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A weekly magazine-style radio show featuring the voices and stories of Asians and Pacific Islanders from all corners of our community. The show is produced by a collective of media makers, deejays, and activists. Tonight on APEX Express, Host Miko Lee focuses on Asian American Men, Bruce Lee and the mano-sphere. She chats with renowned author and thinker Jeff Chang about his new book: Bruce Lee & the making of Asian America, Water Mirror Echo. Then she talks with Rachel Koelzer the Communications Director for Nakasec about their new study of Asian American men and the manosphere. How are images of Asian American male identify being shaped and formed in our current society and what does Bruce Lee have to do with this? Listen in. More in tonight's show Jeff Chang's book: Water, Mirror, Echo Nakasec ReportAsian American Men and Mano-sphere CAAMFest 2026, running May 7-10, 2026, San Francisco's AMC Kabuki Theatre Show Transcripts [00:00:00] Opening: Apex Express Asian Pacific expression. Community and cultural coverage, music and calendar, new visions and voices, coming to you with an Asian Pacific Islander point of view. It's time to get on board the Apex Express.   [00:00:40] Miko Lee: Welcome to Apex Express. I'm your host, Mika Lee, and tonight we are focusing on Asian American men, Bruce Lee and the Manosphere. I chat with renowned author and thinker Jeff Chang about his new book, Bruce Lee and the Making of Asian America Water Mirror Echo. Then I speak with Rachel Koelzer, the communications director for NAKASEC, about their new study of Asian American men and the Manosphere. So how are images of Asian American male identity being shaped and formed in our current society, and what does Bruce Lee have to do with all this? First, listen to my conversation with author Jeff Chang. Welcome Jeff Chang to Apex Express.    [00:01:24] Jeff Chang: Ah, it's so great to be here. Miko. So happy.    [00:01:27] Miko Lee: I'm so happy to talk with you about your latest book. You're such a prolific writer, and here you have written a big Bruce Lee and the Making of Asian America Water Mirror Echo. Such a mighty title. I wanna start first just a question that I ask all of my guests, which is, who are your people and what legacy do you carry with you?   [00:01:49] Jeff Chang: Oh my gosh. What a great question to start with. You know, my family, my communities, they all kind of blend together, the blood family, the kin family, and the chosen family, for me. I guess I'm always [laughs], I'm first born Chinese Kanaka, you know, I'm always aware that I am, representing, I guess, So I, you know, I carry that family with me wherever I go.   [00:02:16] Miko Lee: I, I think I know what that means. But for our audience that might not know what a firstborn Chinese kanaka means, can you break that down a little bit? What does that mean to you when you say that?    [00:02:25] Jeff Chang: Yeah, I mean, you know, it's just the, i, it it's just a thing of, you know, you're gonna go out and represent the family and, you're thrust into Taking on responsibilities and stuff for your folks, your siblings, your, younger cousins, those kinds of things. I was always very aware of that within the family. My dad's from a really big family, had six siblings and, my mom's from a large extended, family. so that's, That's such a fantastic question Miko. Bruce was the second child, which, you know, birth order and all that kind of stuff. It also squares, I think with, a Chinese family. He felt like he was always in the shadow of his older brother.   [00:03:10] Miko Lee: Okay. Hold on. Let's get to Bruce in a second. I wanna finish with you as an author, creator person.    [00:03:16] Jeff Chang: Okay.    [00:03:16] Miko Lee: Wait, so you are the number one son.    [00:03:18] Jeff Chang: I'm the number one son. Yeah.    [00:03:19] Miko Lee: Ooh, okay. I get it. Yeah. And then what is the legacy that you carry with you?    [00:03:24] Jeff Chang: The legacy. I just have to represent, in a point, a kind of a way, in a proper kind of a way. You know, the family , and those kinds of things. I was also very rebellious. I came back after my freshman year as the Berkeley Radical. My Uncle Fungi was like, oh, here comes the Berkeley radical. Okay. Then of course, you gotta sit down and drink beer and tell 'em , all the stories and that kind of thing. So, you know, just being able to, carry on, a legacy of being upright and being, just, right. And sort of being appropriate in all that you do. just aware of that. Grew up aware of that. Yeah.    [00:04:02] Miko Lee: And then what was your first memory of Bruce Lee?   [00:04:06] Jeff Chang: Ah, I don't have a first memory. He was just part of the ether, you know what I mean? He was part of the   [00:04:10] Miko Lee: Ah, yeah.   [00:04:11] Jeff Chang: Yeah. He was part of the air. I think I came of age, after the generation, like my older cousins who were able to see Bruce in the theaters. We came up the next generation, we saw Bruce on tv. Return of the Dragon would come on and everybody would stop everything and just watch that. During the commercial breaks we're jumping around and kicking each other and stuff like that. I mean that, that kind of thing, right?    [00:04:34] Miko Lee: Yeah, totally. When I was growing up, people would always ask me if I was related to Bruce Lee, because Lee, because that was like, right, yeah, Lee. Yeah. Yeah. There's not a billion Lees' in the world.    [00:04:44] Jeff Chang: Yeah, yeah, yeah. Totally.    [00:04:45] Miko Lee: Yeah. So I get it and I try to explain to my daughters, and our kids are around the same age, the cultural phenomenon that he was, and it's hard to explain it to this generation because there wasn't really other Asian American representation than Bruce Lee when we were growing up.   [00:05:03] Jeff Chang: Yeah. Yeah. And now they have Alysa Liu, you know, they have eileen Gu, they have all of these different folks. So if you don't like Alysa, you could like Eileen. Or if you don't like, if you like Eileen, you don't have to like Alysa. Right. Or you can like 'em both. They have choices.   [00:05:14] Miko Lee: You could like Chloe.    [00:05:16] Jeff Chang: Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. They like Chloe, right? There's choices. Yeah. Like Chloe's on the Olympic stand with two other Asians. It's just wild. It's a beautiful thing. and it's not like the kind of reality that we grew up in. It's true.    [00:05:29] Miko Lee: Yeah. So what made you decide to write this book? you've written many books about pop culture and around theory and around Americana, and what made you decide to write a book about Bruce Lee?    [00:05:41] Jeff Chang: So the book came to me actually, it was an Asian American editor back during a time, not so long ago, but a while ago, when there weren't a lot of Asian American editors in the business. And he came to me and that was amazing in and of itself. And he said basically, Hey man, you did this book on hip hop. This is back in, the latter part of the two thousands. I wanna imagine I haven't gone back and looked at the date. 'cause it, it actually hurts me to think about it. But he saw you did this book like. Do you think you could do a book on Bruce Lee? And I was like, yeah, I could do that. I was hyped to do that. Please. Because Yeah. 'cause Bruce was our hero. Yeah. Just like we were talking about. The most famous Asian American who's ever lived. It took me a long time to get going and I gotta admit I lost the plot at some point. I just was like, what am I doing? There were books that came out, about Bruce in the interim. there was one other biography that had come out, in the late 2010s,    [00:06:37] Miko Lee: and I think I told you about one of the books. I think it's that book that I read written by a white guy and I wrote about it in good reads because I read a lot and that's how I keep track of the books I read. I don't think about anybody else reading those reviews that I write? It's like writing in a journal or something. Now I use story graph ‘ it's amazing. Not commercial, but at the time I used Goodreads and the author wrote back to me, I think I told you this story.    [00:07:04] Jeff Chang: Yeah, yeah. Tell me. Tell, so what did you write and what did the author write back to you?   [00:07:08] Miko Lee: I wrote that I thought that this author did not understand what an icon Bruce was to the Asian American community, and it was written in a way that didn't, grasp the whole complexity of what he meant to us. He wrote this really, mean note back to me about how he had Shannon, Bruce's daughter's support and he was the one that could tell the story. And I thought, whoa, I was just shocked. That was the first time. Since then, I've had many different authors write back to me, but that was like the first one and wrote back in a mean way. So anyways.    [00:07:39] Jeff Chang: Was it public or this was a private, A private email back to you.    [00:07:43] Miko Lee: I think it's public. I don't know. Have to go look. I was shook at the time. Like what?    [00:07:49] Jeff Chang: Wow. Okay.    [00:07:50] Miko Lee: Anyway, so when I heard you were writing a book, I said, okay, finally, finally. Yay.    [00:07:55] Jeff Chang: Hmm. Yeah. You know, and I'll be honest, I, I had this sort of crisis of confidence. I was sort of like, you know, this is, okay, we'll put it out there. 'cause you already went there. It's Matthew Polly's book, Bruce Lee Life. I read it, he had done amazing research. He had spoken to a lot of people. I thought I was supposed to do this kind of a book. Now there's a particular kind of genre, that folks who are maybe in the industry recognize and, it's called I'm putting scare quotes around this, like the definitive biography,    [00:08:27] Miko Lee: right.    [00:08:28] Jeff Chang: In this particular case, the definitive biography, because he's a movie star s. Sort of coincides or converges with this other genre, which is the celebrity biography. I'm putting scare quotes around that too. So, the mission of a celebrity biographer is really to tell a story of, this celebrity. Is not as cool as you think they are. Like, their crap stinks. They cheated on their spouses. They like didn't file their taxes, they kicked their dog, they said mean things to different people. That's a celebrity biography. It's basically to tarnish the star. and if not, then it's sort of a hagiography, which is sort of a whole other kind of thing. And we don't wanna do that as writers. We wanna approach the truth. But there's sort of a certain kind of thing that comes into play, with Bruce. There's a sort of genre of the take down of Bruce where it's usually men that are writing this, and the men are usually like, well, Bruce was my hero when I was a kid, but now I've gotta take him down. You know what I mean? It's, and so you see it over and over again and, you know, there's a sort of a weird thing going on, especially I think with, white males who have loved Bruce Lee in the past feeling like they need to take him down.So let's say    [00:09:50] Miko Lee: Quinton Tarantino.    [00:09:52] Jeff Chang: Okay, you said it. I didn't, but I was gonna say like Albert Goldman, who was a journalist who famously wrote a take down of Elvis Presley.    [00:10:00] Miko Lee: Right.   [00:10:01] Jeff Chang: and did one of Bruce that was unbelievably racist. Now, I'm not saying that Matthew was trying to do this at all. I think that his scholarship and his work was really, really good. But I, I felt crowded out a little bit. You know, I felt like, gosh, I don't know what there is to say? I was very aware that there were a lot of books that had been written about Bruce and that I was writing into or out of, or in opposition to a tradition.   [00:10:30] Miko Lee: Mm-hmm.    [00:10:31] Jeff Chang: These are the Bruce. Lee Stories. and so at that particular point, in the late 2000 tens, I just said, what am I gonna do? And Lourdes, my partner, walked me up to the park and just tore into me like, what, you're gonna give up now? You can't give up now. You gotta do this, you have to. Who else is gonna do this? And I'm just feeling all that, Chinese Kanaka, firstborn, guilt, responsibility. she's about the only person that I can take a tongue lashing like that from. We walk back the mile to the house and my head was between my legs and I was like, all right, I'll do it. I'll do it. But I didn't know what I was gonna do to be completely real. I didn't know what I was gonna do. So the other thing that was kind of happening at this particular point was I was noticing, and you and I both have, children who are now adults, but at that time they were younger. They were like coming into their own, they're in their teens and that kind of thing, and that particular generation was coming up in some ways. Like we talked about, like they had all of these folks that they could look to.    [00:11:34] Miko Lee: Mm-hmm.    [00:11:34] Jeff Chang: Right. you know, our kids have opportunities in media that we never had.   [00:11:39] Miko Lee: Mm-hmm.    [00:11:39] Jeff Chang: We've had to break through in a lot of ways. And there was also, in a weird way, this sort of entropy around this notion of Asian America. Like young people who call themselves Asian American would also sit around and be like, what even is an Asian American? How do I relate to these other types of folks who are also classed as Asian Americans, or who describe themselves as Asian Americans as well. Like politically, culturally, the kind of food we eat, the way we dress, who we hang out with. Like all of the diversity that we've celebrated for so many years felt like entropy, I think, to them like this is, there's no center to this anymore. Then the pandemic happened and the violence, Was one way of saying this is it's the ice cube moment. This is what they think of you. You know what I mean? Yeah. And, and I think that was what galvanized, especially a lot of young people to find a new sense of purpose, a new sense of activism, a new sense of, how to be in the world And    [00:12:43] Miko Lee: for maybe some young folks who had never felt that they had experienced direct racism before, to suddenly see it really blatant in the community.    [00:12:52] Jeff Chang: Right. And, it was personal. It touched all of us. I know everyone has stories about how we were treated during the pandemic, and especially the women and especially, the queer folks. In a lot of ways it was paradigm shifting and it was paradigm shifting for me too, you know, so I'm writing about this guy who considers himself a martial artist.    [00:13:13] Miko Lee: Mm-hmm.    [00:13:14] Jeff Chang: And he's teaching people about self-defense.    [00:13:18] Miko Lee: Mm-hmm.    [00:13:19] Jeff Chang: And in his career being accused of fomenting violence, like a lot of. Folks in hip hop have been over the years.    [00:13:27] Miko Lee: Mm-hmm.    [00:13:28] Jeff Chang: I'm suddenly like looking at this in a completely different light. What does it mean to think about self-defense and violence and training to be a warrior, right? I have a lot of folks who are in the military. My mom worked for the police department, like what does that mean? For somebody like me who's, essentially anti militarist, who has critiques of the police, as we all should. who's a deep supporter of Black Lives Matter, like how do we think about what it means to, to be a warrior, and also to understand like the dignity, right in wanting to be a protector.    [00:14:04] Miko Lee: Right.    [00:14:05] Jeff Chang: Right. And to, uplift what that means, but to kind of think about all of these existential questions and then at the same time to see Bruce popping back up on our walls and murals and popping up on our feeds as a symbol, right. Of pride. Especially during this particular period, near us in the bay, like in San Francisco, Chinatown or Oakland Chinatown, young people bringing back the image of Bruce as a symbol of pride and also this sort of cry for like, can you see us? This sort of underlying desire to find solidarity. All of this mixed up with this like identity crisis that is now taking a different type of turn. So it was a lot to think about and suddenly I was just like, oh, oh, oh, wait a minute. Maybe that's what I'm supposed to write about. So the book became, about Bruce, but also about Bruce as an Asian American and about him kind of traveling parallel to the rise of the Asian American movement.    [00:15:04] Miko Lee: Yeah, I think it's so powerful that way, that it does tell this whole Asian American history for folks that might not know from, the very beginning of our, coming from the exclusion act to I hotel, to Vincent Chin and not just like politically, but then also cinematically because he crossed over so many barriers for us. So we're also getting Asian American cinema history with Anna May Wong and Sessue Hayakawa, and even the Hong Kong industry. So I love how you combined all these different elements. It's such a wonderful way to look at that. And I'm wondering what made you decide to organize the book into these three categories of water, mirror, echo.   [00:15:44] Jeff Chang: The line came first, Bruce's famous. Epigraph is, be water my friend, and, me being the nerd that I am, I wanted to trace the origins of that and found it pretty quickly, in a sort of, Daoist type of text. called the leads and the full, Section that, had influenced Bruce so much was moving be like water, still be like a mirror, respond like an echo. This is a line that actually resonates through Zen Buddhism as well. It was one of those things where when I first read it in Bruce's Dao Jeet Kun Do, I fell outta my chair. It was amazing. It blew me away. We'd all heard “be water.” We'd heard athletes say it. we'd heard, business leaders, say, we saw the activists in Hong Kong, using it, in the streets. and. Yet to see all of this together was even deeper. That was a window into wow. We think of Bruce as the great popularizer of martial arts. Bruce, he's not recognized as the great popularizer of Asian philosophy, in a lot of ways. It happened during this particular period during the sixties where, views of Asians and Asian Americans were beginning to shift dramatically, opening up in a lot of ways. So we had this phrase, my editor, Akia Clark, and I. She was like, all right, “how are you gonna organize this Jeff?” I was like, I don't know, help me. And she's like, all right, there's a water, there's a mirror, there's an echo here. And it actually tracks to his life and the arc of his story and I was like, “oh, wow. Yeah.” So I can't take any credit. I have to give it to my editor, who is,    [00:17:24] Miko Lee: that's a good editor.    [00:17:25] Jeff Chang: Amazing. Yo, she was amazing. Rekia was like, I signed you because, I grew up and the only Asian I knew was Bruce Lee. She grew up in largely black communities. She was like, I need to know more. , I really want to hear your take on this. And, and So it was a, an incredible collaboration in that way because it was the type of here's where we meet. She was literally giving me free reign to be able to tell me a story. Tell me why we're meeting here. Right. Why were we meeting through Bruce? That ended up giving me so much confidence and focus after I'd had, all of these years of being in the woods and, uh, what am I gonna do? And then, Lourdes is trying to shake me up That's kind of how it,    [00:18:09] Miko Lee: it took that time, that time to simmer, and your creative juices to be able to come up with this.    [00:18:15] Jeff Chang: Yeah. Yeah. It didn't feel. Like it at the time, but looking back now, I'm not the fastest, ho nu in the water.    [00:18:22] Miko Lee: Because you talked a little bit about confidence and how much Bruce shared about, Asian philosophy, which I think is really true. I wonder if you could speak a little bit more about his sense of confidence, both in himself, and then a sense of destiny, like the mark that he was gonna leave on the planet.    [00:18:38] Jeff Chang: It's very interesting to me because I think that this has been kind of, a part of the Bruce Lee legend. It was like he was born for a purpose. I was going through his papers and talking to, his, surviving family members and friends, like it was all improv.    [00:18:55] Miko Lee: Really him saying all those things was improv. What was all improv?    [00:18:59] Jeff Chang: Yeah. I think part of it, I think, well, maybe it wasn't an all improv, certainly he was driven.   [00:19:04] Miko Lee: Mm-hmm.    [00:19:04] Jeff Chang: He was incredibly ambitious and he was incredibly driven and he knew where he wanted to go. Absolutely 2000%, I think he entered this journey, like all of us in our journeys, you know, like we're maybe packed for the journey, but we might find along the way that we don't have what we need. I was attuned to the points where that narrative would break down. To all of the vulnerabilities that he was feeling in different moments. and especially because I got to talk to folks, who knew him, who maybe hadn't necessarily been interviewed in like, the years. His very close Asian American friends, the folks who knew him, off the martial arts training floor. the folks who thought he was weird and kind of corny, folks at UW. All of these folks knew him at the University of Washington. And the, the common thing was, this guy's goofy. He's just had a one track mind. Like, he just wants to like show us like. Like Gung fu things all the time. Like who does that?    [00:20:08] Miko Lee: Like Bruce stop already. We heard that.    [00:20:10] Jeff Chang: right, right. Like punch me like, you want me to punch you? That was funny. You know, I was just, and that was sort of also a mind shift, you know, like    [00:20:19] Miko Lee: Yeah.   [00:20:19] Jeff Chang: It was like, oh, so there was a time before    [00:20:21] Miko Lee: he was revered,    [00:20:22] Jeff Chang: the cool guy. Yeah, before he was the cool guy. Then before he was the guy that was like super suave and like all the, whatever all the ladies wanted and all the guys wanted to be like, that's been the Bruce narrative. So I was attuned to those parts and what strikes me is how much at the end he stuck to his guns. Like folks will read this in the last section of the book, and I don't want to give it away, but this is when Destiny kicks in and Bruce rises to the top and he makes another dragon. He becomes this global star and it was meant to happen. And I was like, no. He was actually fighting every step of the way. Like every day of his life. He felt like this thing was gonna fall apart. At one time, he boycotted his own movie because they weren't giving him what he wanted. Some of his closest friends say the real thing that killed him. People talk about the coroner's report conspiracy, like evil spirits that, but what he really did was like sacrifice himself in a way. That's how a lot of his friends talk about it, you know? From a sense of this deep personal loss of somebody whom they loved so much and who was like there one day and suddenly gone the next, And so, you know, to deal too with that, question of the melancholia that comes with what we experience when we're the survivors of someone we love, who suffers a premature death. In that regard, like I feel like the last part of the book too was deeply informed by. All of the stuff that's come before, with the Black Lives Matter movement. You know, and understanding, that these came from deep sources of grief and mourning and loss. Thinking about what it's meant for Asian Americans to have to look at two generations before we get to the things that Bruce was fighting for representationally    [00:22:14] Miko Lee: Yeah.    [00:22:14] Jeff Chang: You know, before we can get to everything everywhere, all at once. And Michelle Yeoh, receiving the Oscar for that. Like it took two generations. It took Brandon passing away one generation after his father, and then it took a whole bunch of other work that, a lot of folks needed to do in order for us to be able to. Get the kinds of representations that we hoped that we might see after, another dragon. and that, something that, has produced a melancholia in us, you know?    [00:22:48] Miko Lee: Yeah. Yeah.    [00:22:49] Jeff Chang: So.    [00:22:50] Miko Lee: You are talking a little bit about the people that you interviewed and there's so many clearly that you did, and when I was reading it, the backstory of Taki, that was when I thought, oh, this is an Asian American author. I mean, I know you, but it like, including that whole backstory I thought was so powerful and actually helped to build out the story of who he is, who his friends were and how he worked with them. I'm wondering if there's an interview that you didn't get.    [00:23:14] Jeff Chang: So many. So many.    [00:23:16] Miko Lee: Oh really?    [00:23:17] Jeff Chang: Yeah. I mean, I haven't gone back to look at the original contract and the date because so many people passed away. I got started on this, I had three other books that I had to complete from my, publisher at the time this book was signed out of, those contracts. I had had a full-time job then, and then when the, pandemic and BLM sort of reached that inflection point, it was a much more than full-time job. I didn't have time to be able to actually devote the book that I really needed to. I did research over a very long course of time. I did interviews over a very long course of time, but I started the interviews too late, so I couldn't interview Taki.    [00:23:54] Miko Lee: oh wow. Okay.    [00:23:55] Jeff Chang: I couldn't, yeah. Taki, was, alive. He lived to a very old age, but Alzheimer's. Um,    [00:24:01] Miko Lee: oh wow.    [00:24:02] Jeff Chang: Took him, you know? By the time I started reaching out, it was a little bit like too late. I spoke to his son instead at great length. and a lot of other folks around, him. There wasn't just one, there were a million interviews. I didn't get. Taki, I didn't interview Jesse Glover. I would've loved to have interviewed some of his friends From Hong Kong, but we couldn't access them because of the pandemic. I had an amazing researcher on the ground, Winnie Fu who, did a lot of amazing work there and was able to source a lot of stuff for us. There was so many people, and even now, like I was just up in Seattle for the unveiling of the Bruce Lee postage stamp, and I got to meet a friend of his from high school, and so I'm gonna sit down. I've been talking with Shannon's, cousin, Bruce's niece who has been keeping the genealogies of the family. We've been talking a lot. I'm gonna go back and interview her, and so hopefully maybe by the time the paperback edition comes around, I might be able to have some new information that I might be able to throw in in that edition.    [00:25:03] Miko Lee: Yeah. What surprised you most about the research?    [00:25:06] Jeff Chang: I think that Bruce was vulnerable. He felt very lonely a lot of the time. he had set himself out like this huge impossible dream in some ways. he knew his destination. He had no idea how he was gonna get there. That's where I talk about it was all improv. and at different points he despaired. I don't know if these folks are really seeing me, I don't think they really understand me. After the Green Hornet, he couldn't get a job. That he felt was befitting him, you know? So he's taking whatever work he can get. He's working as a fight choreographer for Nancy Kwan. And, just doing what he can and he's relying upon people to put him on. He's doing Gung FU training of a lot of the Hollywood top brass. So he can reach out to them, but even they don't believe in him. They don't believe in him like that. That's why he decides he has to leave. But it takes him literally four years to realize, oh, they don't see me as a main character. They don't see me the way I see myself. Yeah. So I gotta go. Even then he's still trying to get on the TV show, Kung fu. When that door slams and they cast David Carradine yellow face, he's like, oh, that, and that's when the ice cube moment really sets in for him. Like, that's how they see me. That's how they really understand me. After that, he's fighting this battle to try to get back to Hollywood. That's, one of the things he feels like he really wants to do. his thought is that I need to build up as much capital as I possibly can in order to be able to negotiate from a point of, strength. It's just very hip hop. It's very wutang clan. He's able to kind of get there. But he's still gotta fight these battles at the end. They just wanted him to shut up and kick. They gave him a black CoStar and a white CoStar because they were afraid that an Asian lead wouldn't make it. They wanted to name the movie Hans Island. Not Enter the Dragon because, Oriental villains were easier to understand than an Asian American male lead. So    [00:27:00] Miko Lee: that's such a horrible title too.    [00:27:02] Jeff Chang: Oh my God. How can you imagine we would not be talking about Hans Island.    [00:27:07] Miko Lee: I don't know how they thought that was a good idea.    [00:27:10] Jeff Chang: Yeah, it's true.    [00:27:11] Miko Lee: Is there anything else that you would like your audiences that to understand about Bruce Lee?    [00:27:16] Jeff Chang: What I tried to do is portray him in the context that he actually lived in, We've got the legend of Bruce, we've got the stories, of Bruce that have kind of burnished the legend. What I tried to do was to try to put him back as a human being, as a young person walking through Hong Kong streets and the streets of China, you know, down Grant and then, down King Street in Seattle. making it up to the studios, in Hollywood. and what that meant, for him to, actually accomplish all this kind of stuff. Because when we take away the legend, and this is one of the things I was worried about too, back in the late 2000 tens when I was like, I don't know what I'm gonna write. When you take away the legend. I was worried that people were gonna be like, oh, you just want to drag down this guy? And you're like the guy that's just throwing water on our hero. But what I'm, really understanding now is. when you look back at what he went through and what he overcame, he actually becomes even more heroic, to all of us. He wasn't a perfect person. but I think he remains a hero like more than a half century after his passing because of the things that he did.    [00:28:28] Miko Lee: I think that's right and I think you do an amazing job in the book of incorporating this powerful Asian American history and putting, his experience in a time and place that helps the broader world understand what an icon he is and remains. And I really appreciate you for writing this book and taking this time and the amount of energy it took to Percolate really pays off.    [00:28:52] Jeff Chang: Thanks so much. I so appreciate you.   [00:28:55] Miko Lee: So I'm gonna be interviewing NAKASEC on their new study on Asian American Men in the Manosphere. Are you familiar about this?   [00:29:02] Jeff Chang: Oh, I can't wait to read this. I cannot wait to read this. It's so,    [00:29:06] Miko Lee: do you know about this? No. To this report.    [00:29:08] Jeff Chang: I didn't know about it. I didn't know about it. I'm, I'm glad somebody's doing it.    [00:29:11] Miko Lee: Yeah. So they did a whole survey and they found that there is a lot of Asian American men that are part of the manosphere. Mm-hmm. And I'm wondering for you, who's written about Asian American male identity, if you have thoughts about this?    [00:29:26] Jeff Chang: So many thoughts. I was very much thinking about the Asian American manosphere as I was writing this book, because these are my cousins, these are my friends, these are, folks who I've sparred with.   [00:29:39] Miko Lee: Right.   [00:29:40] Jeff Chang: These are conversations I'm having with folks, at the bar over a meal. I'm really interested in seeing how we're able to understand what the appeal of the far right has been around questions, of masculinity in this moment and to win these folks back. I've also seen on the flip side, shifts and changes, around, how Asian American masculinity is displayed sea on social media in this era of a crackdown in immigration.    [00:30:19] Miko Lee: Yeah.    [00:30:20] Jeff Chang: We really do need solidarity. We really do identify with, what Latinos, are going through. What I worry about is that, the Asian American left, our first in instinct would be just to be like, ah, I can't talk to them. it's Gonna like upset me too much. I can't deal with this. Somebody has to,, because that, those are our folks and we've lost them over the last, five years or so and we've gotta get 'em back.   [00:30:45] Miko Lee: And are there folks that you know of that are working specifically on ways to pull this community back?    [00:30:50] Jeff Chang: I imagine that there's a lot of work on the ground that's happening. because this is the, world that I'm in, I look to the folks who are, doing podcasts or doing social media work and, who are, often, men who. Are, you know, kind of like me, like troubled by this development and trying to find a way to speak to their folks as well. I'm monitoring that. I'm not, deep within it, but, like I said, I wrote this book, understanding that, that particular subset of our community. those are the folks that, are the Bruce Lee fans.    [00:31:22] Miko Lee: Yeah.    [00:31:23] Jeff Chang: and are the folks who are, involved in, mixed martial arts and, involved in, athletics and, all these other kinds of things. And, and they're not too far away.    [00:31:33] Miko Lee: Yeah. It feels like there's a disconnect between that kind of loving of Bruce Lee and that world, and interaction with politics, interaction with the current events and how that's impacting them and their families.    [00:31:48] Jeff Chang: Well, I think it's. Yeah. I put that down to the fragmentation of the way that we receive media.    [00:31:54] Miko Lee: Mm-hmm.    [00:31:55] Jeff Chang: You know, and also, of course, the ways in which social media is geared towards the extremes. The way it's geared towards the extremes and towards lifting up the. Loudest crudest voices sometimes. Mm-hmm. That's exactly where the manosphere originates from. Right? That's where it    [00:32:15] Miko Lee: lives.    [00:32:15] Jeff Chang: Yeah. That's where it lives, is inside that pocket. It's about again, trying to get inside of that and what's causing that. What's the melancholia that's behind that? What is generating this rage, this fury, and being able to channel that, fury, that anger into, ways that will actually help not just all of us, but specifically them.    [00:32:39] Miko Lee: Yeah.    [00:32:40] Jeff Chang: That's an organizing problem that we have to take up.   [00:32:43] Miko Lee: Thank you for sharing. I'm gonna send you the research, the report so you can read it and,    [00:32:48] Jeff Chang: uh, I can't wait to break this open. Oh,    [00:32:52] Miko Lee: okay. I appreciate you. Thanks so much.   [00:32:54] Jeff Chang: Thank you.   [00:32:55] Miko Lee: Next up I speak with Rachel Kelzer, the communications director for NAKASEC, about their new study of Asian American men and the manosphere.Welcome Rachel Koelzer, communications Director for NAKASEC. Welcome to Apex Express.    [00:33:12] Rachel Koelzer: Hi. Thank you so much for having me today.    [00:33:15] Miko Lee: Can you first explain for our audience, your organization that you work with NAKASEC    [00:33:19] Rachel Koelzer: So NAKASEC is short for the National Korean American Service and Education Consortium. We are a national network of five affiliated organizations in six states.   [00:33:32] Miko Lee: Thank you. I wanna start with the question I ask all of my guests, which is, who are your people and what legacy do you carry with you?   [00:33:41] Rachel Koelzer: This is a great question. My people are the dreamers. They are the community rooted, change makers who believe that we are accountable and responsible to each other. For our collective wellbeing, our collective liberation, and our collective joy and care for each other. My people are also Korean adoptees, part of the Asian diaspora, and people who have survived challenges of life and still seek joy and to thrive.   [00:34:23] Miko Lee: Thank you so much for sharing. Through your work at NAKASEC, you recently released this report with a big old title, Asian Men, the Manosphere and Social Media, an Inflection Point for Asian American Advocacy and American Democracy. Wow. Can you first talk about what inspired this study?   [00:34:43] Rachel Koelzer: I became aware that there was this ongoing trend and challenge that we were having of not reaching young Asian men. Our followers were predominantly non men. Based on gender and significantly more women following us. Something like 70 30, 80 20. I talked with other organizations who also do advocacy and community based work who also faced similar challenges. I just wondered why. What is it that is preventing us from effectively reaching this large portion of our community that we serve? So from there we went and partnered with Dr. Tom Wong, and really started to dive into exploring the reasons behind it.    [00:35:34] Miko Lee: So let's back up for a second. Can you explain for our audience what the manosphere is?    [00:35:40] Rachel Koelzer: The manosphere in kind of simplified terms, it's a loosely connected network, of online communities, influencers and content creators who focus on men's issues, masculinity, dating, health and fitness, financial wealth, and gender dynamics. It includes this wide spectrum of content, that range from like the more everyday fitness self-help. To more controversial topics, like anti-feminism, traditional gender roles and critiques of modern women in society. The common thread across these, loosely connected, communities and spaces is this underlying thread of traditional gender norms and expectations.    [00:36:30] Miko Lee: So is the manosphere inherently misogynistic?    [00:36:34] Rachel Koelzer: Yes.    [00:36:35] Miko Lee: Well that was a really quick response. Yes. No question.    [00:36:38] Rachel Koelzer: [Laughter] I being real here, you know? Yeah. It is.    [00:36:46] Miko Lee: Okay.    [00:36:46] Rachel Koelzer: So within the broader manosphere, there's also men's rights activists. Some more like toxic masculine type views. There is a little bit of a range, but yes, inherently, there's deep rooted misogyny.   [00:36:58] Miko Lee: So how did you find people for your Study were they self-described people that participated in the manosphere?   [00:37:06] Rachel Koelzer: We partnered with Dr. Tom Wong, who is at the University of California, San Diego to conduct this survey. He used the voter file. They are self-identified Asian men and we set the parameters to be between the ages of 18 to 45. They identified across political ideology, across political party, and started with more general questions around their social media use. What platforms were they on? What, were the reasons that they were on social media. Who did they follow? To get a baseline understanding of where and what they're consuming. We know that they're online. There were questions about engagement with the manosphere.   [00:37:52] Miko Lee: What did this study reveal? What was surprising to you?    [00:37:57] Rachel Koelzer: What was really shocking is that one in five young Asian men are regularly engaging with manosphere content. That's 20% one in five.   [00:38:07] Miko Lee: That's a huge number.    [00:38:08] Rachel Koelzer: It's a huge number. Yeah. They're engaging with this content that is, starting off pretty innocuous like, you want to look better, you want to feel better, you want to have better relationships. What's being embedded in that to varying degrees of, subtlety are these values of more traditional expectations and roles. It's alarming that this that this many young Asian men are regularly engaging with it. We defined engaging, as, commenting, following, sharing. There were questions about how often they're seeing it across their feed, whether or not they're looking for it or not. We found that 35% of young Asian men are encountering manosphere content on their social media feeds several times a week.   [00:39:00] Miko Lee: Are they identifying it as manosphere content?    [00:39:04] Rachel Koelzer: They identified it, yes. In the survey we did provide a definition. Beforehand of what the manosphere was, and so anything within that would have to fall under this category.   [00:39:17] Miko Lee: Are most of those influencers and content creators, Asian American men also?    [00:39:23] Rachel Koelzer: That's a really good question. When both Dr. Wong and our team, NAKASEC team, were doing some research there, we didn't actually come across when we were looking at like the bigger names, right? Tens of thousands, upwards of millions followers. We didn't really come across many of those large followers that are Asian men. The men that are perpetuating it, regardless of their race or ethnic background. I think what that points to, you mentioned white supremacy earlier, but there's this idea and value that's perpetuated of colorblindness. And so in this space, the gender kind of supersedes the race. What was really curious is, later on in the study we also asked, about early childhood experiences and lessons, from the adults in their lives around masculine values, around showing and expressing emotions, and around representation of asian men in the media. A large portion agreed that the overall representation of Asian men is harmful. We know for those of us who have been interrogating our experiences in the world for a while. We know that Asians and Asian men in particular, we're stereotyped, we're troped in a lot of ways, right, of these feminine, unattractive, nerdy, geeky, or you've got the other side, you've got the Bruce Lees, you've got the Jackie Chans, right? There's a flattening that happens and . I think that is where the manosphere is dangerous and potentially even more appealing to communities who feel that they've been overlooked and undervalued, because it offers answers and those answers are really harmful to other communities, but they're still providing answers.   [00:41:28] Miko Lee: Can we speak a little bit more about the perceptions of Asian Americans in the media There's the stereotypes around women being either the dragon woman or the sexual exotic kind of play toy. Asian men, as you were pointing out, it's either the kung fu guy or the nerdy guy or the effeminate guy. Right. There's like not that much distinction. Is that your perception as well?    [00:41:57] Rachel Koelzer: Yes. I think there's been, even from when I was a child and growing up, over the past 30 years, there's been, improvements. But I think overall yes.   [00:42:08] Miko Lee: When I grew up, the only images were movies and television, and there just was not that much. So we did have those stereotype visions, but it was so limited in scope and content. There just was not as much content. Now it's everywhere. There's content in your phone, there's all these different social media apps, there's all these different channels you can watch. I'm wondering how that has impacted Asian Americans men's perspectives on how they see themselves and if that. Just looking at social media and the manosphere and how that impacted, the reason why you did the study and the outcomes of the study.   [00:42:46] Rachel Koelzer: The study showed that 26.7% of the men who were surveyed feel that Asian men are portrayed favorably in social media. That's actually still a very low percentage. 71.6% agree that Asian men are often underrepresented or stereotyped in media and popular culture. Even though yes, there's still greater representation, that there's still the portrayals and the quality and caliber or what that representation actually is, or how it's developed is still significantly lacking. What the manosphere offers, one, it offers answers as to how you might get away from, from those, right? You might be able to get out of that, which is to be this hyper quote unquote, masculine, dominating, character. It points the blame directly away from systems like patriarchy and white supremacy. It doesn't really interrogate what internalized misogyny, internalized racism, looks like and is doing. It's saying. You know what the problem is actually that women are becoming too independent. The problem is that, men are becoming too effeminate, and so there's this combination of race blindness and naming another villain in a way that punches down.   [00:44:32] It's a combination of looking for genuine insight and information to better understand their experiences and they're finding answers, but the quality of those answers and the ways that they're getting pushed to those are very problematic, very concerning. Not just for what that means for women in queer rights and immigrant rights and marginalized communities rights. These kinds of values that are being espoused and normalized. But what that means for, , how someone starts to view themselves and, their role in the world and the impact that that has on the systems, and structures of our society.    [00:45:13] Miko Lee: There's so many interesting things that you said. I heard you say the men are finding a sense of belonging in the manosphere, and they're getting answers and the answers being right wing propaganda, which is being fed to them. Is that right?   [00:45:26] Rachel Koelzer: Yeah, I think that's right. The problem is the quality of the answers that they're receiving. The values that are embedded within that, whether or not they're being explicitly named, it's not. There are, again, if you go further, deeper, there are folks that are very proud to be part of the manosphere. That is a known and a shared identity as far as like we are part of the manosphere.Then there are those, I think Joe Rogan himself is like, I'm not part of that, but if you listen to his content and his messages, right? There's a lot of those traditional right wing, very violent and misogynistic roots that are coming out in there.   [00:46:13] It starts off very innocuously looking for answers, looking to better understand your life, your experiences, and what you can do about it. That's innocuous enough. Right. And there's even, like, there's a lot to be said about that kind of,, what's the word I'm trying to think of,, initiative, right? To better understand and seek resources and things. But unfortunately through a combination of the algorithm. Through investments into these kinds of content creators, , and spaces we're seeing that those proliferating a lot more. And so whether or not young Asian men are intentionally seeking this type of content, they're being fed it regularly.   [00:46:54] Miko Lee: I also heard you this comment about race blindness. I get that it because it's like men, men, men we're men and we're bounding together. But race blindness feels like a rube, if you will, for, white supremacy and misogyny. It's this way of saying we are all one, but very much targeting, specific folks that are not in positions of power and control.   [00:47:21] Rachel Koelzer: Yeah, absolutely. It flattens and erases the experiences of people who have been marginalized through, our laws, our policies, and it stops the need. It stops the self-reflection and interrogation too that is asked of us otherwise, which is to reflect on what power do I hold and what is my responsibility with that power, whether it's, having more privilege because I'm a citizen. Having privilege because you are a man. Even if you are also, historically and presently marginalized because of your race as an Asian person, it reduces that depth and again, that responsibility for self-reflection and interrogation.   [00:48:22] Miko Lee: So given all that, your report says this is a warning sign, which clearly it is and an opportunity. I wonder if you could talk a bit more about what is the opportunity here as we're in this time of great change. Great revolution, the year of the fire horse. Talk about how we can actively disrupt that pipeline to radical extremism.    [00:48:46] Rachel Koelzer: It's an important question and it's an important conversation that we need to have. There needs to be an awareness and an understanding of what it is that, is threatening the health and wellbeing of our community and of our country. What this study showed is we're at an inflection point. The percentages, the numbers, we're not so far down the rabbit hole, but we're like right on the edge. We're like at this tipping point, and so intervention is necessary now. This is a great opportunity for organizations, for community leaders to be having these conversations. To be engaging in political education with their community members to be, educating and informing and connecting with members of their community, particularly young Asian men. And it's an opportunity for these in-person spaces and these digital spaces to be countering the manosphere with our own answers.   [00:49:51] I think that's one of the biggest things, especially when we're talking about a digital space, to be investing in content creators, to be investing in artists, to be investing in doing the work of putting out our own answers and solutions. Explanations and analysis of what is happening. It's a call to action and an opportunity for funders, donors for people who have the ability, to put money behind these kinds of spaces online. There's just this significant disparate investment. It's an opportunity to be really investing in community, really investing in recreating spaces, building out spaces, I'm thinking particularly again, community-based organizations who can be understanding what the risks and threats are and understanding their communities where they are, and not necessarily adding to, but, with this threat in mind, how does that inform the spaces that you're creating or the strategies that you are engaging?Whether it's online or in person.   [00:51:13] Miko Lee: We need to gather up our brothers, our nephews, our uncles, gather 'em all up, talk about our real, Asian American history of resistance, our power, our ability to move forward, connect with that in person, pull them outta the manosphere, connect all together so that we could move forward as a community in solidarity with each other.   [00:51:37] Rachel Koelzer: Absolutely. There's opportunities across the board regardless, of where your particular position is. Even if you're not a part of a community organization or you're a teacher, a parent. One of the things that also came up in this study was that across ideologies, across the political spectrum and across age groups, there was a significant number. It was like close to 70 or over 70% had shared experiences, of being discouraged from showing emotions, from being, from seeing, modeled from the men in their lives, examples of stoicism. Of, more traditional masculinity, more traditional gender norms. And so there is this also aspect of, yeah, bringing in folks, bringing in our nephews, our brothers, our cousins, our friends, our uncles, and a reflection upon what can we do to be, raising our next generations, our current and our next generations, to value themselves and those around them who are different. To be able to express emotions, be able to have deep, reciprocal relationships, , and to have respect and understand what it means to reflect on one's privilege that comes as a result of, an identity in this very hierarchical world, whether it's, as a man under patriarchy or white, under white supremacy. These are skills that can be taught and can be learned. I think that this is also an opportunity to be reflecting on how we as a society understanding these    [00:53:33] Miko Lee: Well, Rachel Koelzer, thank you so much for joining me and sharing about your report. How can people find out more about your work?   [00:53:42] Rachel Koelzer: Thank you so much for having me. You can follow NAKASEC on most social media platforms. Visit our website. We've got tons of resources and information there and check out our local affiliates. You can find out more about them on our website and on our socials. If you are, you know, in the area, would love to see you.    [00:54:01] Miko Lee: Thank you so much.    [00:54:03] Rachel Koelzer: Thank you.   [00:54:04] Miko Lee: Thank you so much for joining us. Just a note that Apex Express will be off air for fundrive until May 28th, but we wanna acknowledge that May is Asian American, native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, and there are film festivals and cultural events happening all around the country that celebrate our diverse experiences. One Bay Area one to note is CAAMFEST. It's back! The center of Asian American media returns for its 44th year and its festival from May 7th through the 10th is at the Kabuki Theater, a MC in San Francisco with an amazing program of impressive filmmakers. Check it out, maybe I'll see you there and happy AANHPI month. Please check out our website, kpfa.org/program/apexexpress to find out more about our show and our guests tonight. We thank all of you listeners out there. Keep resisting, keep organizing, keep creating, and sharing your visions with the world because your voices are important. Apex Express is produced by Ayame Keane-Lee, Anuj Vaidya, Cheryl Truong, Isabel Li, Jalena Keane-Lee, Miko Lee, Miata Tan, Preti Mangala-Shekar and Swati Rayasam. Tonight's show was produced by me Miko Lee, and edited by Ayame Keane-Lee. Have a great night..    The post APEX Express – 4.30.26 – Bruce Lee and the Manosphere appeared first on KPFA.

South Asian Men in the Gender Justice Movement:Did you know that in 2023, over 51,000 women and girls worldwide were killed by their intimate partners or family members? (UN Women)Violence against women is often seen as a “women's issue”, but it's not! Since most acts of gender-based violence are committed by men, men must also be part of the solution.In this episode of the Maitri Podcast, we sit down with two inspiring community leaders — Dr. Dasharath Yata, Executive Co-Director of SEWA-AIFW (Asian Indian Family Wellness), and Shakeel Syed, Executive Director of the South Asian Network (SAN). Together, they explore how men can engage in the movement for gender justice and help build safer, more compassionate communities.This conversation is a reminder that ending gender-based violence requires all of us — and that change begins in the everyday moments: in our homes, friendships, and communities. Please share this interesting conversation with all men in your networks. Our Guest speakers: Dr. Dasharath Yata, Executive Co-Director of SEWA-AIFW (Asian Indian Family Wellness) is a passionate advocate for the South Asian community in Minnesota, leading programs that promote health, wellness, and social justice. SEWA-AIFW has been dedicated to bringing “Total Family Wellness” to the Twin Cities community since 2004. We have continued to expand and adapt to meet the needs of our community. Visit: https://www.sewa-aifw.org/ Shakeel Syed, Executive Director of the South Asian Network (SAN) brings decades of experience organizing and empowering minority communities, advocating for civil rights, and building interfaith solidarity. South Asian Network is a community-rooted resource serving, supporting, & advocating for the South Asian community: Visit: https://southasiannetwork.org/#Maitri Podcast Host: Nandini Ray, Sr. Manager, Outreach, Prevention & Policy AdvocacyMaitri is a free, confidential, nonprofit organization based in the San Francisco Bay Area that primarily helps families and individuals from South Asia (Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and the Maldives) facing domestic violence, emotional abuse, cultural alienation, or family conflict. Visit: www. maitri.org

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It often comes as a surprise to non-Asians that people like Rohadi Nagassar and myself have things to say. Especially inside of North American Christianity. Like the proverbial tree falling in the forrest with no one to hear it, we do exist. We Asians often have to find our way out of church to develop our voices. Forget about "platforms." We have to first decolonize our own minds to learn that we do have things to say, and then we have to find our people.I'm so glad to have met Rohadi on social media, and I was honored to be on his podcast, Faith in a Fresh Vibe. His 2022 book, When We Belong: Reclaiming Christianity in the Margins is available wherever books are sold.Chapel Probation is part of the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Dauntless Media Collective⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Join the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Dauntless Media Discord ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠for more conversation with all the podcast communities.Scott's book, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Asian-American-Apostate- Losing Religion and Finding Myself at an Evangelical University⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ is available now!Music by Scott Okamoto, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Jenyi⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Azeem Khan⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Shin Kawasaki⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Wingo Shackleford⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Join the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Chapel Probation Patreon ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to support Scott and for bonus content. Join the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Chapel Probation Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ group to continue the conversations.Follow Scott on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠Bluesky⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Substack⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠You can subscribe to Scott's newsletter and learn more about the book, the blog, and performances at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠rscottokamoto.com⁠

We kick our feet, we daydream, and we pine for it — but is kdrama love real? From trash reality TV to the fun and horror that is asian dating, in this episode we talk all things romance. We hope you can enjoy this week's beach episode of Asian Glow Podcast.For deleted clips of this episode:  IG: @clarenceeangelo  Tik Tok: @asianglowpodcast     For more yapping with the rest of the Glow Gang, join our community discord server and watch our livestreams on Youtube every Wednesday:   Discord: https://discord.gg/ReGGDAFw7s   Youtube Channel:  https://www.youtube.com/c/ClarenceAngelo

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NECTAR IS OFFICIALLY IN EVERY FRED MEYER IN WASHINGTON To celebrate, we are having a meeting and greet and throwing a phat party in Seattle. May 17 & 18. Send "SEATTLE" to 844-624-0991 for all the details In Today's Episode we'll be breaking down The Rise of Asian Men in America, The Oxford Study, and discussing the Infamous Phrase 'If He Wanted to He Would'... �� NECTAR HARD SELTZER IS LAUNCHING 476 NEW STORES IN THE NEXT 2 MONTHS: Ralph's (SoCal), Safeway (NorCal), Target (CA, OR, WA, NYC), Walmart (HI), and MUCH MORE!!!!!! To be alerted when it launches in your city, "SPRING" to 844,624,0991�� ��Find us in SELECT STORES* in 6 states - CA, TX, HI, WA, NYC & NJ: https://bit.ly/3OTAefc123 ��SUPER RECOVERY by SuperBonsai is OUT NOW! 100% Natural Ingredients formulated to tackle every part of your hangover. https://bit.ly/3MMhLB6 you can give us your phone # for 20% off! �� Watch Esther and Jeremy's "First date": Subscribe to: https://undertheinfluence.show/ Include bi-weekly bonus episodes, Dollar $tore Therapy segments, vlogs, private discord channel, etc.) Use code: YTFREEMONTH for 1 free month. ��To submit questions or discussion topics for future episodes, JOIN OUR DISCORD: https://linktr.ee/undertheinfluence.show Hit the #UTI or #Submit-Topics channel and you can start submitting questions and discussion topics there. There is also an anonymous submission channel for those who are shy. Timecodes (Episode #161): 00:00 - Intro 01:02 - Intro 04:56 - Do Water Brands Taste Different? 25:01 - Coachella Fixed His Sleep Schedule 40:28 - Viet Went To Church For The First Time 55:09 - Why Do Hot Asian Women Date Mid White Guys!? 1:00:31 - The Rise of Asian Men 1:15:59 - Which Country Has The Hottest People? 1:30:06 - If He Wanted To, He Would 1:45:57 - Dollar Store Therapy 1:51:48 -Outro FOLLOW US ON ALL PLATFORMS: bit.ly/undrthinflnce Listen on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3qqjUaN Listen on Apple Music: https://apple.co/34IO1lr Search “Under The Influence Show” for all other audio listening platforms Follow Wootak Tik Tok: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZM8C4msk7/ IG: / barchemistry Personal IG: https://www.instagram.com/thekimwoota... YouTube: / @barchemistry Follow Jeremy Tik Tok: / nectarseltzer Nectar Vlogs TT: / nectarvlogs IG: / jeremykimkardashian YouTube: / @nectar_world Follow Viet Trap Tik Tok: / viettrap IG: / akaviettrap Follow Queen Esther YouTube: ​⁠​⁠@Kanyewesther Fanhouse: linktr.ee/Kanyewesther Tik Tok: / kanyewesther IG: / kanyewesther Follow Brando Tik Tok: / nectarbrando IG: / brando Website: https://www.brandoarts.com/artwork Follow Eddie YouTube: ​⁠​⁠@hotlinemedia Tik Tok: / ededdoreddie IG: / eddievillaltaa Follow Nectar Hard Seltzer (Must be 21+) Tik Tok: / nectarseltzer IG: / nectarhardseltzer ��Find a store near you: https://nectarhardseltzer.com/ Drink responsibly! Intro song by Killagraham / killagraham / killagraham #podcast #undertheinfluence #nectar --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/undertheinfluenceshow/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/undertheinfluenceshow/support

In our conversation, I delve into the fascinating journey of Minnie Scarlet and how she crafted the stage name. She shares her unconventional love for spiders and fishing. Minnie opens up about navigating the adult entertainment industry, from her first professional shoot to the challenges posed by her alternative appearance. Through it all, she emphasizes the importance of staying true to oneself and finding a supportive community. Minnie made the conscious choice not to get an agent and pursue full-time work in the adult industry. Maintaining her artistic integrity and keeping her options open across different fields was essential to her. Shame should never control our actions; forgiveness and self-acceptance are crucial. We discuss how shame can detrimentally impact individuals, particularly those battling addiction, stressing the need for understanding and support in their recovery journeys. Furthermore, she sheds light on the stereotypes and fetishization prevalent in the adult industry, particularly for Asian performers like herself. Minnie Scarlet shares some of the challenging experiences she has faced, including pressure to conform to racial stereotypes. & ethical adult content is about giving people choices and being mindful of power dynamics.Art and creativity have been Minnie's saving grace, providing coping mechanisms and outlets for expression. She advocates for finding balance and embracing calmness amidst life's chaos, rather than constantly chasing fleeting moments of happiness. Through Avril Heals, the nonprofit organization, she has helped create spaces for marginalized communities to heal creatively, underscoring the importance of community and support in overcoming trauma and addiction.Chapters (00:00) Introduction and Mini Scarlett's Origin Story (04:04) Getting into the Adult Industry (08:50) The Influence of Tumblr(12:11) Shooting for Mainstream Companies(26:40) Comparison to Other Jobs(28:11) Working at Panda Express and Dealing with Anxiety(29:13) Balancing Work and Personal Life(30:10) Reflecting on Past Experiences and YOLO Moments(31:36) Overcoming Shame and Guilt(32:59) Living Life Fully and Letting Go of Excessive Shame(33:23) Recovering from Addiction and Learning Self-Compassion(36:44) The Impact of Shame and the Importance of Forgiveness(37:14) The Role of Shame in Addiction and Recovery(38:22) The Pressure of Society and the Pursuit of Happiness(39:01) The Shame and Stigma Surrounding Sex Work(41:18) Racial Fetishization in the Adult Industry(43:19) Representation of Asian Men in the Adult Industry(46:37) Challenging Stereotypes and Misconceptions in the Adult Industry(49:12) The Importance of Representation and Diversity in Media(55:32) Exploring Ethical Porn and Giving Performers Choices(01:01:00) The Challenges of Online Platforms(01:02:21) Opportunities on Social Media(01:02:43) Getting a Role on Sons of Anarchy(01:05:02) Coping with Bad Days(01:07:21) Avril Heals: Creating Healing Spaces(01:15:37) The Power of Community(01:23:04) Creating Platforms for Underrepresented VoicesMinnie Scarlet Links:https://twitter.com/minniescarlet https://www.instagram.com/minniescarlet/https://linktr.ee/minniescarletAvril Heals:https://lnk.bio/AvrilHealsFollow Me on Social Media:Podcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thevoncastshow/Music Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shibavon/Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@wowshibavon

In this episode, Todd discusses the challenges faced by Asian men in the Western dating scene. He touches on how to leverage stereotypes and overcome cultural biases to get the results you want in game.Notes02:15 - Do Asian men have a harder time in the dating world?08:00 - What about results in game?13:50 - What about guys of other backgrounds?16:00 - Assimilation.We have a PACKED bootcamp schedule coming up in cities around the world. Click the link below to grow your game exponentially with me out in the field:https://toddvdating.com/coaching/Connect with Todd:Join Todd V Insiders on FacebookEmail questions to questions@toddvdating.comAsk questions on the Ask Todd V, Todd V Dating, and Valentine Lifestyle Youtube channelsFollow Todd on Instagram @ToddVDatingFollow Todd on TikTok @ToddVDating

In this episode we discuss a TON of different topics with content creators Trixie Dang and MochaManko, ranging from their origin story, dating different types of Asian guys, and their alternate lifestyle. Follow us on INSTAGRAM: https://instagram.com/ampedasia https://instagram.com/mochamanko https://instagram.com/dangitstrixie

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Episode 131 of Sport Unlocked, the podcast dissecting the week's sports news issues. On the agenda on December 7, 2023 with Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler and Tariq Panja: Premier League TV rights deals - industry analysis with Francois Godard from Enders Analysis. New Asian men's Champions League final 8 tournament in Saudi for 5 seasons Rubiales - new evidence from FIFA case UEFA Women's CL revamp Infantino at COP28 - what's the FIFA climate change plan? Brazilian league - Santos of Pele and Neymar relegated for first time & the huge lead thrown away. No host for 2026 - what's the future for Commonwealth Games Euro 2028 - security challenges & those noises in Hamburg Rugby concussion case Everton & 777 loans Send any questions to the team on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter @SportUnlocked⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Check out videos from the interviews on Sport Unlocked's ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube channel⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ pages Music No Love by MusicbyAden ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://soundcloud.com/musicbyaden⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Creative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported — CC BY-SA 3.0 Free Download / Stream: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bit.ly/_no-love⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Music promoted by Audio Library ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://youtu.be/JgXz25Tw5d4⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠o⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

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Asian men have traditionally been overlooked in the dating world but no more! “Grey's Anatomy” and “Ne withver Have I Ever” actor, Rushi Kota, returns to Kinda Dating to chat Natasha Chandel about new narratives and positive representation of Asian men in media that is trickling down into dating norms. They discuss controversial topics like the algorithmic failure of dating apps, the perception of masculinity, the idolization of Eurocentric features, and how film/TV has evolved, putting Asian and South Asian men on the map. It's a thought-provoking new episode of Kinda Dating! → Book a 1:1 Coaching with Natasha or optimize your dating profile with PROFILE BOOSTER! Learn more here! ← → Watch video clips from the show, laugh at hilarious memes, and talk to us by following Kinda Dating on Instagram and TikTok! ← And check out our brand new website! Follow Rushi Kota: Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, IMDB Follow Natasha Chandel: Instagram, TikTok, Twitter, Facebook Follow Adam Pineless: Instagram Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Find more about Cedric Kong and his work in the link below:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/coachkongfitness/Welcome to episode 65 of the First Generations Podcast. Today's guest is Cedric Kong and he is a fitness trainer that helps asian men lose belly fat, build muscle, and become a stronger version of themselves. He first started as what one would call a “stereotypical asian” in Western society, a “nerd, ” very grades focused and neglecting other aspects of his life. He was born and raised in Hong Kong and it was until he went to London, England for University was where he was introduced to realm of physical fitness. In this episode, he shares his story of growing up in Hong Kong, the cultural norms and how his studies in London had changed him forever. We talk about the need for fitness for individuals, we talk about the role of masculinity in men; ESPECIALLY ASIAN MEN, and  the benefits of fitness that has helped him in his day to day life - such as his confidence. Growing up in the stereotypical environment, we also dive into common stereotypes for asian men that we have both seen and witnessed in Western Culture. He currently resides in Hong Kong and has a mission to spread awareness and increase the life of his clients through fitness. Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheFirstGenerationsPodcastWebsite: https://www.thefirstgenerationspodcast.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/FirstGenera... 

only a back to back episode on what south asian men can do better in the community is on difficultish :p in this weeks continuation, we talk more in depth about some of the stereotypical roles that men have and what they can do to support women. this includes unlearning misogynistic mindsets, allowing and being happy that their wives are earning more money, or literally just learning how to cook. enjoy!! thank you to ekster for sponsoring this episode of the pod! check out their sitewide 25% off sale going on right now for wallets, bags, and accessories and use code DIFFICULTISH for an extra % off! https://shop.ekster.com/difficultish  keep tabs on us: our instagram: https://www.instagram.com/difficultish/ mohuya's instagram: https://www.instagram.com/labyrinthave/ mashnun's instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mashnunmunir/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/difficultish/support

this episode is WELL overdue! we talk about the traditional role that south asian men play in our culture and the learned helplessness that they have when it comes to a lot of matters that become the woman's responsibility. we talk very extensively about all of the responses that you all sent about what south asian men can do better to support women and just be better individuals.... and there were A LOT. this is a very funny and needed episode so you will not regret listening. and remember, we're not talking about all men, but if the shoe fits... keep tabs on us: our instagram: https://www.instagram.com/difficultish/ mohuya's instagram: https://www.instagram.com/labyrinthave/ mashnun's instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mashnunmunir/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/difficultish/support

Why are Asian men emotionally unavailble, are gold diggers a problem for the wealthy, and childhood nostalgia.

Happy early Valentine's Day! It's the annual dating episode. The one stop shop for all your mediocre dating advice needs. Joining us on this episode is Mariel De Leon. model and former Ms. Philippines International. We have fun discussing some of your most requested topics on love including: why some asian women actively choose to not date asian men, interracial dating, and how to navigate this confusing modern world. Mariel loves power lunch dates. Ben's body count is higher than his bank account. Lingjie loves women who don't cook. Come listen to The Worst Asian Podcast. Mariel De Leon: www.instagram.com/mariadeleonofficial/ ------------------------------------------- FOLLOW US EVERYWHERE @WorstAsianPod ► WEBSITE: www.worstasianpod.com ► INSTAGRAM: www.instagram.com/worstasianpod ► FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/worstasianpod ► TWITTER: www.twitter.com/worstasianpod ► TIKTOK: www.tiktok.com/@worstasianpod ► YOUTUBE: https://bit.ly/3Agv8Aj ► EMAIL: WorstAsianPodcast@Gmail.com ------------------------------------------- SUPPORT US ► SUBSCRIPTION: On the Apple Podcast App or Spotify App This subscription gives you exclusive access to monthly bonus full episodes & shows general support for the podcast. These bonus eps will be more personal & include misc fun ideas that we've had but wouldn't work as regular eps. - Subscribe on Apple Podcast app: Click the "subscribe" box on the main page of this podcast - Subscribe on Spotify app: Click the "want to hear more from this" box on the main page of this podcast. But the app is buggy so if that box doesn't show up than go to www.anchor.fm/worstasian/subscribe ► DONATION: www.buymeacoffee.com/worstasian We're doing it listeners, we're begging for money. Ben and Lingjie will continue to pump out that free content weekly but in case you feel inclined, we are accepting donations to help cover the costs of running the podcast. You get absolutely nothing extra out of this donation. No zoom chats, no bonus material, nada, zilch, zero. Just our gratitude. Please leave your social handle so we can thank you personally. Love you and thanks for listening! 감사합니다 & 谢谢你. PS: If you're a baller and donate $100 or more, we'll bring you on a future episode to join us for a segment of Ranting and Raving. Not joking, this is a real offer. Get your rant game ready :). ------------------------------------------- OUR PODCAST RECORDING GEAR: ► Rode Podmic Microphone: https://amzn.to/3z85hNe ► Zoom Podtrak P4 Recorder: https://amzn.to/3N3KS1W ------------------------------------------- #dating #valentinesday #asiandating #datingadvice #datingtips #relationshiptips #asianpodcasters #asianamerican #asian #asians #podcast #asiancomedy #asianmillennials #proudtobeasian #asianpride #asiancommunity #representationmatters #asianrepresentation #asianculture #asianlife #aapi #funny #comedy #flushing #asianmemes #yappie #asianmen #asianboy #asianguy #asiannews #asianstyle #millennials #stopasianhate #Asianqualifiers #veryasian #asianpopculture #asianexcellence #japan #japanese #korea #korean #kpop #china #chinese #chinatown #koreatown #ktown #ctown

Two mass killings in California just days apart. The suspects and victims are Asian in both cases. Before the police find out the motives, the mayor of Los Angeles and other local Democrat politicians are already talking about Asian hate crimes: “As Investigations determine whether these murders were motivated by Asian hate, we continue to Stand united against all attempts to divide us.” California has the most stringent gun laws in America, yet it did not prevent these two horrific tragedies, as acknowledged by the Los Angeles county sheriff. So, what's next? I'll tell you what's next—the repeal of the Second Amendment. Once again, professor John Lott, founder of the Crime Prevention Research Center, provides his view on the gun control issue. After the discovery of classified documents, should President Joe Biden still run for re-election in 2024? According to a new national poll by Rasmussen, one in three (34 percent) Democrat voters believe Biden should be impeached. And other polls suggest that the majority of both Democrats and Republicans believe he should not run in 2024. In this episode, Larry Elder invites Craig Bannister, blog editor of CNSNews.com, to join him in discussing Biden's political future. The Larry Elder Show is sponsored by Birch Gold Group. Protect your IRA or 401(k) with precious metals today: http://larryforgold.com/ ⭕️Watch in-depth videos based on Truth & Tradition at Epoch TV

Even if you've never heard someone say it out loud, there's a common misconception that Asian men are not masculine. But who gets to define what's masculine or not? We break down what it means to be a "man" and give our honest opinions on what's true and false about how society views Asian men. Ben gets unnecessarily upset at people who play video games. Lingjie is drinking too much hater-ade. Come listen to The Worst Asian Podcast. SMALL AAPI BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT ►Tanjerine Studios will keep you warm this winter over at: - www.instagram.com/tanjerine.studios/ ►Stephanie has amazing art for your boring walls at: - www.steph-huang.com/ - www.instagram.com/stephuang_art/ - www.etsy.com/shop/stephmakesprints ------------------------------------------- FOLLOW US EVERYWHERE @WorstAsianPod ► WEBSITE: www.worstasianpod.com ► INSTAGRAM: www.instagram.com/worstasianpod ► FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/worstasianpod ► TWITTER: www.twitter.com/worstasianpod ► TIKTOK: www.tiktok.com/@worstasianpod ► YOUTUBE: https://bit.ly/3Agv8Aj ► EMAIL: WorstAsianPodcast@Gmail.com ------------------------------------------- SUPPORT US ► SUBSCRIPTION: On the Apple Podcast App or Spotify App This subscription gives you exclusive access to monthly bonus full episodes & shows general support for the podcast. These bonus eps will be more personal & include misc fun ideas that we've had but wouldn't work as regular eps. - Subscribe on Apple Podcast app: Click the "subscribe" box on the main page of this podcast - Subscribe on Spotify app: Click the "want to hear more from this" box on the main page of this podcast. But the app is buggy so if that box doesn't show up than go to www.anchor.fm/worstasian/subscribe ► DONATION: www.buymeacoffee.com/worstasian We're doing it listeners, we're begging for money. Ben and Lingjie will continue to pump out that free content weekly but in case you feel inclined, we are accepting donations to help cover the costs of running the podcast. You get absolutely nothing extra out of this donation. No zoom chats, no bonus material, nada, zilch, zero. Just our gratitude. Please leave your social handle so we can thank you personally. Love you and thanks for listening! 감사합니다 & 谢谢你. PS: If you're a baller and donate $100 or more, we'll bring you on a future episode to join us for a segment of Ranting and Raving. Not joking, this is a real offer. Get your rant game ready :). ► FOR FREE ON AMAZON: Referral link: https://amzn.to/3D5Xjpn Support us for FREE by clicking the referral link above and making your normal Amazon purchases as you alway do. You get charged nothing extra. Amazon just gives us a small commission. Nothing to buy right now? No problem, click the link right now first and buy something later. This is the easiest way to support us with someone else's money, Jeff Bezos. ------------------------------------------- OUR PODCAST RECORDING GEAR: ► Rode Podmic Microphone: https://amzn.to/3z85hNe ► Zoom Podtrak P4 Recorder: https://amzn.to/3N3KS1W ------------------------------------------- #asianmen #asianmasculinity #asianstereotypes #koreanmen #chinesemen #asianpodcasters #asianamerican #asian #asians #podcast #asiancomedy #asianmillennials #proudtobeasian #asianpride #asiancommunity #representationmatters #asianrepresentation #asianculture #asianlife #aapi #funny #comedy #flushing #asianmemes #yappie #asianmen #asianboy #asianguy #asiannews #asianstyle #millennials #stopasianhate #Asianqualifiers #veryasian #asianpopculture #asianexcellence #japan #japanese #korea #korean #kpop #china #chinese #chinatown #koreatown #ktown #ctown

Asian Masculinity, New Year's Resolutions, Is Japanese Food Cheap, Language Learning tips, and more! アジアの男らしさ、新年の抱負、 日本食は安いのか、語学学習のコツ など。 令和時代の “男らしさ” とは？ 20～40代男性826名に聞く: https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000107.000004342.html Evolved but Not Fixed: A Life History Account of Gender Roles and Gender Inequality https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01709/full

In today's podcast episode, I decide to talk about dating for Asian men. It's been a while since I've addressed this topic, and it's very interesting. That's because even though there's been a lot more content, awareness, discussion, and advice over the last decade, I still see hordes of Asian men who fit a nerdy,… Continue reading We Need To Talk About Dating For Asian Men The post We Need To Talk About Dating For Asian Men appeared first on Dream Life Lab With Will Chow - Experiments in Personal Development.

In today's podcast episode, I decide to talk about dating for Asian men. It's been a while since I've addressed this topic, and it's very interesting. That's because even though there's been a lot more content, awareness, discussion, and advice over the last decade, I still see hordes of Asian men who fit a nerdy,… Continue reading We Need To Talk About Dating For Asian Men The post We Need To Talk About Dating For Asian Men appeared first on Will Chow's Personal Development Show - Motivational Life Advice.

In this Barbershop Talk episode, Mike and Leo explore the different categories Asian men fall under, how our environment shapes who we are, and what is considered Asian American culture.1:20 - What do you think of when you think of "Banana" within the Asian community 2:20 - Describing the different categories Asian American men fall under3:50 - Mike asks Leo how he would describe himself from the categories that were listed5:00 - Leo describes growing up mainly in black culture 7:15 - Mike talks about how he would categorize himself8:00 - Why aren't there any white guys who are Asian inside or blacks who are yellow inside?10:00 - Mainstream media, for the most part, was dominated by White American culture, now it's Black 12:00 - what does mainstream media look like if Asian American culture?15:00 - We're a product of our environment17:00 - the case for Awkwafina's Queen's accent 19:00 - Describing an 'Asian' Asian24:00 - The popularity of 88rising artistsFOR FULL VIDEO PODCAST EPISODES, BECOME A PATREON MEMBER:https://www.patreon.com/asianmenswearFOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA:The Asian Menswear Podcast -- @asianmenswearpodMike Tran -- @asianmenswearLeo Chan -- @levitatestyleCONTACT US:asianmenswearpodcast@gmail.comJOIN THE OFFICIAL ASIAN MENSWEAR COMMUNITY ON DISCORD:The Official Asian Menswear CommunitySupport the show

Cattien Le joins The Steebee Weebee Show for the 2nd time!!We talk about: Will Smith's apology video to Chris Rock, us growing up watching MTV, the resilience of Vietnamese soldiers in the Vietnam War, a hypothetical Steven Yeun "dating" scenario, the portrayal of Asian Men in Hollywood, the attractive & endearing qualities of "Cholo" men, Cat's favorite MMA fighter-Brian Ortega, examining the quote-"Nice Guys Finish Last", The Netflix Effect: western women heading to South Korea in search of love, our personal experiences being in Interracial Relationships, her hiatus from podcasting ,and much more !!!!Go to: https://www.youtube.com/steebeeweebee to watch. More: Cattien https://www.instagram.com/tiiieeen Scissor Bros YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/scissorbros ** Now on iTunes:  https://goo.gl/CdSwyV ** Subscribe: https://goo.gl/d239PO Little Ray promises a Karma Boost if you join our Patreon: https://goo.gl/aiOi7J Or, click here for a one time Karma Boost. https://www.paypal.me/steebeeweebeeshow/2 More Steven: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/quangou Bandcamp: https://steebeeweebee.bandcamp.com/ Itunes: https://goo.gl/PSooa0 WEBSITE: https://www.steebeeweebeeshow.com Send stuff to: 1425 N. Cherokee Ave P.O. Box 1391 Los Angeles, CA 90093

Today, we are celebrating Asian men in pop culture and media: those who made an impact on our lives growing up, and those we now admire for using their platforms to advocate for their community. These men have certainly proved that society's measure of “hotness” has expanded beyond the notion that Asian men are not appealing, and should continue to expand. We reveal who our first Asian male celebrity crushes were, which actors we would want to star alongside in our theoretical biopics, and discuss how our personal definitions of “attractiveness” have changed over time.  Who are your past and current Asian celebrity crushes, and why? Let us know in the comments! __________________________________________ Hosts: Melody Cheng, Janet Wang, Helen Wu Contributing Editor: Haemee Kang Editor: Michelle Hsieh __________________________________________ P A R T N E R S • Jordan Harbinger Show: Search "The Jordan Harbinger Show" on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts, or go to jordanharbinger.com/subscribe • Peloton: Get 30 days of Free Classes on the App - Learn more at onepeloton.com • Vegamour: Get 20% off your first order with code abg at vegamour.com/abg • NEIWAI: Get 25% off your purchase with code ABG25 (now until 9/16/2022) at neiwai.us • Hubspot: Get started at hubspot.com __________________________________________ C O N N E C T W I T H U S • Subscribe and Follow us @asianbossgirl on Apple Podcasts/Spotify/YouTube/Instagram/Twitter/Facebook • Listener Survey: Let us know your thoughts on the podcast here • Shoutouts: Give a shoutout on the podcast here • Email: hello@asianbossgirl.com __________________________________________ S U P P O R T U S • Merch: asianbossgirl.myshopify.com • Donate: anchor.fm/asianbossgirl/support • More about us at asianbossgirl.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're joined by Yaz who describes herself as the "epitome of a Blasian Boy Mumma" We discuss her interracial marriage, raising mixed raced children, her growth on social media and motherhood bits in between.   Be prepared for some giggles. Watch the full vid here: https://youtu.be/V5vtKsYYn6Y   Rate us 5* on Spotify, subscribe  on Youtube and share by  tagging us in any content.   About us: Mama Drama Pod is a community feel podcast where we share our motherhood journey through engaging, informative, and controversial content. Mama Drama Pod spans parenting, lifestyle, relationships. We are unique by offering you the opportunity to grow simultaneously with us as we share experiences on breastfeeding, post-partum, mental health, sex pre / post pregnancy and much more. The pod keeps it fresh by delivering the latest food for thought and trending Tik Tok / Reels. To follow a day in our lives and engage in our weekly polls, join our community: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mamadramapod/   Twitter: https://twitter.com/mamadramapod?lang=en Tik Tok: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZM8CejkS2/ You can follow your hosts: https://www.instagram.com/shellsssssssss/  https://www.youtube.com/c/IAMSHELLS  https://www.instagram.com/racqsreal/  https://www.youtube.com/racqsreal   Follow Yaz: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mrsyaziiyy/ Tik Tok: vm.tiktok.com/ZMNLqTDcG      

Teen, Jong, and Chris discuss what compels 2G Asian American men to idealize 1.5G Asian women (born in Asia, but spent time growing up in America). Is it copium over feeling rejected by American-born women or is there a genuine desire to be more Asian in culture? Note: This is part 1 of a 2-part episode. The second part is available as a bonus on our Patreon feed. Join us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/planamag Check out the new Plan A merchandise shop: planamag.com/shop/ TWITTER: Chris(@JesuInToast) Teen (@mont_jiang) Jong (@calicoarse) SUBMISSIONS & COMMENTS: editor.planamag@gmail.com EFPA Theme: "Escape From Plan A" by Ciel (@aerialist)

Next up in our season - we talk to Jeff Yeom, AMFT and our friend Nate Goh about dating & sex! Masculinity and Asian identity can often intersect in ways that can impact the way heterosexual Asian men date, especially in America. Jeff & Nate talk to us about their experiences dating, navigating sex and conversations around virginity, and debunking popular dating myths/stereotypes for men. Please follow our podcast and our Instagram @yellowchaircollective to stay updated with us, and share this episode with your friends! For more info about us and our services, visit https://yellowchaircollective.com. Music from our podcast by Dean Reed: https://fromthevalley.bandcamp.com/

Brittney Griner has been wrongfully detained for 111 days, Justine Lindsay makes history in the NFL, a hate crime leaves a gay rugby player unsure if he will play again & Queer Asian men are centered in the new film Fire Island.    00:00 - Welcome & Intro 00:48 - Happy Pride 01:08 - Intro Music by Aina Bre'Yon 01:48 - Justine Lindsay makes history in the NFL 03:10 - A hate crime leaves a gay rugby player unsure if he will play again 04:07 - Queer Asian men are centered in the new film Fire Island 04:43 - Anna's Got A Word    Things for you to check out    Justine Lindsay Instagram https://www.instagram.com/jus_lindsay_/   Support the Queer News Podcast - Join the QCrew https://bit.ly/3L3Ng66    Sign the Petition - Secure Brittney Griner's Swift and Safe Return to the U​.​S. https://www.change.org/p/secure-brittney-griner-s-swift-and-safe-return-to-the-u-s   About Queer News An intersectional approach to daily news podcast where race & sexuality meet politics, entertainment and culture. Tune-in to reporting which centers & celebrates all of our lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer & comrade communities. Hosted by Anna DeShawn. 7 minutes a day, 5 days a week.   We want to hear from you. Tune in and tell us what you think. email us at info@e3radio.fm. follow anna deshawn on ig & twitter: @annadeshawn. and if you're interested in advertising with “queer news,” write to us at info@e3radio.fm.

Jiaoying Summers used to hate Asian men but now loves them. We talk about being discriminated for dark skin in China, how Asian stereotypes damage Asian men, ugly face = freedom, vegan kombucha white dudes, average dick energy, Asian women hating Asian men, Armenian BJs, empowering sons to respect women, suppressive fathers, Kanye West's laugh, racist attacks, & more.

Anddddd we're back! Kicking off season 2 talking about Masculinity as it pertains to us, Asian men. We explore everything from how the media has historically portrayed Asian Men, how its changing now, and exploring if there are toxic traits amongst Asian men in particular. ALSO, its our first time recording together IRL, so please forgive the microphone quality as we are figuring out how to do this in person! As always, we appreciate your support and thanks for continuing to listen Hit us up on Twitter and Instagram @3adpodcast!

Dudes rock.We go over the notorious "Bad Art Friend" story that's been making the rounds. It's got everything you'd want: kidney donations, plagiarism lawsuits, white savior complex, and unequal friendships. Everyone's the bad guy in this story.Next up: the Asian woman voted most likely to "Bag on Asian Men" does some serious self reflecting. Thanks to Korean dramas, she learns that her own people are hot. That Harvard education is really coming in clutch.A whole lot of "You probably shouldn't admit this in public" today.

In EPISODE 11, Kitty Li and Jade (your favorite thirst-tokers) were tired of the f*boys of LA. So they created a podcast exposing them and their tactics, while also sharing stories from their crazy dating lives. We got them in Vegas to the Amped Asia House to talk about their new podcast (Girls Gone Wireless) where they talk dating, love, and life with various interesting Asian American content creators. CHECK OUT THEIR PODCAST: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCttX... Find them on INSTAGRAM: @kittylixo @jadasaur

After another brief hiatus, EJ and Stan discuss the relatively new, bizarre, and troubling phenomenon of MRAsians (= Men's Rights Asians). How in the world did we get here? The conversation is based on an article on Slate.com, titled “Men's Rights Asians” Think This Is Their Moment. For context, we suggest reading through at least half of the article. Thanks for listening. Cheers!

Neeraj Srinivasan is here. We talk Indian rats, why influencers are insecure & jealous, perverted religious leaders, beastiality, skinny shaming, expectation of submissive Asian men, working hard to achieve your goals, being passionate doing standup comedy, and more.

We are joined by another blast from the past, Mindy Hoang, D.O. Candidate for Osteopathic Medicine! She joins us to talk about playing online matchmaker with friends' dating profiles, and why Asian men kinda have it harder than others when it comes to online dating in today's culture... but how are things changing? You can support us by sliding into our DMs on social media: Just Asian Things Podcast: www.instagram.com/justasianpodcast Chris: www.instagram.com/c.trizzy Jon: www.instagram.com/jonqn Email: JustAsianContact@gmail.com

You might have seen it before on TV or in the movies- the age-old nerdy, stereotypical unattractive Asian stereotype. From Breakfast at Tiffany's to Charlie Chan, early depictions of Asian men in the media have resulted in them being seen as a joke in the public eye. It's a bit rare to see something as blatantly racist as that on the big screen these days, so how come people still view Asians the same way people did in the 50's? Or conversely, why do some people like Asians a little too much? In this episode of Asian Girl In A Western World, Lulu and Yaya express the true feelings of Asian men when it comes to being either emasculated or fetishized in society, why people perceive Asian men the way they do, and what we can do about the issue of emasculation and fetishization of Asian men. Produced and Edited by Lulu & Yaya Intro and Outro Music by Ramen the God Transition Music: Indie Rock x Alternative Rock x Wallows Type Beat - "Patience" (@prod. bloom) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49bH_dX3Ivo&ab_channel=bloom © 2021 --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/asiangirlinawesternworld/support

Ruby Le has been helping introverted Asian dudes date for 5+ years. Previously she was a matchmaker and worked for various dating apps! I admit, I'm always a bit skeptical when a woman tries to coach dating for men, but I found Ruby to be pretty spot on. Her YouTube channel is seriously amazing when it comes to answering questions that men have about dating.  In this interview we delve deep into online dating, and then discuss a bit of offline strategies as well. This is something that Asian guys always complain about, so let's demystify the whole process. We talk about: What city is best for online dating for Asian dudes Which apps she's found to be best for Asian Americans How to approach the cute girl at the boba shop How to stop being creepy, and what are the red flags that girls feel when you approach in person Text / messages that she's found to work, coming from someone who's seen the messages as an ex-employee of the dating apps! What's the best way to get women as a rich man? FOLLOW ME https://instagram.com/kevinktang MORE RUBY https://instagram.com/rubyloveadvice https://GoodGentleman.com Ruby's YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwqD7g5P3_ZlEgo8Gzj1x-A

Mike "SquattinCasanova" is one of the top dating coaches in the world, and he happens to be Asian. If you're a guy (especially an Asian guy) who wants to level up your skills in dating - both in-person and online - hear from one of the most successful dating coaches out there! We talk about the idiotic SOC119 & OkCupid study on Asian men, online dating internationally, whether Latinas like Asian men, how to meet girls in person effectively, how to revamp your online dating profile, Tinder and online dating optimization, and more. MIKE can be found at - https://www.pickupalpha.com/  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAlOywQN_lbFUAjN4atw84w (Hit him up for coaching and bootcamps!) Follow your host on Instagram: https://instagram.com/kevinktang This podcast is sponsored by HYAX - https://hyax.com - Check out Hyax if you are a creator selling digital products!

Leo Xia is a performing musician and men's embodiment coach, working primarily with asian men to explore their darkness to come out with greater peace, clarity, and healing. In this episode we discuss different mindsets, tools, and practical examples that can help men individually and as a collective shift our hyper-masculine culture into something more healthy, inspiring, trustworthy, and supportive. Follow Leo on Instagram: @leoxiamusic Follow Nathan on Instagram: @nathancoury Follow Kaboom Coaching on Instagram: @growyourcoachingbusiness

On this episode, Victor talks with Samuel Shin. Samuel was a psychotherapist for 7 years, but left after getting burnt out. He now does life coaching for the Asian-Am community and specifically Asian men. He runs a bi-weekly men's group, and also does individual & group coaching. He has an 8-week group coaching program for men who have left unfulfilling jobs & careers to create a life and income aligned with their passion & purpose.  [05:55] How did Sam get into men's work? [12:15] Being a BAD means choosing the uncommon, heart-centered path [17:15] Sam's journey in developing emotional stability and fulfillment [32:36] How Sam could help you find purpose [48:10] The first step to depth, aliveness, and creativity is to just start talking about it [59:01] What Sam's working on to address these problems From Samuel about the course...Thanks, Victor and BAD for letting me promote my course! I don't mention much about it in the interview, so here's more info: Conscious Career Master runs every quarter. It's an 8-week journey limited to six men who know they have a bigger, heart-centered mission, but are feeling stuck in loops of fear, self-doubt, not feeling ready or good enough (imposter syndrome). These are men who have a vision or even a general direction, but aren't sure what actions to take. Using proven techniques from therapy, meditation & coaching, I help you get clear on your vision, remove mental, emotional and spiritual blocks, and start getting results. Contact me to get on the waitlist:Facebook: @asianshealingInstagram: @theasiancoach --------------------------------------- 9 Ways To Become A Fulfilled, Badass Asian DudeDownload the collection of wisdom from our podcast guests on how to become a Badass Asian Dude: http://badassasiandudes.com/subscribe (http://badassasiandudes.com/subscribe). Connect with us: Follow the Instagram at http://instagram.com/badassasiandudesofficial (http://instagram.com/badassasiandudesofficial) Join the other 1200+ Badass Asian Dudes on Facebook: http://facebook.com/groups/badassasiandudes (http://facebook.com/groups/badassasiandudes). Register for one of our virtual Saturday Social Hours: https://bit.ly/BADsocialhour (https://bit.ly/BADsocialhour). Get on the waitlist for our merch dropping soon! https://badassasiandudes.com/subscribe (https://badassasiandudes.com/subscribe). Join the more private BAD FAM in the Emotion Dojo to exercise your emotional communication skills, limited space: http://bit.ly/emotiondojo (http://bit.ly/emotiondojo).

When South Asian men's mental health is searched on Google, there are hardly any significant findings, and contrary to first impressions, it's not because the problem doesn't exist. South Asians as a whole report higher rates of depression and anxiety than their similarly-aged, white counterparts, even after adjustments for socioeconomic status. Most mental health studies related to South Asians have been conducted in the UK, an indicator that Europe is ahead of the United States in recognizing this serious problem. For the first time, TWD is hosting men on the episode to lend their brilliant insights about their mental health. Abhi Ravinutala, the founder of MannMukti, a non-profit aimed at sharing stories of South Asian mental health survivors, and Adarsh Satish, a survivor of depression and anxiety, speak about their experiences as South Asian men and the sad truth that mental health is a pervasive issue deserving of more attention. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thewokedesi/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thewokedesi/support