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Asian Bitches Down Under
by Helen Stenbeck
Roughly one in 10 Aussies come from somewhere in Asia, yet when you look at our representation on TV, film, radio and literature, you’d think we were completely non-existent. What do you do when the world doesn’t give you the space to be heard? You make your own space. Each week, sisters and Sydney locals Helen Stenbeck and Jessie Tu give searing intersectional feminist critiques on social and cultural issues relevant to those living in Australia and abroad. Join us as we traverse the complex intersectionality of gender, race and culture.
Episodes
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Temporary returning from a long hiatus...
Hi, we are here briefly to catch up for a pre-holiday greeting, share our recent life updates and of course, books! I am I am I am Hamnet Audition Taiwan Travelogue Flashlight Little Labours Replay Asian Bitches Down Under was featured as one of the Top 20 Intersectional Feminist Podcasts by...
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Recipe feud
Event with Taiwan Film Festival Australia - Taiwanese Bookshelves: Paelabang Danapan, Indigenous Scholar 7th May @Museum of Sydney (00:00) Intro (02:00) Recipe Tin’s allegation against Brooki of recipe plagiarism (28:08) Tilt - Emma Pattee (37:50) Oversharing - Jane Fallon (40:38) Counterfeit -...
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Conclave, Mickey 17, Rom-Coms of the 90s/2000s
(00:00) Jess has finally watched Conclave! - SPOILERS! (17:28) Mickey 17 (22:29) 2000’s Rom-Coms Asian Bitches Down Under was featured as one of the Top 20 Intersectional Feminist Podcasts by FeedSpot, listen to other amazing podcast programs HERE Facebook | Asian Bitches Down Under Instagram |...
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HILDA Report, Kinda Pregnant
(00:00) Go and support your local library! (05:35) Hello to my high school mates (10:15) HILDA report and the unchanging hours of men doing housework (17:03) Oscars 2025, how dissident films are suppressed (25:39) Jessie’s reading list (28:57) Raised by Wolves: Jess Ho (32:19) Taiwan Travelogue:...
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DEI, Sam Kerr, Bridget Jones
(00:00) Intro (01:20) Awkward moment at metro station toilet (09:25) USA and DEI (19:20) Sam Kerr, how racial discrimination has a different definition for the colour of your skin (24:43 ) Kinda Pregnant, Bridget Jones (35:00) Conclave (39:22) One Day (42:18) Love in the big city Asian Bitches...
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Ceramic creation, self-portrait. feat. Ruth Ju-Shih Li
In this episode, we delve into the captivating world of Taiwanese-Australian artist Ruth Ju-Shih Li, renowned for her innovative ceramics and clay sculptures. Li's journey began at the National Art School in Sydney, where she discovered her passion for ceramics. Her work often takes the form of...
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Diasporic experience and art creation. feat. Rainbow Chan
In this episode, we speak to Rainbow Chan, a multifaceted artist whose work spans music, performance, and visual art. Born in Hong Kong and raised in Sydney, Rainbow's artistic journey is deeply rooted in her family's heritage and her experiences as a member of the Asian diaspora. Rainbow's...
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Let Them, Golden Globes 2025
(00:00) Intro, fire in California Link to support MALAN Fire & Wind Storm Resources: (02:00) The dangerous rhetoric by Elon Musk (correction 06:00, ‘equity’ not’ ‘equality’) (11:25) embarrassing incident at the beach (16:30) Let Them theory (28:42) Golden Globes 2025: Demi Moore's Golden Globes...
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The courageous Gisèle Pelicot
(00:00) Intro, weather talk (02:40) the courageous Gisèle Pelicot: Artwork creates a link between Gisèle Pelicot and Western Australia's remote Pilbara (06:20) Empowering feminist moment of 2024? (10:50) Woman of the Hour and movies we anticipate (21:00) Shiori Ito’s Black Box Diaries (23:20)...
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Interior Chinatown
(00:00) Entering the final month of 2024, Taiwan won the Premier 12 Championship (05:11) South Korea’s Temporary Martial Law (10:00) Namibia’s first female president (16:05) Wicked, Scattered All Over The Earth: Yoko Tawada, Human Acts: Han Kang (24:55) Interior Chinatown (33:35) A Man on the...
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The Substance, scammers on screen
(00:00) Intro, catching up (12:02) a brief response about the US election (13:25) the comfort of arts, Wicked (15:30) a positive cultural appreciation (?) experience (22:45) Belle Gibson and the Trend of female fraudsters on screen (30:45) The Substances (40:17) Two Trees Make a Forest Asian...
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Bubble Tea, Lonely Planet, Shogun
(00:00) Intro, forgetful minds (01:50) Simu Liu and Boba Tea Cultural Appropriation (correction; Helen should’ve said Boba not bubble, apologies!) (09:01) Jodie Pocult 'By Any Of Her Name', Liane Moriarty 'Here One Moment' Joan Didion 'Blue Nights' (14:40) Han Kang 2024 Nobel Literature Prize...
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Morning Show, Body Friend
(00:00) Intro, school holidays (03:05) The Morning Show, how women age in Hollywood (13:00) Picking movies for 11 years-old girl (21:20) BODY Friend, Kathrine Bradon (26:10)All Fours, Miranda July, older women + younger men Asian Bitches Down Under featured as one of the Top 20 Intersectional...
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Tattoos, Divorce, Seniors
(00:00) Intro, tattoo talk (23:09) Obsession of the divorce stories (the cut piece) (55:00) Cultural consumption: Paranoid Agent, Strangers with Candy, Thelma Asian Bitches Down Under featured as one of the Top 20 Intersectional Feminist Podcast by FeedSpot, listen to other amazing podcast…
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Children's entertainment and social media
(00:00) Intro (01:30) Pitching Competition by Taiwan Film Festival in Australia, And Miles to Go Before I Sleep and migrant workers in Taiwan (08:50) Jia Tolentino and children’s screen time, social media values (38:00) Cultural consumptions: M.Night.Shyamalan, Resentment (Gary Indiana), Lady…
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Organising books, the unexplainable feeling for having kids, fear of ageing,
(00:00) Organising books that you don’t read anymore (08:24) Jess’ stay at the Writers’ Residency in Bowral (14:30) Love Unleashed: Melanie Saward (17:14) Far from the tree: Andrew Solomon joy and the unique feeling of having kids (30:55) Blink Twice, mystery thriller and the fear of aging…
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Hollywood and its depiction of DV
(00:00) Intro, Severance (18:47) Jess’ trip to Byron Bay, It Ends with Us (37:15) The Man with the Compound Eyes: Wu Ming-yi (44:10) One Hour of Fervor: Muriel Barbery Asian Bitches Down Under featured as one of the Top 20 Intersectional Feminist Podcast by FeedSpot, listen to other amazing…
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2024 Paris Olympics
(00:04) Ilana Glazer, to dress to impress or to repel (05:20) Ali Wong and the liberty on sex (18:50) Paris Olympics (29:33) Inside Out 2 (33:28) Where were you in 2000? Asian Bitches Down Under featured as one of the Top 20 Intersectional Feminist Podcast by FeedSpot, listen to other amazing...
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Bong Joon Ho and Snowpiercer
This week we had a quick catch up talking about Bong Joon Ho, and the most underrated movie in the 2010s, Snowpiercer. Our conversation continues to Jessie's current reading Long Island Compromise and Helen's reminiscent of Beverly Hills Cops films. The 7th Taiwan Film Festival in Australia is...
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Praise culture
(00:00) Praise culture (13:35) Love letters to a Serial Killer (22:00) Godzilla Minus One (27:54) The Net (29:14) All the President’s Men Asian Bitches Down Under featured as one of the Top 20 Intersectional Feminist Podcast by FeedSpot, listen to other amazing podcast programs HERE Facebook |...
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Respect my space, shoes off!
(00:00) Mistakenly cutting the fringes too short (02:35) Our memory with The Simpsons (14:02) The Quiet Place: Day One (28:16) Black Barbie (36:00) No outdoor shoes in my house! NYT’s Party Etiquettes (50:10) Jessie’s Book launch and events, Taiwan Film Festival 2024 Asian Bitches Down Under...
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Hitman, Irish Wish, Mermaid's Tale, Boymum
(00:00) Correction, Anthony Trollope (01:20) Dragon Boat Festival, Duan-Wu Jie: Preferred type of Zong-Zi (04:35) Hitman, the toxicity of Hollywood and its romanticisation of violence (17:35) Irish Wish, is there ever going to be a good role for Lindsay Lohan again? (26:04) Mermaid’s Tale, Lee...
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Eating in cinema, White Fever, Lies and Weddings
(00:00) Cinema experiences: choc tops and the expensive lollies (08:33) Trying out Flash Q&A with Jess (16:08) Fall Guy (20:07) White Fever (23:50) Lies and Weddings Asian Bitches Down Under featured as one of the Top 20 Intersectional Feminist Podcast by FeedSpot, checkout other amazing podcast...
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Model Minority Gone Rouge.feat.Qin Qin
In this episode, Helen speaks with Qin Qin, about her debut book, Model Minority Gone Rouge: How an unfulfilled daughter of a tiger mother went way off script. The conversation includes intergenerational trauma, diversity education and the importance recognising DV in relationships. Asian Bitches...
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Are algorithms and digital surveillance dictating our parenting style and consumption?
(00:00) Intro, Blue Mts, Yum Cha (00:05) Hidden Pregnancy Experiment (25:27) Perfect Days (43:05) A Quantum Love Story (50:40) Brown Women Comedy Asian Bitches Down Under featured as one of the Top 20 Intersectional Feminist Podcast by FeedSpot, checkout other amazing podcast programs HERE…
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Females' pain, Robot Dreams, Anatomy of A Fall
SPOILER ALERTS for this episode! If you are yet to watch these films and don't want to be spoiled, we suggest you hold if off till you've watched them! Otherwise, listen away! (00:00) Females’ pain experiences (07:35) Robot Dreams: SPOILERS! We talk about the animation film and how it has…
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Literary appropriation is nothing new?
(00:00) Temperature dropping in Down Under (02:05) 1987 literary scandal: Why I lied: Authors who faked their stories on what happened next (15:34) Civil War, Photojournalism, Kirsten Dunst and Marie Colvin (26:30) Another Round, have we talked about this? I don’t think so! (30:40) Marian Keyes…
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Qing-Ming: Tomb Sweeping or another excuse to eat good food?!
(00:00) Qing-Ming Festival: Tomb-Sweeping + Ancestor Remembrance (04:50) do you still watch lifestyle shows? (20:00) Cultural consumptions: Poor Things (26:50) American Fiction (33:50) Three Women, Lisa Taddeo Asian Bitches Down Under featured as one of the Top 20 Intersectional Feminist Podcast…
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Some men are just pure evil | Losing one's language
(00:20) Small talks (07:02) The Chain: The Relationships That Break Us, the Women Who Rebuild Us (22:00) Speak Not: Empire, Identity and the Politics of Language (26:45) Recent comedy scenes (33:35) The Big Year (40:40) Extremely Inappropriate Asian Bitches Down Under featured as one of the Top…
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American Fiction | End Credits
In this week's episode, we've caught up talking about our recent public events, and discussion on some of our recent cultural consumptions. EP219 (01:50) What we have been doing lately: Sydney Biennale 2024, with artist Idas Losin, and All About Women 2024 (17:40) American Fiction (24:20) Avatar:...
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Be your own cheerleader.feat Neelu Kaur
Helen speaks with Neelu Kaur, a certified NLP (NeuroLinguistic Programming) Coach and Master Practitioner from the NLP Center of New York. Neelu's new book 'Be Your Own Cheerleader: An Asian and South Asian Women’s Cultural Psychological and Spiritual Guide to Self-Promote at Work' explores ideas...
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Opportunities in theatre production. feat. Natalie Low
Natalie Low returns to the podcast speaking about the latest production Wit. Get you tickets here: Glen St Theatre Riverside Theatre Asian Bitches Down Under featured as one of the Top 20 Intersectional Feminist Podcast by FeedSpot, checkout other amazing podcast programs HERE Facebook | Asian...
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Who Will Stop the Rain | Invisible Nation
(00:00) Eating potatoes on a hot humid day (04:02) Who Will Stop the Rain (watch on-demand with Queer Screen) (22:35) Invisible Nation, the political impact and significant of Taiwan (36:30) One Day Asian Bitches Down Under featured as one of the Top 20 Intersectional Feminist Podcast by…
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Window Shopping | Revisting PAST LIVES | Oscars Nominations
(00:01) Intro; Window shopping, the contemporary shopping habits, wardrobe maturity (15:00) Revisiting Past Lives (39:00) 14 Days (43:00) 2024 Oscars’ Nomination (54:48) Taiwan films screening this weekend: Who Will Stop the Rain, Invisible Nation Asian Bitches Down Under featured as one of the…
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Using 'woke agenda' to justify racist comments?
00:00 Butter chicken court case 05:00 Jessie’s review on Poor Things 10:55 long movies and tvs are draining 13:45 anticipation of Three Women 16:40 Cursed Bunny, Bora Chung, translated by Anton Hur 24:00 Brothers Sun and reactions to violent tv/films 26:40 Renfield 32:20 Bookstore owner claims…
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Return to the motherland | Taiwan's 2024 election | Nyad
We are back from our summer break! (00:00) Catch ups: Our summer break, Jessie’s trip to Taiwan (01:40) NPR’s interview with Taiwanese-American (12:25) Taiwan’s 2023 election (16:09) Foreign journalists in Taiwan (20:05) The complexity of fixers/stringers in the Taiwan/Foreign media realm (33:15)...
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How history and movie perpetuates the male dominance
Final episode of 2023! (00:00) Winter solstice (01:30) Feelings about books of 2023, starved of good narratives. (04:10) Male bio-pics, the implications and lack of the female characters combine with how history is told (30:00) Stay True. Is grief narrative overpopulated in the publishing…
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Toys as cultural representations. feat. Samantha Ong (Joeydolls)
In this episode, Helen speaks with Samantha Ong, the CEO and founder of Joeydolls, a boutique toy store offering the world’s most diverse Asian dolls. Listen to Samantha's journey and how she found her passion in designing, and creating the dolls in hope to normalise the diveristy of different…
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Avant Gardey, A Pail of Oysters and the implication of Taiwan's history
Helen doing solo recording on this short episode! Let us know your thoughts. Avant Gardey A Pail of Oysters Your Name Engraved Herein Asian Bitches Down Under featured as one of the Top 20 Intersectional Feminist Podcast by FeedSpot, checkout other amazing podcast programs HERE Facebook | Asian...
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Handling kids' emotion, TwoSet Violin, Cat Person
Hey, we are back for a brief catch up! (00:00) School leadership election and the responsibilities of handling children’s emotions. (07:09) TwoSet Violins and their journey (15:50) Anticipation of Napoleon (16:30) Saltburn (26:00) Taiwanese bookshelves events in Sydney (30:09) 9 to 5, the reality...
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Archive: Divorce and Marriage
Hey fellow listeners, since moving to a new distributing platform, some earlier episodes are no longer avilable in Apple Podcast and Spotify. In the next few weeks, we will be retunring to the highlights and offer the new listeners a chance to listen to our 'baby episodes' when we first began our...
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Quiz Lady
Hi all, enjoy this week's episode! (00:00) Intro & Catching Up: Tokyo Taco, Guilty Feminist, Cal Wilson, Body and Appearance Anxiety, Expression of Emotion/Love (34:55) Ghost Book - Remy Lai (41:11) Quiz Lady Asian Bitches Down Under featured as one of the Top 20 Intersectional Feminist Podcast…
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I don't, Joyride, The Women In Me, Cooking and Gender Equality
Hope you'll enjoy this week's episode! (00:00) Being sick and dislike Melbourne (02:50) Clementine Ford’s Book Launch: I don’t, the case against marriage (20:11) Anam: Andre Dao (23:33) Joy Ride (30:23) Working Girl, 9 to 5 (35:50) Woman In Me, Britney Spears (44:46) Study on cooking habits and...
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Archive: Sexual Empowerment
Hey fellow listeners, since moving to a new distributing platform, some earlier episodes are no longer avilable in Apple Podcast and Spotify. In the next few weeks, we will be retunring to the highlights and offer the new listeners a chance to listen to our 'baby episodes' when we first began our...
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Archive: Shame
We apologise for another week of break...taking time off to mend our body and soul. Please enjoy this episode from August 2000, on 'Shame'. Hey fellow listeners, since moving to a new distributing platform, some earlier episodes are no longer avilable in Apple Podcast and Spotify. In the next few...
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Back from hiatus
We are back with a jam packed episode, hope you'll enjoy our chat! (00:10) Conversation after the cinema screening of A Little Life (Theatre Production) at a sushi train restaurant! (13:08) Start our recording with a chat about drinks, drinking with a straw (16:44) And we are back from hiatus...
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Archive: Food culture, appropriation or appreciation?
Hey fellow listeners, since moving to a new distributing platform, some earlier episodes are no longer avilable in Apple Podcast and Spotify. In the next few weeks, we will be retunring to the highlights and offer the new listeners a chance to listen to our 'baby episodes' when we first began our...
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Working in a safe space with open communication is important for BIPOC artists. feat. Kaori Maeda-Judge
In this episode Helen speaks with Kaori Maeda-Judge, a graduate of Victoria College of Arts. Kaori appeared in Neighbour, and Orange is the New Brown and theatre production White Pearl. Her latest work with Squabba Logic is Dismissal now performing at Seymour Centre in Sydney. Asian Bitches Down...
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Archive: Asians in Hollywood
Hey fellow listeners, since moving to a new distributing platform, some earlier episodes are no longer avilable in Apple Podcast and Spotify. In the next few weeks, we will be retunring to the highlights and offer the new listeners a chance to listen to our 'baby episodes' when we first began our...
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Archive: White Worshipping
Hey fellow listeners, since moving to a new distributing platform, some earlier episodes are no longer avilable in Apple Podcast and Spotify. In the next few weeks, we will be retunring to the highlights and offer the new listeners a chance to listen to our 'baby episodes' when we first began our...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Roughly one in 10 Aussies come from somewhere in Asia, yet when you look at our representation on TV, film, radio and literature, you’d think we were completely non-existent. What do you do when the world doesn’t give you the space to be heard? You make your own space. Each week, sisters and Sydney locals Helen Stenbeck and Jessie Tu give searing intersectional feminist critiques on social and cultural issues relevant to those living in Australia and abroad. Join us as we traverse the complex intersectionality of gender, race and culture.
HOSTED BY
Helen Stenbeck
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Roughly one in 10 Aussies come from somewhere in Asia, yet when you look at our representation on TV, film, radio and literature, you’d think we were completely non-existent. What do you do when the world doesn’t give you the space to be heard? You make your own space. Each week, sisters and Sydney...
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