EPISODE · Jun 9, 2022 · 32 MIN
The One About POC Representation (Part 2)
from Hot Girls Read Podcast · host Julia Yee and Ayesha Mukherjee
S1E5: In this two part episode, we talk about POC representation in Western literature. This is merely the start of an important conversation, and our discussion revolves around the trends we have seen around POC characters, the questions we have for POC and non-POC authors alike, and our hopes for the future of POC representation. In Part 2, we discuss the limits of POC representation by POC authors that we currently see. We talk about the power of books and characters to perpetuate negative stereotypes about minority cultures, writing for the white gaze versus the POC gaze, and end by talking about our all time favourite POC characters. Books Mentioned: Persuasion by Jane Austen Tower of Dawn by Sarah J. Maas An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir A Torch Against the Night by Sabaa Tahir A Reaper at the Gates by Sabaa Tahir Erotic Stories For Punjabi Widows by Balli Kaur Jawal The Good Immigrant edited by Nikesh Shukla The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead Strange Weather in Tokyo by Hiromi Kawakami Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata If I Had Your Face by Frances Cha The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison The Reading List by Sara Nisha Adams The Best We Could Do by Thi Bui Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan The Trouble With Hating You by Sajni Patel Free Food for Millionaires by Min Jin Lee White Ivy by Susie Yang Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao These Violent Delights by Chloe Gong King of Scars by Leigh Bardugo The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri Daughter of the Moon Goddess by Sue Lynn Tan Harry Potter series by JK Rowling ---- 0:55 - POC Books We Didn't Like 15:43 - POC Authors Writing For the White Gaze 20:17 - What We Want to See in POC Books 23:05 - POC Books We're Excited About 26:07 - Favorite POC Characters
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S1E5: In this two part episode, we talk about POC representation in Western literature. This is merely the start of an important conversation, and our discussion revolves around the trends we have seen around POC characters, the questions we have for POC and non-POC authors alike, and our hopes for the future of POC representation. In Part 2, we discuss the limits of POC representation by POC authors that we currently see. We talk about the power of books and characters to perpetuate negative stereotypes about minority cultures, writing for the white gaze versus the POC gaze, and end by talking about our all time favourite POC characters. Books Mentioned: Persuasion by Jane Austen Tower of Dawn by Sarah J. Maas An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir A Torch Against the Night by Sabaa Tahir A Reaper at the Gates by Sabaa Tahir Erotic Stories For Punjabi Widows by Balli Kaur Jawal The Good Immigrant edited by Nikesh Shukla The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead Strange Weather in Tokyo by Hiromi Kawakami Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata If I Had Your Face by Frances Cha The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison The Reading List by Sara Nisha Adams The Best We Could Do by Thi Bui Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan The Trouble With Hating You by Sajni Patel Free Food for Millionaires by Min Jin Lee White Ivy by Susie Yang Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao These Violent Delights by Chloe Gong King of Scars by Leigh Bardugo The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri Daughter of the Moon Goddess by Sue Lynn Tan Harry Potter series by JK Rowling ---- 0:55 - POC Books We Didn't Like 15:43 - POC Authors Writing For the White Gaze 20:17 - What We Want to See in POC Books 23:05 - POC Books We're Excited About 26:07 - Favorite POC Characters
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