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Brown Taboo Project
by South Asian Sexual and Mental Health Alliance
Join SASMHA's founders as they discuss identity, mental health, healthy relationships, sexual health, and other brown taboo topics.
Episodes
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S3 Bonus: Reproductive Justice with Dr. Meera Shah, a Verified Badass
We had the amazing opportunity to speak with Dr. Meera Shah (@mjshah8) on IGTV. She's a family medicine physician, abortion provider, chief medical officer of Planned Parenthood Hudson Peconic (@pphphealth), and the author of "You're the Only One I've Told: The Stories Behind Abortion." One of…
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S3E9: South Asian Heart Health with ASANA Voices
In this episode, we speak with Prince Bhojwani from ASANA Voices (@asanavoices). We dive into a topic that's a little out of left field for this podcast: heart health! But as Prince walks us through, South Asians have a big problem with hearth health, and relevant legislation to increase research...
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S3E8: Grieving as Desi-Americans with Meenakshi Krishna
In this episode, we have the privilege of speaking with Meenakshi Krishna, Founder and CEO of My Mantra Wellness (mymantrawellness.com), on the topic of grief. We dive into Meenakshi's own personal story, as well as how she navigated the grief process as a Desi-American. We dive into cultural...
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S3E7: Queer Desi Art with Amit Patel
We welcome our friend and the amazing dancer, choreographer, and teacher Amit Patel to this week's episode! We discuss Amit's journey towards creating the groundbreaking Bollywood Heels class in LA, what their experiences are teaching dance classes in a Desi space, how we met back at the SAAN...
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S3E6: Atlanta, Asian Hate, and Solidarity
In this week's episode, we react and discuss the tragic shootings that occurred on 3/16 at Asian-American businesses in the Atlanta metro area. We get into what solidarity means, why intersectionality matters, and the reaction from within our community. • • Check out the book mentioned by Sriya…
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S3E5: Ask SASMHA — Dating In Your 30s
We recently asked our followers about questions they had, and we got a lot of traction on a question about how to go about dating in your 30s. We answer the question from our personal experiences and our professional knowledge about relationship building. • • Intro and Outro Music adapted from:...
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S3E4: Severe and Persistent Mental Illness with Kirpa Singh
Join us to talk with Kirpa Singh (@writtenbykirpasingh), who reached out to us to share her experiences living with schizoaffective disorder. We touch upon her whole journey from elementary school to adulthood learning about and getting care for her severe mental illness, and how her experience…
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S3 Bonus: International Mother Language Day
February 21st is International Mother Language Day, inaugurated by UNESCO to follow Bangladesh's Language Martyr's Day or Language Movement Day (ভাষা আন্দোলন দিবস). In this bonus episode, we wanted to shoutout the history of this day and have an informal chat about what this day means for us as...
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S3E3: Old McModi had a Farm(er Problem), Aiyo Aiyo Aiyo!
Are you plugged into the Farmers' Protests? Some of us here at SASMHA have been following closely, and some of us not so much (till now!). In this episode, we learn from each other about what the farmers' protests are about, what the politics around it are, and dive into how we as diaspora are...
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S3E2: Reclaiming and Decolonizing the Erotic with Dr. Nisha Gupta
We welcome our first guest of the season, Dr. Nisha Gupta (nishagupta.org), to discuss a huge gamut of topics around erotic power and liberation psychology. We dive into Nisha's topic of expertise and research: erotic power among South Asians, the history of sexuality in terms of religion and...
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S3E1: Societal Bellybutton Lint and a Pandemic Year in Review
In this episode, we kick off Season 3 with some quick updates of what we've been doing at SASMHA in the past year and how we’ve navigated the sh*tshow that was 2020. Tune in to hear some exciting updates we have as an org, our thoughts on bellybutton humor, and how we personally have gotten…
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COVID Miniseries, Episode 3 // Dealing with Domestic Violence, ft. Manavi
Domestic Violence and Domestic Abuse reports have shot up during COVID-19 overall, and individual organizations are trying to adjust their work to fit the constraints of the pandemic. We spoke with Navneet Bhalla and Razia Meer from Manavi, an organization dedicated towards ending violence…
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COVID Miniseries, Episode 2 // How Do You Say "Self-Care" in Bengali?
COVID-19 has impacted certain communities in particular quite harshly, including the Bangladeshi immigrant community in New York City. We sat down to speak with Riya and Tazin from Bengali Mental Health Movement to discuss the emotional toll on the community, the difficulties of translating…
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COVID Miniseries, Episode 1 // Love and Sex in the Time of 'Rona, ft. VagEsteem!
Quarantine has really thrown our intimate lives for a loop: our needs have shifted one way or another, we're discovering new things about their loved ones, and people are breaking quarantine for less-than-ideal hookups (even though COVID might be spread via... fluids). In this episode, we talk...
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Season 2, Episode 6 // Media Recommendations and Season Closing!
Need some recs for some TV shows, books, and content to get you through this time? In our final episode of the season, we're discussing some pop culture content that we've been enjoying recently. Thanks for joining us this season! Our recs are listed here. // Opening and Closing Music: "The…
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Season 2, Episode 5 // Being Sexual, featuring Tara Abrol
Let’s face the music: humans are sexual beings, and whether we like to admit it or not, sexuality can (and often is) a huge part of our mental, emotional, and spiritual lives. How can we give ourselves space to understand our relationships with our bodies and other people? In this episode, we…
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Season 2, Episode 4 // Spill the Chai, ft. Rachel Gurjar
Food is identity. Food is culture. Food is... cultural appropriation? In this episode, we welcome Rachel Gurjar, a professional chef currently based in NYC about Desi food! We touch on memories, recipes, how our food is received by others, and Rachel's own experiences with Desi food and other...
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Season 2, Episode 3 // Going Underwater: Tackling Climate Change
No doubt about it: the world is going to shit. And no, not just because of the pandemic going around! In this episode, we talk about the environment and the ways that South Asians are or aren’t more sustainable than their peers across the globe and in the West. How can be learn to be sustainable...
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Season 2, Episode 2 // Unfair and F*cking Lovely
We've all gotten those comments: too big, too small, too tall, too short, too dark, too hairy, too bald, too slutty, too modest... We could go on and on. In this episode, we dive deep into South Asian beauty standards and share stories about how they affect our personal lives, our sex lives, our...
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Season 2, Episode 1 // Bend it like an ABCD
Starting off this season, we dive into a topic that’s touched us all: Desi-American pop culture! Listen in to learn more about the kinds of things that we were listening to, reading, and watching as we grew up that explored South Asian-American identity in whatever way it might be. Among our...
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Season 2, Episode 0 // Oops, We Did It Again!
📣 BROWN TABOO PROJECT IS BACK FOR SEASON 2! 📣 We're super excited to announce that SASMHA's very own podcast, the Brown Taboo Project, is coming back for a second season! We have some really amazing topics and discussions that we can't wait to share. We even have some extra-special guests that...
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Special Episode // Live! At SAAN 2019: To Mainstream or not to Mainstream
// Opening and Closing Music: "The Future is Female" by Madame Gandhi //
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Special Episode // Live! at SAAN 2019: Samosa ASMR and Other Microaggressions
// Opening and Closing Music: "The Future is Female" by Madame Gandhi //
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Special Episode // Live! at SAAN 2019: Intro
SASMHA was up at the South Asian Awareness Network (SAAN) Conference in January of 2019, hosted at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI. We were able to record live with conference attendees, just talking and shooting the wind about being brown, coming from different backgrounds, and...
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Special Episode // Unpacking the CAA
We’re in the middle of recording the second season of Brown Taboo Project, but recent news about riots and protests in India following the passage of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) made us realize we needed to put something out sooner rather than later. Let us be clear — at SASMHA, we…
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Ep. 6 // Ep. 6 - We *Really* Love Talking!
Opening and Closing Music: "The Future is Female" by Madame Gandhi
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Ep. 5 // Get Naked and Vote!!
CW: trans erasure The fantastic four is back! Join us as we talk politics, current madness coming out of the 45 administration, South Asians in politics, and of course, the importance of going out and voting!! Not sure where to figure out your voting information? Go to vote.org to find your...
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Ep. 4 // Queering Gender
The founders chat with licensed social worker and sex therapist, Sonalee Rashatwar (she/they), about a topic that can be at times equal parts frustrating, confusing and enlightening: gender. What does it mean to "queer gender"? How are gender roles affected by other parts of our presentation?...
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Ep. 3 // Mental Health and Judgmental Aunties
Join all four founders with a special guest on this episode as we discuss mental health, mis/diagnosis, the joys of therapy, and the little judgmental auntie who lives inside us all. Music: "The Future is Female," Madame Gandhi --- The South Asian Sexual **and Mental** Health Alliance, or SASMHA,...
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Ep. 2 // Aziz and Abuse
CW: Sexual abuse Sriya, Sree, and Trinish discuss, *sigh*, Aziz Ansari (yeah...we recorded this a while ago). What are power dynamics and how were they abused in this situation? We also talk about our experiences with the stigma around abuse. Articles referenced:...
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Ep. 1 // Welcome to the Brown Taboo Project
CW: Sexual abuse, abortion Brown people -- let's talk about sex and mental health, baby! After ~2 years of trying to figure out how to make discussions around sexual and mental health issues accessible to our South Asian community, we had an idea: PODCAST! South Asian Sexual Health Alliance…
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