Episode 2: Asian Glows and Asian No's Asian Glow
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- Cultura y sociedad
It gets ramble-y up in here. In this episode we talk about why we named the podcast "Asian Glow" and discuss various stereotypes and frustrations, including being asked "where you're from" at the (goth) club, being an AAPI graduate student in the humanities, and debating whether or not eating dumplings with ketchup is an acceptable metaphor for Asian-American identity or just sacrilegious. (P.S. Here's a link to the article, "Eating the Hyphen" so you can decide for yourself: https://tinyurl.com/ketchupdumplings)
It gets ramble-y up in here. In this episode we talk about why we named the podcast "Asian Glow" and discuss various stereotypes and frustrations, including being asked "where you're from" at the (goth) club, being an AAPI graduate student in the humanities, and debating whether or not eating dumplings with ketchup is an acceptable metaphor for Asian-American identity or just sacrilegious. (P.S. Here's a link to the article, "Eating the Hyphen" so you can decide for yourself: https://tinyurl.com/ketchupdumplings)
51 min