening isn't about perfectionism. and then Hollie even graces our ears with a cluckin' chicken impression! Join in on the convo over at besean!
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Welcome baaaack! Me, Mai-Anh Peterson, Karlie Wu and Charley Wong are your co-hosts this week and we chat about beauty standards from an ESEA perspective. We talk about our weird and wonderful bodily functions, people saying we look like Gok Wan, and critical families, colourism, fatphobia and so much more. Join in on the convo over at besean!
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Welcome baaaack! We had the pleasure of speaking of with our pal, our gal, our mate, our comprade, our friend, Kim Richards aka Nanosounds. Mai-Anh Peterson, and Amy Phung are your co-hosts this week and we chat about how imposter syndrome makes us feel in this activism space, what exactly IS being an activist, how it messes with our noggins, and how people of mixed-ethnicity feel navigating the activist space.
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We're joined by our pal, Shu Lin, food and lifestyle content creator and who loves to eat (her words!) to talk everything dating. Enjoying being single, dealbreakers in dating, why do people put strange stuff on their dating apps, and our deal dating scenarios. Was such a fun episode!!
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The besea.n babes, Charley, Karlie (then she had to go for her din dins), Mai-Anh and Amy answer your questions that you submitted, we talked about vegetarianism as an ESEA, about whether our parents taught us how to cook, how ESEA women feel walking into rural pubs, some dumb AF racist incidents, where we see ourselves in two years time, and gardening (mainly from Mai-Anh lol). Hope you enjoy!
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Soo...the podcast is growing up and we've now got FIVE new hosts. You'll be familiar with the besea.n babes if you've listened before! We talked about ethnicity and race, pride in where we're from, then things get a bit silly when Amy introduces a slightly controversial 'most likely to' game (spoiler, turns out they all think I'm dirty and no use in a zombie apocalypse) Then we debate would you prefer to have an unsavoury dick in you or use your best mate's toothbush?!
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My co-host, Amy Phung, you all know Amy, great gal, great pal joins me to chat with Dr Felicia Yeung on everythang sex. From being a Chinese doctor, abortion, the familial pressures surrounding misogyny, patriarchy and dating, to porn, STDs, slut shaming and shaming around sex and belly buttons (okay that was on me). It’s 1am the night before the podcast is live sooo good night and please dm me to keep the convo going! Xoxoxo https://twitter.com/felyeung https://www.instagram.com/drfelyeung/ https://guiltyfeminist.libsyn.com/208-shame-with-scarlett-curtis-and-special-guests-jameela-jamil-and-sarah-crutwell
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I finally managed to secure ha very sought after guest... MY BEAUTIFUL MAMA. We talk about where she is from (I got it wrong, it's not Tai Po as I posted on Instagram!), how living with a strict mum and the village women made her move to the UK, how she got sacked after 2 hours from her first job in the UK, and whether she is proud of us?! We also bring back 'How Asian Are You?' especially for this episode! Be kind about my mum or else I'll kill you okaibye!
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This podcast is sponsored by Welbeck Publishing for the promotion of Julie Ma's debut novel, Happy Families: Winner of the Richard & Judy Search for a Bestseller 2020. I was joined by my co-host and pal Karlie Wu and we had such a fantastic chat with the author, Julie Ma. Hear about her taking over the family takeaway, becoming an author some really interesting insights in writing the book, and we also try to convince Julie to watch Bling Empire!
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I talk with the wonderful MiMi Aye and Huong Black, co-hosts of the MSG Pod (and SO MUCH MORE). We talk about what's happening in Myanmar, how they both became friends, their jobs, raising their kids and they also give me dating advice (they gotta like my KFC jumper and not be a facist). They truly are such a laugh and left me in stitches. STAND WITH MYANMAR AND TAKE ACTION https://linktr.ee/meemalee Listen to the MSG Pod episode about Myanmar https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-msg-pod-episode-007-myanmar-protestor/id1539910980?i=1000510058324 Follow @meemalee and @mrshuongblack https://www.facebook.com/TheMSGpod Instagram @TheMSGpod Twitter @TheMSGpod
A co-host impromptu chat with the wonderful Mai-Anh Peterson, fellow besean co-founder and all round good egg.
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I share recent story of a woke white man that still didn't cut the mustard. Enjoy.
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We chat with Little Moons mochi founder, Howard Wong about identity being British Malaysian Chinese, being a business owner of a mochi ice cream brand, Little Moons (SO COOL!), how he finds working with his co-founder and sibling, Vivien Wong and the best and worst moments of his career. We delve into the latest #LittleMoons viral trend that has been making waves across TikTok recently, resulting in 106M views (and counting) and a 700% uplift in sales in Tesco! Howard advises for all British Asians to buy a dogs in to receive unconditional love we didn't get from our parents lol (just don't blame him when you have to pick up dog poop!)
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I had a very fun and insightful chat with two close friends and fellow besean co-founders, Izzy and Amy! We talk about calling in versus calling out, how we wore sunglasses that shielded ray-cism (lol), our advocacy work at besean, how they find #eseajoy, the play-by-play of White guilt, how we desperately wanna be genz!
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I spoke with the AMAZING POWERHOUSE, Liz Pemberton (she/her), who runs The Black Nursery Manager - a training & consultancy firm which focuses on anti-racist practice within Early Years. We talk abut why discussing identity and racism with young children is so important, how she handles White Women in the education sector, the nuances of discussing identity and how the Jamaica and Hakka Chinese history is so intertwined (rooted in colonialism, of course). ENJOY!! I KNOW I DID!
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Join her next webinar: The Fetishisation of the Mixed Black Child Webinar
Liz's Jamaican Hakka Post: https://www.instagram.com/p/CJwgMSGBNZx/
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Soooo, I had an idea to bring on my ex's onto the podcast LOL! My ex, John Clapper and I unpack our two year relationship. What my parents thought of me dating a musician, how he experienced feeling 'othered' in China, and I grill him on questions about having a 'thing for Asian women'. Ooh it's a goodie. Please forward to your straight, white male friends who may be inclined to 'have a thing for [insert ethnicity]' to listen to!!
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Jingle and guest! My ex-boyfriend, John Clapper: https://www.instagram.com/john_clapper/
Soooo, I had an idea to bring on my ex's onto the podcast LOL! My ex, turned good friend, Keye was a great sport and came onto the podcast for us to unpack why we broke up, his identity being a mixed race, white passing man, why it's valid for women of colour to hate white men, me accusing him of cheating, and me crying after Keye was saying nice things.
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HIYA. IT ME. HAPPY NEW YEAR. This isn't a comeback. Or is it? We're gonna talk about sex more. I have some funny dating stories. Ermmm, that's it for now!
Support the podcast and buy me a coffee! https://ko-fi.com/itsvivyau We've reached 16,400 signatures! Sign the petition for media outlets such as The BBC & The Guardian & the UK Government to stop depicting East Asian people in Coronavirus related media: https://www.change.org/p/bbc-stop-depicting-east-asians-in-coronavirus-related-media Anna Chan's IG: https://www.instagram.com/theannachan/ Chinese Chippy Girl IG: https://www.instagram.com/chinesechippygirl/ Chinese Chippy Girl Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/6iHWxDPFYbaCOp234um0sr?si=wsPENJTFSZexi4TsqfnIsw Crazy Brit Asian: https://www.instagram.com/crazybritasian/ Slide into my DMs and keep the conversation going! https://www.instagram.com/itsvivyau Jingle by the talented John Clapper: https://www.instagram.com/john_clapper/
I had the pleasure of talking with Elizabeth aka Femme Castratrice on Instagram. We talked about growing up in Wuhan, straight into weird dick pics she’s been sent (one involves sushi), and her career and life as a sex worker, how it has formed her thinking around feminism and gender politics, we talk about the usual Asian fetishisation lol and slut shaming that happens in our society. Such a wonderful, funny & insightful chat and Elizabeth was so incredibly generous with sharing part of her life story. I hope you enjoy!
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I had the absolute pleasure of talking with Sue Cheung - the author of Chinglish. Which is young adult book based almost entirely on a true story of Sue’s life growing up in the 80s as a takeaway kid, being bullied at school, harassed by customers, navigating her identity as a BBC, as well as some deep and complex family dynamics. It truly was the first book I’ve ever read which I could relate to as a British Takeaway kid and I was so honoured to be able to speak with Sue. We had a nice chinwag and gossip after the record and I just love it when you meet someone who lives up and surpasses your expectations. She was a true delight and so I hope you enjoy.
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It’s just me on this episode doing a little chatty update and ramble. I talk about how my creative juices aren’t flowing with the podcast, I feel less angry than I did in my anti-racism journey, being full of contradictions, wild dating stories, the film Monsoon starring Henry Golding, knowing a member of the triad lol.
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In today's episode I was joined by Mai-Anh and Charley who make up 2/6 of our besea.n group. We talk about Asian babies being born with blue bum (ask your parents if you had a blue bum!) - it’s actually called Mongolian Spot, our different approaches to activism and mental health as an activist, fluidity in our identities, we then have a healthy debate over Rice or Noodles, I start tearing up over what Mai-Anh said about the voice note I sent her, being told you look like Gok Wan lol, Asian fetishisation and a microwavable rice thing!!
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In today's episode I was joined by my pal, friend, Karlie Wu. We talk about Karlie’s connection with being Hakka, our new grassroots movement, besea.nand how we’ve felt during lockdown, scary spirit ghost stories, how our parents assign themselves random Western names, how Karlie uses her art to preserver her Hakka heritage, Hakka food and I attempt to explain some Hakka history, did you know that a lot of Jamaican Chinese people are Hakka?! I learnt so much in my research, and about my own identity of being Hakka Chinese! Hope you enjoy!
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In today's episode I was joined by Kim Richards from Nanosounds - we talk about that dreaded question ‘but where are you from?’, Kim’s relationship with her parents, how we don’t talk about mental health, her fascinating career as a sound engineer, turned presenter, freelancer, turned YouTuber gamer, how her privacy is so important to her as someone who shares a large part of her life online, parasocial relationships and why Kim would never date a fan (if she wasn’t married lol) and her incredible Twitch Kimmunity.
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In today's episode we had Michael Lam and Michael Truong - the two hosts from Respect the Mic who I regard as one of the OGs in the British Asian podcasting space. We talk about being mistaken for another type of Asian, assimilating to white culture, whitewashing, wearing the same outfits as couples, and how important media representation is for ESEA folks. These two were so lovely and easy to chat to, make sure you give ‘em a follow and listen to their podcast!!
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Michael Truong https://www.instagram.com/michaelhtruong/
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Hi folks,
Today's episode I read out my futureme.org letter that I sent to myself a year ago in July. It really hit home just how much has changed since then. I was broken, my self-confidence was zero, I had a lot to work on tbh. After a lot of therapy, self-help and just being kind to myself, I now unapologetically identify as a feminist, I continue to learn about racism in our world and have somewhat become an activist in a short space of time. Sometimes it's cathartic to take stock of ourselves and how far we've come (and a reminder on how far we've got to go).
I read out 20 things I wish I could tell my teenage self, it was a lotta fun to pull together. Thank you to listeners who submitted things they would tell their teenage self - it was all very relatable and somewhat emotional to read!
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In this week’s episode (sorry it's late!) I talk about my experience with cook, Pippy Eats and the controversy surrounding the use of language on her website and her recently launched ‘dumplings and noodles’ cookbook. It’s a tricky topic to unpack and I don’t feel like I said all I had to say. It’s a grey area and there’s no black and white answer to all of this. Hoping it provides some food for thought and a different viewpoint. Donate to End the Virus of Racism Crowdfunder to establish the first not for profit organisation for tackling hate crime for ESEA communities: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/endthevirusofracism Sue Cheung’s book Chinglish: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Chinglish-Sue-Cheung/dp/1783448393 Tiff Cooksalot Instagram post: https://www.instagram.com/p/CD7R2KaHrp4/ Jie Jenny Zou’s Twitter Thread: https://twitter.com/jiejennyzou/status/1294071006768832513 Anna Sulan Masing https://twitter.com/AnnaSulan?s=21 Food, Race, and Power: Who gets to be an authority on 'ethnic' cuisines? article by Lorraine Chuen http://www.intersectionalanalyst.com/intersectional-analyst/2017/1/7/who-gets-to-be-an-authority-on-ethnic-cuisines We reached 10,000 signatures!! Thank you so much. We are in the midst of planning stuff which I’ll share more about. Sign the petition for media outlets such as The BBC & The Guardian & the UK Government to stop depicting East Asian people in Coronavirus related media: https://www.change.org/p/bbc-stop-depicting-east-asians-in-coronavirus-related-media Buy me a coffee! https://ko-fi.com/itsvivyau Join But Where Are You From Podcast Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/butwhereareyoufrom Slide into my DMs and keep the conversation going! https://www.instagram.com/itsvivyau Jingle by the talented John Clapper: https://www.instagram.com/john_clapper/
In this week’s episode I talk with stand up comedian and professional poker player, Ken Cheng and all round good egg Ken Cheng! He was such a pleasure to have on the podcast, we talk about how Ken met his girlfriend, how we should never settle, Asian fetish, boring dates with finance people (no offence to anyone who works in finance lol), Ken’s red flags in dating (top tip, be curious and be funny), whether Hinge’s race filter is ethical or not, and Ken gives us really brilliant dating tips too! P.s It’s about loving yourself. Truly an honour and a pleasure having him on!
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We reached 10,000 signatures!! Thank you so much. We are in the midst of planning stuff which I’ll share more about.
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In this week’s episode I'm joined by my sisters @sansanyau @happyingeats Warning ⚠️ You WILL get hungry listening. Eat beforehand haha🍤🍚🍜 😋 We also share some hilarious, sad, heartwarming and nostalgic stories from podcast listeners. Thank you so much to @winnieswritings @jennisjournal @jennyoiii @luicat01 @joannayeung97 @ray_w6 @anthonychengphotography @aitkitchen @wukarlie (and some anons) for sharing your stories. We were absolutely howling at how one of the customers pronounce 'hor d'oeuvres' haha, customers debating for ages and then just ordering boiled rice lol and some sadder stories about takeaway children being left to their own devices. Hope you enjoy! I'm definitely getting a takeaway this weekend!!
Can our petition reach 10,000 signatures by September?
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In this week’s episode I talk about social media. How Instagram was bad for me during my toxic relationship, how what we put out on social media actually matters and it’s not silly, we all have our own personal brand whether we have large or small audiences, influencers still have their own shit going on despite what you might think, people wanna see you succeed, but just not do better than them, finding my community through social media, how it exacerbating my insecurities, and Instagram being an integral tool for learning and resources, Can our petition reach 10,000 signatures by end of August? Sign the petition for media outlets such as The BBC & The Guardian & the UK Government to stop depicting East Asian people in Coronavirus related media: https://www.change.org/p/bbc-stop-depicting-east-asians-in-coronavirus-related-media End the Virus of Racism Crowdfunder, donate £3, £5, whatever you can: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/endthevirusofracism Complain the BBC about using that word: https://www.bbc.co.uk/contact/news-channel-290720/#/Notification Join But Where Are You From Podcast Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/butwhereareyoufrom buy me a coffee! https://ko-fi.com/itsvivyau Slide into my DMs and keep the conversation going! https://www.instagram.com/itsvivyau Jingle by the talented John Clapper: https://www.instagram.com/john_clapper
Welcome to But Where Are You From?... A podcast by a late 20-something millennial learning about life as a British Born Chinese. I’m Viv, the host of the podcast.
I talk about life as a British Born Chinese (BBC); from family life, to work, dating, relationships, food, racism, and general culture.
In this week’s episode I give an update on the petition so far - we got it raised in Parliament! I also talk about friendships, from my non-Asian friends sharing my culture, to whether you are a radiator or drainer friend, boundaries and how important they are in friendships, and I share some positive & negative friendship stories from podcast listeners.
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Welcome to But Where Are You From?... A podcast by a late 20-something millennial learning about life as a British Born Chinese. I’m Viv, the host of the podcast.
I talk about life as a British Born Chinese (BBC); from family life, to work, dating, relationships, food, racism, and general culture.
In this week’s episode I address the recent email exchange I had with the Guardian over changing another image depicting East Asians when discussing Coronavirus. See my Instagram post and highlight 'No to racism' for the full story.
There are some classic How Asian are You questions submitted by Elsa Lee who has an amazing food blog.
I also address the support I received for the toxic relationship episode (you can listen here) and how it actually wasn’t well received by people who tried to guilt & shame me for speaking up about my truth. I talk about what I look for in dating (spoiler, it’s an extensive list), and it goes way beyond looks.
Sign the petition for media outlets such as The BBC & The Guardian & the UK Government to stop depicting East Asian people in Coronavirus related media
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Follow Tanisha’s podcast page A Side of Rice
Myers Briggs Personality Type Test
Dating podcasts I listen to:
Why Won’t You Date Me by Nicole Byer
The Girl’s Bathroom by Sophia & Cinzia
Modern Love
Slide into my DMs and keep the conversation going! @itsvivyau
Jingle by the talented John Clapper
Welcome to But Where Are You From?... A podcast by a late 20-something millennial learning about life as a British Born Chinese. I’m Viv, the host of the podcast.
I talk about life being a British East Asian; from family life, to work, dating, relationships, food, racism, and general culture.
In this episode, I have the pleasure of speaking with Nick. We talk about finding your community as a gender fluid person. What gender fluidity means, being Chinese, how LGBT is STILL illegal in Malaysia (WTF), how genderising starts from a very young age, from phrases such as ‘boys will be boys’. How terms like ‘man up’, ‘being a pussy’ harms us all, unpicking habits in our daily life that harm LGTBQ+ people, I found out that Miley Cyrus is gender fluid, JK Rowling’s rhetoric on the trans community, mental health, similarities between being a painter decorator and makeup, and most importantly, celebrating being gender fluid. Nick also gives great advice that applies to all of us: be kind and listen.
Follow Nick’s girl mode Instagram (warning: you will get wardrobe envy): https://www.instagram.com/enjoy_invisibility/
Read Nick’s fashion blog: https://lusciouseffect.wordpress.com/
Support Gender diverse kids: https://mermaidsuk.org.uk/
Asian YouTube who’s dead relaxing to watch that we mentioned:
https://www.youtube.com/c/cnliziqi
Welcome to But Where Are You From?... A podcast by a late 20-something millennial learning about life as a British Born Chinese. I’m Viv, the host of the podcast. I talk about life as a British Born Chinese (BBC); from family life, to work, dating, relationships, food, racism, and general culture. In this episode I talk about my extremely triggering week: a Chinese man using the word “Ch*nk” and not seeing an issue with it, triggering Facebook comments (it’s a deep and dangerous place, avoid like it’s Corona), we made some significant change to the BBC’s news article images which depicted East Asians wearing masks, the HK political news, I talk about how I am racist. Slide into my DMs and keep the conversation going! https://www.instagram.com/itsvivyau/ Jingle by the talented John Clapper: https://www.instagram.com/john_clapper
Welcome to But Where Are You From?... A podcast by a late 20-something millennial learning about life as a British Born Chinese. I’m Viv, the host of the podcast.
I talk about life as a British Born Chinese (BBC); from family life, to work, dating, relationships, food, racism, and general culture.
In this episode I talk about how I had an uncomfortable yet productive conversation with my mum surrounding Black Lives Matter. Dating as a feminist, How LinkedIn is racist, my experiences of casual racism at work, how asian societal pressure from our family plays into feminism, such getting married, obtaining a good job, being slim, but also eating enough food when told too lol.
Links to what we discussed:
Over the Moon Trailerhttps://www.netflix.com/title/80214236
A really interesting article of Asian Feminism: https://planamag.com/what-does-asian-feminism-mean-to-me/
BBC Woman's Hourhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007qlvb
Slide into my DMs and keep the conversation going! https://www.instagram.com/vivthediv/
Jingle by the talented John Clapper: https://www.instagram.com/john_clapper
Welcome to But Where Are You From?... A podcast by a late 20-something millennial learning about life as a British Born Chinese. I’m Viv, the host of the podcast.
I talk about life as a British Born Chinese (BBC); from family life, to work, dating, relationships, food, racism, and general culture.
Trigger Warning: grief, losing a parent
We know that these types of commemorative days can be tough for those who have lost someone special. So we've created this podcast for those who are in this position to let you know that you're not alone, we see you and hear you. Laugh with/at us, cry with us. We're here!
Despite this being a commemorative episode for our dad who passed away nearly 4 years ago, it's actually really fun! We talk about our fondest, funny memories of him, what we learnt from him, what traits we've inherited from him (definitely his goofy sense of humour), how he was so adventurous; him and my mum went paragliding whilst we were on holiday in Thailand and left the three of us on the beach lol cause we were too scared. It did get a little teary and sad when we thought about what we'd like to say to him (I had the snot kinda crying), but we brought it back up with an impromptu 'How Asian is your daddddd?' segment haha.
Always happy to chat over on my Instagram too: https://www.instagram.com/vivthediv/
Jingle by the talented John Clapper: https://www.instagram.com/john_clapper
Welcome to But Where Are You From?... A podcast by a late 20-something millennial learning about life as a British Born Chinese. I’m Viv, the host of the podcast. I talk about life as a British Born Chinese (BBC); from family life, to work, dating, relationships, food, racism, and general culture. These two need no introduction...So happy to finally release the episodes with guests @evelynmok @nigelng on the podcast! I'm gonna say it's an exclusive because my podcast is the first time they've both been on together as guests!! They are truly a dynamic duo, yin and yang. (We can say that cause we’re Asian) and it was an absolute pleasure having them on as their podcast was a hugeeeee inspiration for me starting this little lockdown project. If a podcast could 'man spread', this is exactly what @ricetomeetyoupod has done. It’s essentially a takeover on my podcast 😂😂 this is largely...solely...exclusively... down to Nigel and his sound effects to be honest. Haha no but seriously, I was laughing so much that my usually un-budge-able eyeliner came off from me crying with laughter. Makes sense given that they are a comedy podcast! Basically the How Asian Are You segment turns into the entire podcast. We talk about dating as Asian people, ugly people on TikTok, their careers as comedians, cheap Chinese tech, me having big front teeth that Nigel pointed out (thanks Nigel), Evelyn's memory problems, making Asians cool.
Follow Evelyn Mok https://www.instagram.com/evelynmok/ Follow Nigel Ng https://www.instagram.com/mrnigelng/ You guys probably already listen to their podcast! https://ricetomeetyoupod.com/
Slide into my DMs and keep the conversation going! https://www.instagram.com/vivthediv/ Jingle by the talented John Clapper: https://www.instagram.com/john_clapper
Welcome to But Where Are You From?... A podcast by a late 20-something millennial learning about life as a British Born Chinese. I’m Viv, the host of the podcast.
I talk about life as a British Born Chinese (BBC); from family life, to work, dating, relationships, food, racism, and general culture.
This week, I had the most glorious time speaking to the award winning Actor, Director, Musician, Writer, Daniel York Loh.
His passion and activism as a British East Asian actor is admirable. Basically, HE’S A PRETTY BIG DEAL in this world and has done/is doing incredible things to disrupt the narrative that British culture holds surrounding being East Asian.
We talk about racism in the theatre world, how people view Asians as one monolithic block (hey, not ALL of us eat dogs, you know…wink), why the term ‘Oriental’ is not okay. My favourite part was right at the end when I asked Daniel about his proudest moment in his career. His response actually gave me goosebumps - it’s really lovely and shows his true integrity as a British East Asian actor.
He is writing and producing a Zoom digital arts event called WeRNotVirus (the live show on 13th/14th June is sold out but will be available as a video afterwards). It will be a collective of leading actors, writers, directors and creatives of East and South East Asian heritage from the UK’s performing arts industry to present a new digital arts event.
“This urgent artistic response aims to shine a light on the surge in hate crime directed towards the community during the Covid-19 crisis.”
Enjoy!!
Follow Daniel on Twitter/Instagram
https://twitter.com/danielfyork
https://www.instagram.com/danielyorkloh/
WeRNotVirus
https://www.omnibus-clapham.org/oto-we-r-not-virus/
Orientalism by Edward Said https://www.amazon.co.uk/Orientalism-Edward-W-Said/dp/0141187425
Watch Daniel’s Play ‘Forgotten’ on Livr
https://livr.co.uk/
Slide into my DMs and keep the conversation going! https://www.instagram.com/vivthediv/
Jingle by the talented John Clapper: https://www.instagram.com/john_clapper
Let’s stand for our black friends. I know that most of you will already be combating anti-blackness within our own circles or on your social platforms. Here’s just some resources from 30 minutes of researching, there’s so much out there for Asians to help support the Black Lives Matters Movement. This is not exhaustive. I encourage us all to continue to do our own research and education. Take care everyone.
#Asiansforblacklives
Some Black leaders to follow (there are so so many more, please have a research)
https://www.instagram.com/munroebergdorf/
https://www.instagram.com/ajabarber/
https://www.instagram.com/ijeomaoluo/
https://twitter.com/renireni
https://www.instagram.com/theslumflower/?hl=en
https://twitter.com/RachelCargle
https://twitter.com/6Gems
https://twitter.com/MindaHarts
https://www.instagram.com/gracefvictory/
20 Allyship Actions for Asians to Show Up for the Black Community Right Nowhttps://medium.com/awaken-blog/20-allyship-actions-for-asians-to-show-up-for-the-black-community-right-now-464e5689cf3e?fbclid=IwAR38SjQhbb-dCBFoZ2yn76_1csBPFujws_SkU6vtlIcJtutKhn394AgK0PU
Letters for Black Lives (Translated into Traditional Chinese)https://lettersforblacklives.com/chinese-trad-6770eed17e9?fbclid=IwAR3gB-TuDU-x_ohJpwpOTycB8_cQFQvHzvjjRxiOsveFXOqWlMw07QTHZXE
6 Ways Asian Americans Can Tackle Anti-Black Racism in Their Familieshttps://everydayfeminism.com/2016/01/asian-americans-tackle-anti-black-racism/?lipi=urn%3Ali%3Apage%3Ad_flagship3_detail_base%3BUxmkKR0yoTMvKU1L3jxYsg%3D%3D
Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race - Book by Reni Eddo-Lodgehttps://amzn.to/3ePB4WL
How to Argue With a Racist: History, Science, Race and Realityhttps://www.amazon.co.uk/Does-Race-Exist-Scientific-Investigation/dp/1474611249
Addressing impact of COVID-19 on BAME staff in the NHShttps://www.england.nhs.uk/coronavirus/workforce/addressing-impact-of-covid-19-on-bame-staff-in-the-nhs/
**More Resources (I ran out of characters)
https://bit.ly/304x54C**
Welcome to But Where Are You From?... A podcast by a late 20-something millennial learning about life as a British Born Chinese. I’m Viv, the host of the podcast.
I talk about life as a British Born Chinese (BBC); from family life, to work, dating, relationships, food, racism, and general culture.
Wow wow wow. Prepare to be blown away by @toritsui_ - climate activist, mental health advocate and proud Eurasian. I can’t even begin to sum up what we discussed. From her experiencing racism as a Eurasian at her international school in Hong Kong, to sailing across the world to help combat climate change, to being asked by Stella McCartney to take part in her Fall/Winter 2019 campaign… I know right?! Incredible. I could listen to Tori talk all day, she has a very calming voice which juxtaposes my shrill northern tones (haha) and she talks so eloquently about very complex topics around climate change, mental health & racism. The sign of a true expert!!
Find Tori on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/toritsui_/?hl=en
Links to what we discussed:
https://www.sailtothecop.com/https://www.meatfreemondays.com/https://fridaysforfuture.org/
Slide into my DMs and keep the conversation going! https://www.instagram.com/vivthediv/
Jingle by the talented John Clapper: https://www.instagram.com/john_clapper
Sound production by my brother in law, Leo Wong
Welcome to But Where Are You From?... A podcast by a late 20-something millennial learning about life as a British Born Chinese. I’m Viv, the host of the podcast.
I talk about life as a British Born Chinese (BBC); from family life, to work, dating, relationships, food, racism, and general culture.
I talk about Asian flush or Asian glow and the embarrassing stories I recall of looking bright red, feeling sick, BEING sick, heart rate beating faster than when I do exercise. I tell the story of being grounded for 6 months when my mum found out I was drinking vodka on the streets haha! In all seriousness, it’s gotten me to the point where I rarely drink now, because, cba! I used to take Zantac but spoiler alert, apparently it might be carcinogenic too. Great.
As always, I wanna hear your stories. Are you lucky enough to be the 30-50% who are intolerant to alcohol?! Or has it never affected you and you can drink to your heart’s content?!
Slide into my DMs and keep the conversation going! https://www.instagram.com/vivthediv/
Jingle by the talented John Clapper: https://www.instagram.com/john_clapper
Sound production by my brother in law Leo Wong - in the words of Leo: 'Jesus, the audio is a nightmare. Levels are all over the place. ' haha, cheers bro!
Welcome to But Where Are You From?... A podcast by a late 20-something millennial learning about life as a British Born Chinese. I’m Viv, the host of the podcast.
I talk about life as a British Born Chinese (BBC); from family life, to work, dating, relationships, food, racism, and general culture.
There’s a fun new segment called ‘How Asian Are You?’ play along to see if you can answer questions like ‘do you know what Yeet Hay is?’ ‘Did your parents used to roll a boiled egg over your bruises?’ lol.
I then talk about sending an article link about how to dominate your boyfriend in bed...in an email TO A CLIENT #truestory lol, how I got investment in my business, winning our first big client after 50 pitches, and failing and failing again. And how it’s okay to also fail! (Definitely listen to Elizabeth Day’s podcast ‘How to Fail’ if you haven’t already!) Sorry if this felt rushed, it was. I’ve been so busy at work this week. Hope everyone is doing good.
Slide into my DMs and keep the conversation going! https://www.instagram.com/vivthediv/
Jingle by the talented John Clapper: https://www.instagram.com/john_clapper
Welcome to But Where Are You From?... A podcast by a late 20-something millennial learning about life as a British Born Chinese. I’m Viv, the host of the podcast.
I talk about life as a British Born Chinese (BBC); from family life, to work, dating, relationships, food, racism, and general culture.
I absolutely LOVEDDD recording this episode with Mae. We've never met, we've had two phone conversations, but we really bonded after finding out we had so much in common. Both BBCs obviously, both 29 and born in February 1991, both self-employed women who work in the creative industry and slightly morbid - we both had a parent who passed away from cancer. The main difference is that Mae is crazily good at maths (she worked as an accountant at PWC before starting her own company) and she's like the posh, Southern private school version of me. I am like a Jenny from the block Northern, common version!!
It's a juicy episode at 58 minutes long, I didn't want to edit any of it out as I just found talking to Mae extremely interesting - and I hope you guys do too!
Follow Mae
https://www.instagram.com/maeyip/
https://www.instagram.com/phenomenal.asian/
https://www.instagram.com/ericfestival/
Listen to Mae's podcast Phenomenal & Asian https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/phenomenal-asian/id1505600575
Slide into my DMs and keep the conversation going! https://www.instagram.com/vivthediv/
Jingle by the talented John Clapper: https://www.instagram.com/john_clapper
Welcome to But Where Are You From?... A podcast by a late 20-something millennial learning about life as a British Born Chinese. I’m Viv, the host of the podcast.
I talk about life as a British Born Chinese (BBC); from family life, to work, dating, relationships, food, racism, and general culture.
Soooo, this was recorded and uploaded! No editing! It's a very random, unstructured, unedited episode haha. I basically just wanted to come on to chat and say I feel a bit lonely. And that's okay sometimes! Thank God for technology nowadays. Don't expect any groundbreaking revelations here! I talk about the fact that the first bit of human contact I've had in weeks was hi-fiving my mum when she made a banging sweet & sour chicken, breaking it off with the Hinge virtual date, my bed knickers and bloated belly and what Netflix series I've been watching. Yeah, I told you it was a weird episode. I accept refunds.
Slide into my DMs and keep the conversation going! https://www.instagram.com/vivthediv/
Jingle by the talented John Clapper: https://www.instagram.com/john_clapper
Welcome to But Where Are You From?... A podcast by a late 20-something millennial learning about life as a British Born Chinese. I’m Viv, the host of the podcast.I talk about life as a British Born Chinese (BBC); from family life, to work, dating,...
Welcome to But Where Are You From?... A podcast by a late 20-something millennial learning about life as a British Born Chinese. I’m Viv, the host of the podcast.I talk about life as a British Born Chinese (BBC); from family life, to work, dating,...
Welcome to But Where Are You From?... A podcast by a late 20-something millennial learning about life as a British Born Chinese. I’m Viv, the host of the podcast.I talk about life as a British Born Chinese (BBC); from family life, to work, dating,...
Welcome to But Where Are You From?... A podcast by a late 20-something millennial learning about life as a British Born Chinese. I’m Viv, the host of the podcast.I talk about life as a British Born Chinese (BBC); from family life, to work, dating,...
Welcome to But Where Are you from? A podcast by a 20something millennial learning about life as a British Born Chinese. I’m Viv, the host of the podcast.I talk about life as a British Born Chinese (BBC); from family life, to work, dating, relationships,...
Welcome to But Where Are you from? A podcast by a 20something millennial learning about life as a British Born Chinese. I’m Viv, the host of the podcast.We talk about life as a British Born Chinese (BBC); from family life, to work, dating,...
But Where Are You From? hosted by Viv Yau. A podcast by a British Born Chinese millennial for anyone in the UK who's a British Born minority.In the second episode I ramble about big black c*cks (lol), casual racism, kicking a bully with my Rockports for...
But Where Are You From hosted by Viv Yau.In this episode (created on the first night of UK Coronavirus lockdown - crazy) I talk about growing up as a British Born Chinese person, my family, being a takeaway kid, how I was a really crappy Asian in...