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On our last episode for 2023, special guest Isabel Bagsik (she/her), a former Art Director turned Creative Wellness Guide who has held community spaces for over 300+ BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ changemakers, and supports creatives claiming their gifts from a place of rest. Tune into a perfect way to close out the year by returning to yourself and your creative pleasures.
Show Notes:
You can find more on Isabel here:
@unconventionalbliss
Quick Links on Isabel
Unconventional Bliss website: https://unconventionalbliss.com/
Her free newsletter: https://unconventionalbliss.substack.com/
Recommendations:
Isabel
Braiding Sweet Grass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
Beautiful Chorus
Plantains 
Daniel
Pan fry Chicken for Adobo
Donors Choose: If you’re a teacher in Nevada, you can submit a project for your classroom and get funded for approx. $700! Hurry hurry before the $$ runs out.
The 2000s Made Me Gay: Essays on Pop Culture by Grace Perry
Nicole
Kylie Prosecco ($15.99 at Total Wine)
Dropout.tv
Sometimes you gotta use a mean voice
Jean
Lopez V Lopez on Netflix
InPulse App
Headspace Sleep Guide

As the year winds down, the BB team sits down with long time supporter, friend, and fan Gabe Oliveros as we catch up about his visit back to the Philippines and uncovering family secrets.
Show Notes:
Dr. Gloria Padoongpatt for Microaggressions research
ISTORYA
Kumu
Ruby Ibarra
Top tuned in BB episodes thanks to y'all!
Hoy Chismosa
Microaggressions
Daughters of Immigrants
Recommendations:
Gabe:
Dilaw (Filipino band, genre-bending)
Kill 6 Billion Demons (web comic)
China-A-Go-Go Chicken
Daniel:
Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus “Whenever you feel afraid, just remember. Courage is the root of change - and change is what we're chemically designed to do. So when you wake up tomorrow, make this pledge. No more holding yourself back… Design your own future. When you go home today, ask yourself what YOU will change. And then get started.”
** Take some time for yourself every day. **
Zippys
Nicole:
GamersUp waifu cups and energy drinks energy drink
Thermacell Mosquito Protection 
https://www.her86m2.com
Jean:
Yukon Pizza
All She Wrote Bookstore (order from them online)
Aki Matsuri event
Crunch of Aloha

Allyson Remigio (@allysonr) is a Baddie from the Bay to Vegas and now Sac. Her research interests include Integrative Health & Wellness, and Motherscholarship. She currently works in rare disease education. BB hosts sit to catch up with Ally on (visiting the Philippines, tiny home living, and parenting). Together they hop on zoom to talk about grief in our Filipino culture and families.
How do we, as Filipino-Americans, deal with the (corporeal) loss of loved ones and of those closest to us?
On today’s episode, we share the honor of remembering Teresa Dancel Fernandez nearly a year after her passing. We invite Allyson to recall the depth of their love and to impart with us her navigation of grief. It is our longest episode to date, but is best delivered in its full completion as tribute.
Show Notes:
Las Vegas Aces Back to Back WNBA Champions (@lvaces)
Bittersweet: How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole
Uniform Project Barangay Masili, Philippines
Dr. Mark Padoongpatt (connected Ally to BB)
Dr. Constancio Arnaldo
Recommendations:
Ally
Tapping @katehenn.healing
Apple Cider Vinegar and Hot Water to help with digestion
Sparkly Nail polish
Daniel
The Theory of Everything Else by Dan Schreiber. Book about weird theories and coincidences. If you’re into that shit – it’s great on audiobook!
Costco’s Cashew Clusters
Get your COVID and flu vaccines now – while they’re freeeee
Nicole
Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur 
Stick With Chicken is a Las Vegas-based food truck specializing in Lao Sticky Rice, Baked Bone-In Chicken and Hot Sauce (@stickwithchicken)
The Multicultural Collective at Nevada State University is located in room 110 of the Dawson building. It is hosted by the Office of Community, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion. 
Jean
Full House Barbecue (@fullhousebbqlv)
Buc-ee’s Beaver Twists
Aces All In YouTube series: inspirational back stories

Anime was a big part of our collective childhood as Filipina/o/x Americans and as Asian Americans. Sailor Moon is iconic and we know that our listeners stand. What makes this anime so pivotal in shaping 90s kids in our community? Today our Bruha Baddies cohosts reminisce how this show had deeper layers that led to a more intellectual awakening as adults especially with its queer and feminist under and overtones.
Notes:
Pinay Power Dr. Melinda De Jesus
Recommendations
Daniel
Strangers by Nature (Adele)
Yunchan Lim’s performance of Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto no. 3
Pokemon Scarlet and Violet DLC: Teal Mask 
Nicole
Couch Console
The Promise Merch
Dimitri Beauchamp
Jean
Manna Coffee
Rest your eyes from screen time. 
Draw fan art

Meet Zwei, long time fan and new friend of BB. We learn about the many layers of life, growing up in the South as the only Filipino son that attended a Catholic military school while learning of his queerness. Grappling with creativity while also surviving Las Vegas with his partner working in hospitality. Join our cohosts learn and celebrate his story.
Recommendations:
Zwei
Bottoms Movie
Bomb Rush Cyberpunk
Queen Las Vegas
Nicole
Kylie Minogue's Tension Album
Shifa Ligeiro Apartment Life DJ 
Teaching with Tenderness by Becky Thompson
Daniel
Sauteed Mushrooms and Onions on RICE
Creepy Mystery Youtube Channel: @BarelySociable
Graphic Novel: “Stamped from the Beginning” by Ibram X. Kendi
Jean
Bulk food section of Winco to make your own halloween snacks
Skimos Coffee shop in Henderson
Dapper Donuts in Henderson
 
 

Bruha Baddies team takes a field trip to Black Sacrament Tattoo to interview Pinay Tattoo Artist Kayla Talastas. We learn how she's her own boss, her art journey, her family migration story from the Philippines, to Hawaii, and then Las Vegas. This expands on Las Vegas as the 9th Island that we discuss in a past episode with Armina Guelas. 
Tune into learn about being a tattoo apprentice and then full on CAREER!
Be on the lookout for a Patreon Exclusive of Nicole's time getting tatted by Kayla after this episode recording. Follow us on patreon.com/bruhabaddies
Filipino/a/x Tattoo Colleagues recommended by Kayla
@kuyajona
@mintyxlovemachine
Recommendations: 
Kayla
Black Sacrament Tattoo
Firefly, order Date Bacon Wrap
Hydrate
Nicole
CONFIRMED HOW GOOD Black Sacrament Tattoo
Evelyn at Carmax
Diana Lee Inosanto in Ahsoka
Daniel
Bookpage magazine
Burrata Sandwich
Lodge Dutch Oven
Jean
Hui Lan Shan
Sempio Mushroom Fried Rice
All Things B podcast