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This week, on Old Pro News, we're talking about transgender housing justice, Safe Reporting in Colorado, and the dictionary. Our guests are Yeonhoo Cho and Esther Kao from Red Canary Song, who are here to commemorate the one year anniversary of the Atlanta spa shootings with a conversation about Asian migrant massage workers rights. For more resources on this episode, visit our website: https://oldprosonline.org/oldpronews-004/ GUEST BIO AND LINKS Yeonhoo Cho and Esther Kao, organizers with Red Canary Song, a grassroots coalition organizing with migrant & Asian massage workers in NYC https://www.redcanarysong.net/ Un-Licensed: Asian Migrant Massage Licensure and the Racialized Policing of Poverty, a A Report by: Red Canary Song, Massage Parlor Outreach Project, Butterfly, in collaboration with Bowen Public Affairs & Brown University Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice Human Trafficking Research Cluster https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e4835857fcd934d19bd9673/t/6218d9316e93a74b051c9f00/1645795656006/2022_Un-Licensed.pdf HEADLINE 1 | Dictionary dot com “Term “Sex Worker” added to Dictionary dot com” https://www.dictionary.com/browse/sex--worker HEADLINE 3 | Colorado Safe Reporting Bill “Safe Reporting Assaults Suffered By Sex Workers Bill introduced in Denver” https://www.denverpost.com/2022/03/17/sex-workers-safe-reporting-colorado-legislature/ http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/HB22-1288 http://www.rlri.org/ https://www.cpr.org/2022/03/21/colorado-sex-workers-reporting-crimes-protection-legislation/ HEADLINE 4 | Protect Trans Youth “Legislation Affecting LGBTQ Rights Across The US” https://www.aclu.org/issues/lgbtq-rights/transgender-rights https://www.aclu.org/legislation-affecting-lgbtq-rights-across-country HEADLINE 2 | St James Infirmary trans shelter “SWer health org St James Infirmary opens San Francisco's first shelter dedicated to trans and gender non-conforming communities” https://www.sfpublicpress.org/sf-launches-first-navigation-center-to-serve-homeless-transgender-people/ https://twitter.com/comebystjames/status/1502034177142657024 https://www.stjamesinfirmary.org/ OTHER RELEVANT LINKS TO TOPICS IN EPISODE Featured in this episode: In response to the charges being pursued by the District Attorney's offices of Fulton and Cherokee County in Georgia for the murders of Xiaojie Tan, Delaina Ashley Yaun Gonzalez, Daoyou Feng, Paul Andre Michels, Soon Chung Park, Hyun Jung Grant, Yong Ae Yue, and Sun Cha Kimon March 16, 2021 Red Canary Song and Survived & Punished released the following statement: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e4835857fcd934d19bd9673/t/61981921d8b4367907c4ba1a/1637357859533/Response+to+Charges+ENG.pdf 8 Lives Vigil March 16 2022: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKv2rjUWrl0 MUTUAL AID NAME AND LINK Butterfly Asian and Migrant Sex Workers Support Network https://www.butterflysw.org/
This week, on Old Pro News, we're talking about transgender housing justice, Safe Reporting in Colorado, and the dictionary. Our guests are Yeonhoo Cho and Esther Kao from Red Canary Song, who are here to commemorate the one year anniversary of the Atlanta spa shootings with a conversation about Asian migrant massage workers rights. For more resources on this episode, visit our website: https://oldprosonline.org/oldpronews-004/ GUEST BIO AND LINKS Yeonhoo Cho and Esther Kao, organizers with Red Canary Song, a grassroots coalition organizing with migrant & Asian massage workers in NYC https://www.redcanarysong.net/ Un-Licensed: Asian Migrant Massage Licensure and the Racialized Policing of Poverty, a A Report by: Red Canary Song, Massage Parlor Outreach Project, Butterfly, in collaboration with Bowen Public Affairs & Brown University Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice Human Trafficking Research Cluster https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e4835857fcd934d19bd9673/t/6218d9316e93a74b051c9f00/1645795656006/2022_Un-Licensed.pdf HEADLINE 1 | Dictionary dot com “Term “Sex Worker” added to Dictionary dot com” https://www.dictionary.com/browse/sex--worker HEADLINE 3 | Colorado Safe Reporting Bill “Safe Reporting Assaults Suffered By Sex Workers Bill introduced in Denver” https://www.denverpost.com/2022/03/17/sex-workers-safe-reporting-colorado-legislature/ http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/HB22-1288 http://www.rlri.org/ https://www.cpr.org/2022/03/21/colorado-sex-workers-reporting-crimes-protection-legislation/ HEADLINE 4 | Protect Trans Youth “Legislation Affecting LGBTQ Rights Across The US” https://www.aclu.org/issues/lgbtq-rights/transgender-rights https://www.aclu.org/legislation-affecting-lgbtq-rights-across-country HEADLINE 2 | St James Infirmary trans shelter “SWer health org St James Infirmary opens San Francisco's first shelter dedicated to trans and gender non-conforming communities” https://www.sfpublicpress.org/sf-launches-first-navigation-center-to-serve-homeless-transgender-people/ https://twitter.com/comebystjames/status/1502034177142657024 https://www.stjamesinfirmary.org/ OTHER RELEVANT LINKS TO TOPICS IN EPISODE Featured in this episode: In response to the charges being pursued by the District Attorney's offices of Fulton and Cherokee County in Georgia for the murders of Xiaojie Tan, Delaina Ashley Yaun Gonzalez, Daoyou Feng, Paul Andre Michels, Soon Chung Park, Hyun Jung Grant, Yong Ae Yue, and Sun Cha Kimon March 16, 2021 Red Canary Song and Survived & Punished released the following statement: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e4835857fcd934d19bd9673/t/61981921d8b4367907c4ba1a/1637357859533/Response+to+Charges+ENG.pdf 8 Lives Vigil March 16 2022: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKv2rjUWrl0 MUTUAL AID NAME AND LINK Butterfly Asian and Migrant Sex Workers Support Network https://www.butterflysw.org/
One year ago today, a gunman killed eight people at multiple spas in Atlanta. Six of the victims were women of Asian descent: Soon Chung Park, Hyun Jung Grant, Suncha Kim, Yong Ae Yue, Xiaojie Tan, and Daoyou Feng. Delaina Ashley Yaun and Paul Andre Michels were also killed in the shootings. Anti-Asian and Pacific Island hate crimes have continued to increase since Covid-19, and perpetrators often target the most vulnerable such as women and the elderly. The Takeaway speaks with Phi Nguyen, Executive Director for Asian Americans Advancing Justice-Atlanta, about the work her organization is doing to mobilize AAPI communities in Georgia. Sonal Shah, Interim Executive Vice President of Worldwide Network Advancement and board member of the Asian American Foundation, also joins to discuss the policies and initiatives necessary to end anti-AAPI hate. And Congresswoman Grace Meng, who represents New York's 6th Congressional District, joins to discuss her work on legislation to protect AAPI communities.
One year ago today, a gunman killed eight people at multiple spas in Atlanta. Six of the victims were women of Asian descent: Soon Chung Park, Hyun Jung Grant, Suncha Kim, Yong Ae Yue, Xiaojie Tan, and Daoyou Feng. Delaina Ashley Yaun and Paul Andre Michels were also killed in the shootings. Anti-Asian and Pacific Island hate crimes have continued to increase since Covid-19, and perpetrators often target the most vulnerable such as women and the elderly. The Takeaway speaks with Phi Nguyen, Executive Director for Asian Americans Advancing Justice-Atlanta, about the work her organization is doing to mobilize AAPI communities in Georgia. Sonal Shah, Interim Executive Vice President of Worldwide Network Advancement and board member of the Asian American Foundation, also joins to discuss the policies and initiatives necessary to end anti-AAPI hate. And Congresswoman Grace Meng, who represents New York's 6th Congressional District, joins to discuss her work on legislation to protect AAPI communities.
Evelyn Mok is a comedian, actress and writer. Her work centres on questioning the norms of convention and breaking the mould of what it means to be a woman of colour in comedy. She has been featured in the Guardian, BBC and TimeOut. Her word of the day for Anthems Women 2021 was NARRATIVE. CONNECT WITH EVELYN: T: @EvelynMok I: @EvelynMok This episode is dedicated to Soon Chung Park, Hyun Jung Grant, Suncha Kim, Yong Yue, Delaine Ashley Yaun, Paul Andre Michels, Xiaojie Tan and Daoyou Feng. #AnthemsWomen2022 is a collection of 7 original manifestos, speeches, stories, poems and rallying cries written and voiced by exceptional women brought out of the Anthems vault. This is a Broccoli Production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode 99 Notes and Links to Sara Borjas' Work On Episode 99 of The Chills at Will Podcast, Pete welcomes Sara Borjas, and the two talk about, among other topics, Sara's relationship with language, bilingualism and identity, pochismo, formative and transformative writers and teachers, and themes and ideas from Sara's standout collection, Heart Like a Window, Mouth Like a Cliff. SARA BORJAS is a Xicanx pocha, is from the Americas before it was stolen and its people were colonized, and is a Fresno poet. George Floyd. Delaina Ashley Yaun Gonzalez. Lorenzo Perez. Xiaojie Tan. Say their names. Joyce Echaquan. Her debut collection of poetry, Heart Like a Window, Mouth Like a Cliff was published by Noemi Press in 2019 and won a 2020 American Book Award. Juanito Falcon. Breonna Taylor. Daoyou Feng. Elcias Hernandez-Ortiz. Sara was named one of Poets & Writers 2019 Debut Poets, is a 2017 CantoMundo Fellow, and the recipient of the 2014 Blue Mesa Poetry Prize. Hyun Jung Grant. Ahmaud Arbery. Suncha Kim. Her work can be found in Ploughshares, The Rumpus, Poem-a-Day by The Academy of American Poets, Alta and The Offing, amongst others. Sandra Bland. Soon Chung Park. Yong Ae Yue. She teaches innovative undergraduates at UC Riverside, believes that all Black lives matter and will resist white supremacy until Black liberation is realized, lives in Los Angeles, and stays rooted in Fresno. Say their names. Justice for George Floyd and the countless others. She digs oldiez, outer space, aromatics, and tiny prints, is about decentering whiteness in literature, creative writing, and daily life. Buy Sara Borjas' Heart Like a Window, Mouth Like a Cliff From The Rumpus:"A CLEANSING TORNADO: HEART LIKE A WINDOW, MOUTH LIKE A CLIFF BY SARA BORJAS" The Georgia Review Review of Heart Like a Window, Mouth Like a Cliff “Pocha and Proud: An Interview with Sara Borjas” from Los Angeles Review of Books At about 2:30, Sara talks about her relationship with language growing up, particularly her relationship with Spanish and bilingualism At about 6:00, Sara explains the “pocho lecture” and how speaking Spanish was punished in her parents' lives At about 9:10, Pete asks Sara what she was reading as a kid, and if she “saw herself” in what she read At about 11:10, Sara talks about her first exposure to writers of color, guided by Professors Alex Espinoza and Sameeta Najmee, and reading greats like Helena Maria Viramontes and Marisela Norte At about 12:15, Pete and Sara talk about their shared admiration for Marisela Norte and Sara's work connecting to that of Moffat Takadiwa At about 13:00, Sara talks about Tomás Rivera and his background and connections to UIC Riverside where she teaches At about 14:00, Sara muses on the void that existed in her reading that “aligned with whiteness” and how it affected her At about 15:50, Pete and Sara discuss “pocho” and its implications; Sara talks about reclaiming its meaning At about 20:00, Sara describes the ways in which people of color, her parents included, have been innovative in escaping prejudice and oversimplified narratives At about 20:45, Pete asks Sara about “pocho” in work that has come in recent years, including by innovators like Alan Chazaro, Episode 92 guest At about 23:20, Sara shouts out writers who have and continue to have an effect on her through their chill-inducing work, including Marwa Helal, Aria Aber, Layli Long Soldier, Anthony Cody, Tongo Eisen-Martin, Roque Dalton, Bob Kaufman, Alejandra Pizarnik, and some standout students of hers At about 26:25, Pete asks Sara how she explains to her students about “language to assert power,” including how Marwa Helal flips the script At about 28:30, Pete wonders about Sara's thoughts on “decoding” her poetry, and poetry “having one answers” At about 31:30, Pete asks Sara about the idea of reciting poetry from memory, and she talks about the “power” that comes from memorizing, including how she talked to Tongo Eisen-Martin about memorization At about 33:20, Sara describes how she grew into becoming a poet, including some incredible mentorship and encouragement from Juan Luis Guzmán, and transitions into ways in which she and other women have been made to feel like they need to be quiet At about 37:30, Sara meditates on her evolving attitude towards her missions and work over the years At about 39:10, Pete wonders how Sara seeks out and pumps up students who are like she was when she was in school At about 41:50, Pete and Sara have a discussion about Sara's ideas of prose and other formas, as done in Heart Like a Window, Mouth Like a Cliff; she also describes some probing and helpful questions from Carmen Gimenez Smith that led to writing ideas At about 46:35, Sara details the inspiration she received from Anish Kapoor's installation, and how it served as a muse for Sara's poem “We are Too Big for This House” At about 49:35, Pete asks Sara about poem titles and their connection to the poems themselves At about 50:55, Sara gives her thoughts on translation in her poems At about 52:20, Sara answers Pete's question regarding if Sara is the narrator/protagonist of her poems At about 53:50, Sara talks about the importance of creative expression and the power and beauty of poems, as exemplified by Michael Torres and The Minnesota Prison Writing Workshop At about 55:20, Pete asks Sara about her collection using powerful words from Audre Lorde and Cherie Moraga as epigraphs At about 59:00, Sara describes identity as seen in her work, including Aztlan's significance in the collection's first poem and in society as a whole; she describes it as a “marker” and a “tool for transformation” At about 1:02:00, Pete recounts some brilliant and profound lines about identity from poems in the collection, including ones about women's liberation At about 1:04:45, Pete cites “Los de Abajo” and asks Sara about her ideas of rasquachismo and its importance in her work; she shouts out creative art as seen at Tío's Tacos in Riverside At about 1:06:55, Sara and Pete discuss the “mother and daughter' relationships” as an overriding theme in her collection; Sara shouts out Rachel McKibbens as another inspiration At about 1:10:20, Sara and Pete converse about intergenerational trauma and machismo in Sara's work At about 1:12:45, Pete wonders about Narcissus and the multiple appearances in Sara's work; she mentions inspiration coming from a class taken with Reza Aslan At about 1:16:10, Sara talks about conceptions of gender as seen in her work At about 1:18:00, Sara gives background on “Mexican Bingo” and reads the poem At about 1:22:30, Pete asks about Sara's future projects, including her penchant for writing skits and music At about 1:24:00, Sara gives out contact info and encourages people to buy her book from Noemi Press or on Bookshop You can now subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, and leave me a five-star review. You can also ask for the podcast by name using Alexa, and find the pod on Stitcher, Spotify, and on Amazon Music. Follow me on IG, where I'm @chillsatwillpodcast, or on Twitter, where I'm @chillsatwillpo1. You can watch other episodes on YouTube-watch and subscribe to The Chills at Will Podcast Channel. Please subscribe to both my YouTube Channel and my podcast while you're checking out this episode. This is a passion project of mine, a DIY operation, and I'd love for your help in promoting what I'm convinced is a unique and spirited look at an often-ignored art form. The intro song for The Chills at Will Podcast is “Wind Down” (Instrumental Version), and the other song played on this episode was “Hoops” (Instrumental)” by Matt Weidauer, and both songs are used through ArchesAudio.com. You can now subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, and leave me a five-star review. You can also ask for the podcast by name using Alexa, and find the pod on Stitcher, Spotify, and on Amazon Music. Follow me on IG, where I'm @chillsatwillpodcast, or on Twitter, where I'm @chillsatwillpo1. You can watch other episodes on YouTube-watch and subscribe to The Chills at Will Podcast Channel. Please subscribe to both my YouTube Channel and my podcast while you're checking out this episode. This is a passion project of mine, a DIY operation, and I'd love for your help in promoting what I'm convinced is a unique and spirited look at an often-ignored art form. The intro song for The Chills at Will Podcast is “Wind Down” (Instrumental Version), and the other song played on this episode was “Hoops” (Instrumental)” by Matt Weidauer, and both songs are used through ArchesAudio.com. I'm looking forward to sharing Episode 100 (WHOA) with Susan Muaddi Darraj, teacher, writer of the groundbreaking Farrah Rocks middle-grade series, and winner of the AWP Grace Paley Prize for Short Fiction. The episode airs on January 17.
It’s May, which means it’s Asian Pacific American Heritage Month. Or APPI month, however you want to call it. But it’s a month to celebrate all Asians, honor Asian excellence, and remember the Asian diaspora. This is not limited to just Asian or East Asian Americans. We really struggled to capture the emotions we have around the events of the past few months specifically and the hidden women we wanted to feature. We want to feature these 6 women below because they were hidden in society; they were going about their lives, each with their dreams, families, friends, struggles, and more. Yet upon their death, they were made hyper visible. And now, they are made invisible again. We don’t want them to be invisible. They are, and were each one of us. We could have been them. Please remember each of their names and the legacy they have left behind. Daoyou Feng, Hyun Jung Grant (Kim), Sun Cha Kim, Soon Chung Park, Xiaojie Tan, Young Ae Yue More information on our website. Chloe Zhao: Best Director Academy Award and Youn Yuh-jung: Best Supporting Actress Don’t forget these women. Listen and enjoy! To receive the latest content, subscribe on wherever you listen to podcasts and follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @_introspectives. Check out our website for articles and more: www.introspectives.uk Artwork by Sabrina.
On Saturday, March 27th, at Beach 69th street, the New York community had a paddle out to honor those lost in the mass shootings in Atlanta, Georgia. Swell Season was on hand to capture the thoughts and sentiments following the shooting and the rise of hate crime against the AAPI community. We talked to different participants of the paddle out along with organizers, Momo Hudes of Benny’s Surf Club, Catherine Mao of Laru Beya Collective & Jungwon Kim. This paddle out was to honor Soon C. Park, Hyun Jung Kim, Suncha Kim, Yong A. Yue, Delaina Yaun, Xiajie Tan, Daoyou Feng, and Paul Andre Michael. For resources on how you can help support the AAPI community you can go to the following organizations: Red Canary Song: https://www.redcanarysong.net Safe Walks: https://www.instagram.com/safewalksnyc/?hl=enOn Saturday, March 27th, at Beach 69th street, the New York community had a paddle out to honor those lost in the mass shootings in Atlanta, Georgia. Swell Season was on hand to capture the thoughts and sentiments following the shooting and the rise of hate crime against the AAPI community. We talked to different participants of the paddle out along with organizers, Momo Hudes of Benny’s Surf Club, Catherine Mao of Laru Beya Collective & Jungwon Kim. This paddle out was to honor Soon C. Park, Hyun Jung Kim, Suncha Kim, Yong A. Yue, Delaina Yaun, Xiajie Tan, Daoyou Feng, and Paul Andre Michael. For resources on how you can help support the AAPI community you can go to the following organizations: Red Canary Song: https://www.redcanarysong.net Safe Walks: https://www.instagram.com/safewalksnyc/?hl=enSwell Season Surf Radio is recorded by NewsStand studios at Rockefeller Center in the heart of Manhattan and is Distributed by WAX.Radio
This episode features three interviews with organizers and scholars concerned with Asian migrant sex work: SWAN Vancouver (Alison Clancey and Kelly Go), Dr. Lily Wong, and Dr. Yuri Doolan. On March 16, 2021, Robert Aaron Long targeted three Atlanta-area spas and massage parlors and killed eight people: Delania Ashley Yuan González, Xiaojie Tan, Daoyou Feng, Paul Andre Michels, Hyun Jung Grant, Soon Chung Park, Suncha Kim, and Yong Ae Yue. Six of these victims were Asian women. Within the days following the shooting, many groups representing women, Asian Americans, sex workers, and migrants, have collectively mourned and sent strength and solidarity to the eight victims and their families. This podcast episode seeks to express solidarity with these groups by highlighting the work of scholars and organizers who have been studying the racially encoded figures and the broader histories of Asian migrant sex work. We hope to give space here to understand how the violence that occurred on March 16 was imbricated within a racial capitalist structure that views Asian and Asian American women as disposable objects, a view that has been historically continuous with the histories of Chinese exclusion (initiated by fears of Chinese sex workers and yellow peril), and with over one hundred and fifty years of US imperialism in Asia, from the colonial theft of Hawai'i and the Philippine-American War to Japanese Incarceration, The Korean War, The Vietnam War, and the growth of over eight-hundred military bases across the world. As the organizers and scholars interviewed here stress, it is crucial now to join groups local and international that stand for the decriminalization of migration and sex work, and to reject calls for hate-crime laws or anti-sex trafficking laws, or any legislation that would bring more policing, all of which would only make migrants and sex workers more vulnerable and stigmatized. Christopher B. Patterson is an Assistant Professor in the Social Justice Institute at the University of British Columbia. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/book-of-the-day
This episode features three interviews with organizers and scholars concerned with Asian migrant sex work: SWAN Vancouver (Alison Clancey and Kelly Go), Dr. Lily Wong, and Dr. Yuri Doolan. On March 16, 2021, Robert Aaron Long targeted three Atlanta-area spas and massage parlors and killed eight people: Delania Ashley Yuan González, Xiaojie Tan, Daoyou Feng, Paul Andre Michels, Hyun Jung Grant, Soon Chung Park, Suncha Kim, and Yong Ae Yue. Six of these victims were Asian women. Within the days following the shooting, many groups representing women, Asian Americans, sex workers, and migrants, have collectively mourned and sent strength and solidarity to the eight victims and their families. This podcast episode seeks to express solidarity with these groups by highlighting the work of scholars and organizers who have been studying the racially encoded figures and the broader histories of Asian migrant sex work. We hope to give space here to understand how the violence that occurred on March 16 was imbricated within a racial capitalist structure that views Asian and Asian American women as disposable objects, a view that has been historically continuous with the histories of Chinese exclusion (initiated by fears of Chinese sex workers and yellow peril), and with over one hundred and fifty years of US imperialism in Asia, from the colonial theft of Hawai'i and the Philippine-American War to Japanese Incarceration, The Korean War, The Vietnam War, and the growth of over eight-hundred military bases across the world. As the organizers and scholars interviewed here stress, it is crucial now to join groups local and international that stand for the decriminalization of migration and sex work, and to reject calls for hate-crime laws or anti-sex trafficking laws, or any legislation that would bring more policing, all of which would only make migrants and sex workers more vulnerable and stigmatized. Christopher B. Patterson is an Assistant Professor in the Social Justice Institute at the University of British Columbia.
This week I am all by my onesie because it is #MentalHealthHiatus time!!! I'm back on my normal mental health hiatus schedule and will be "off" the entire month of April. Now I know I'll find ways to keep working but I really do need to take some time to decompress and deal with my current stresses. Keep an eye on our social media, however, because there may be a treat or two on the show over the next month. * * * This discussion was recorded back in January 2021, so we do not address the recent murders of 6 women of Asian descent, 2 people of European descent, and injuring 1 man of Latino descent. Hyun Jung Grant, 51; Suncha Kim, 69; Soon Chung Park, 74; Yong Ae Yue, 63; Delaina Ashley Yaun, 33; Xiaojie Tan, 49; Daoyou Feng, 44; and Paul Andre Michels, 54. Elcias R. Hernandez-Ortiz, 30, who was seriously injured In light of these murders and the recent increase in violence towards people of Asian descent, I have created a Mixed & Hella Asian fundraising t-shirt. 100% of the profits will be donated to various organizations that are doing work to stop violence in the AAPI community. https://www.militantlymixed.com/merch/p/mixed-hella-asian-fundraiser-t-shirt Organizations include but are not limited to... Stop AAPI Hate - https://stopaapihate.org/ Butterfly Asian and Migrant Sex Worker Network - https://www.butterflysw.org/ Asian Americans Advancing Justice-Atlanta - https://www.advancingjustice-atlanta.org/donate * * * If you are interested in supporting Sharmane's comic book shop Gulf Coast Cosmos fundraiser please go to http://patreon.com/GulfCoastCosmos * * * #GetMaskedByMane by shopping at Masks By Mane for all your reuseable cloth mask needs. https://MasksByMane.com * * * Also, if you would like to visit my virtual comic book store, head on over to Gulf Coast Cosmos for all your comic book needs. * * * You can continue the conversation on our private Facebook group after you listen to this episode at http://facebook.com/groups/militantlymixed * * * Produced and Edited by Sharmane Fury Music by: David Bogan, the One - https://www.dbtheone.com/ * * * Connect with us on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook or send me a voice memo over email at Sharmane@militantlymixed.com. * * * Militantly Mixed is a fan-sponsored podcast, if you are enjoying the show please consider sponsoring us on Patreon or Paypal today! Thank you. This is a ManeHustle Media Podcast. Turn your side hustle into your ManeHustle.
In this episode, Jordan and Ambree are joined by Alyssa Sunew (@alyssasunew), an Asian-American friend of the podcast, for the second week! In the second part of this two week conversation, the three discuss the experience of Asian-Americans and allyship between them and the African-American community. The backdrop of the conversation is the recent mass shooting in Atlanta in which 8 people were killed, 6 of whom were Asian- American women by a white gunman. For more information on the event, please click here. We are proponents of using our platform to give a voice to members of marginalized communities. We stand with the Asian community, and will continue to work to eradicate white supremacy and the many ways it poisons our societies. Thank you to Alyssa Sunew for sharing her experiences with us and our listeners. We remember the names of the victims: Xiaojie Tan, Delaina Yaun, Daoyou Feng, Yong Ae Yue, Hyun Jung Grant, Soon Chung Park, Suncha Kim, and Paul Andre Michels. Below we have linked some resources to learn about this event and support some of the victim's families. Relationship between the Black and Asian American communities Anti- Asian Violence Resources Pronunciation of the Victim's Names GoFundMe for Hyun Jung Grant Family --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/getintoit/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/getintoit/support
Hello everyone. In light of the Atlanta shooting on March 16, we decided to do a 2 episode installment discussing anti-Asian sentiment and racism. In this part, we discuss the Atlanta shooting and some big parts of AAPI history and hope you can process/learn with us (at least a little). We'll be posting resources on ways that you can help the AAPI community on Instagram, so make sure to follow us. Also, we compiled a list of AAPI businesses in the DMV, so please please please check them out and send them some love!! As always, if you want to talk to us, don't hesitate to DM us on Instagram, shoot us an email, or send us a voice message on Anchor; we're here for you. Love: Srija, Brianna, and Rachel AAPI Businesses in the DMV: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qr5ScbWGT2yj4FEgXSdHeX9iSBlda8SsrVxjqZvgDUI/edit?usp=sharing Instagram: @realiteen.check Email: realiteen.check.podcast@gmail.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/realiteen-check/message
In this episode we talk to Rachel Duong. Join us as she talks about the challenges she faces as an Asian American woman, her feelings about the recent violence towards Asian Americans, her experience with her parents and the generational divide over activism, and so much more! STOP ASIAN HATE! Intro: Stop Asian Hate/Covid-19 Hate Crimes Act promo vid shared by Rep. Grace Meng Outro: Rev. Dr. William Barber II at Anti-Asian Hate Rally in Atlanta Music: "Testfy" By Nas Say Their Names: Xiaojie Tan (Emily) 49 Delaina Ashley Yaun 33 Paul Andre Michels 54 Daoyou Feng 44 Hyun Jung Grant (née Kim) 51 Suncha Kim 69 Soon Chung Park 74 Yong Ae Yue 63 Fund to help the families of the Atlanta shooting victims: https://actionnetwork.org/fundraising/support-georgias-asian-american-community/ Community fund that will go to trusted AAPI organizations: https://www.gofundme.com/c/act/stop-aapi-hate More resources: https://anti-asianviolenceresources.carrd.co/
This week I am joined by Kate Medina, one of the Directors at Mixed at Berkeley. We speak about mourning the loss of what could have been in the time of COVID and the joy of food from our multiple cultures. Follow Kate Medina ... Instagram: @Piece__of__Kate * * * This discussion was recorded back in January 2021, so we do not address the recent murders of 6 women of Asian descent, 2 people of European descent, and injuring 1 man of Latino descent. Hyun Jung Grant, 51; Suncha Kim, 69; Soon Chung Park, 74; Yong Ae Yue, 63; Delaina Ashley Yaun, 33; Xiaojie Tan, 49; Daoyou Feng, 44; and Paul Andre Michels, 54. Elcias R. Hernandez-Ortiz, 30, who was seriously injured In light of these murders and the recent increase in violence towards people of Asian descent, I have created a Mixed & Hella Asian fundraising t-shirt. 100% of the profits will be donated to various organizations that are doing work to stop violence in the AAPI community. https://www.militantlymixed.com/merch/p/mixed-hella-asian-fundraiser-t-shirt Organizations include but are not limited to... Stop AAPI Hate - https://stopaapihate.org/ Butterfly Asian and Migrant Sex Worker Network - https://www.butterflysw.org/ Asian Americans Advancing Justice-Atlanta - https://www.advancingjustice-atlanta.org/donate * * * If you are interested in supporting Sharmane's comic book shop Gulf Coast Cosmos fundraiser please go to http://patreon.com/GulfCoastCosmos * * * #GetMaskedByMane by shopping at Masks By Mane for all your reuseable cloth mask needs. https://MasksByMane.com * * * Also, if you would like to visit my virtual comic book store, head on over to Gulf Coast Cosmos for all your comic book needs. * * * You can continue the conversation on our private Facebook group after you listen to this episode at http://facebook.com/groups/militantlymixed * * * Produced and Edited by Sharmane Fury Music by: David Bogan, the One - https://www.dbtheone.com/ * * * Connect with us on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook or send me a voice memo over email at Sharmane@militantlymixed.com. * * * Militantly Mixed is a fan-sponsored podcast, if you are enjoying the show please consider sponsoring us on Patreon or Paypal today! Thank you. This is a ManeHustle Media Podcast. Turn your side hustle into your ManeHustle.
In this episode, Jordan and Ambree are joined by Alyssa Sunew (@alyssasunew), an Asian-American friend of the podcast. In the first part of this two week conversation, the three discuss the recent rise in attacks against Asian-Americans. The backdrop of the conversation is the recent mass shooting in Atlanta in which 8 people were killed, 6 of whom were Asian- American women by a white gunman. For more information on the event, please click here. We are proponents of using our platform to give a voice to members of marginalized communities. We stand with the Asian community, and will continue to work to eradicate white supremacy and the many ways it poisons our societies. Thank you to Alyssa Sunew for sharing her experiences with us and our listeners. We remember the names of the victims: Xiaojie Tan, Delaina Yaun, Daoyou Feng, Yong Ae Yue, Hyun Jung Grant, Soon Chung Park, Suncha Kim, and Paul Andre Michels. Below we have linked some resources to learn about this event and support some of the victim's families. Anti- Asian Violence Resources Pronunciation of the Victim's Names GoFundMe for Hyun Jung Grant Family Anti-Asian Hate Crime Statistics referenced in episode --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/getintoit/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/getintoit/support
The week we're giving you our feature episode from the KMH podcast. We also want to send condolences to those who lost loved ones in the past week from the senseless acts of violence in Boulder, Colorado and Atlanta, Georgia. We love you guys and please stay safe. Atlanta- Delaina Ashley Yaun, Xiaojie Tan, Daoyou Feng, Paul Andre Michels, Elcias R Hernandez-Ortiz, Hyun Jung Grant, Soon Chung Park, Suncha Kim, Yong Ae YueBoulder- Eric Talley, Kevin Mahoney, Teri Leiker, Rikki Olds, Lynn Murray, Tralona Bartkowiak, Suzanne Fountain, Denny Stong, Jody Waters, Neven Stanisic, Support the show
Warning: Explicit Conversations About Politics, Culture, & Sexuality It's our 13th ride on the F.D.R. Love Train, now roaring through a Tunnel of Darkness as we react, mourn, explore and analyze the horrific mass murder of eight people in the “Spa Shootings” that started in the little village of Acworth, Georgia and spread through Atlanta. Was it a “Hate Crime” against sex workers as well as Asian-American women? What is “sex addiction,” and why did the self-confessed mass murderer, Robert Aaron Long, use that long-debunked term to explain what Captain Jay Baker of the Cherokee County Sheriff's Office so infuriatingly called a “really bad day for him”? Who are the victims who actually HAD a “really bad day,” and how can we honor their loss with love? Xiaojie Tan, Hyun Jung Grant, Daoyou Feng, Soon Chung Park, Suncha Kim, Yong Ae Yue, Delaina Ashley Yaun, Paul Andre Michels are the names of the dead. Elcias Hernandez-Ortiz was critically injured. The Georgia Massage Parlor Massacre appears to have been a terrible *perfect storm* of three converging toxic factors: 1) Religious sexual abuse; in this case, a devoutly Evangelical, erotophobic cult of “purity” fostered by the killer's family, church (Crabapple First Baptist) and treatment centers (HopeQuest and Maverick) operating almost like a terrorist “cell,” 2) The Sex Addictionology racket; “sex addiction” being a bogus diagnosis (not accepted in the DSM-5), yet an extremely popular accusation AND excuse for unconventional or just bad behavior, as well as the Religious Right's current term of shame for old-time “sin”; and 3) Guns; easy availability (no waiting period) and, while most erotic activities and even sexual thoughts are denigrated, a “fetish” for firearms is elevated, thereby creating a lethal “ammosexual” desire to fire phallic weaponry, instead of just “shooting” the “gun” between your legs safely and consensually. We also discuss the Armie Hammer “cannibalism” story's development into a full-on LAPD rape investigation; Biden's threatening war of “killer” claims with Putin; how proud we are that America is finally #1 in the world regarding something good (vaccinations!), but that we still need to mask up (and make it sexy!). We also talk with Elvis tribute artist Smokey Binion, Jr. (calling in from a small Texas panhandle town that's almost as Christian-conservative a community as Acworth) who longs to “shake a leg” (which leg?) in Bonoboville, and we enjoy a few eargasms and jokes (laughter is a mental orgasm). But our focus is primarily on the tragic and appalling Massage Parlor Massacre, and the best antidote to the mounting madness is following the Bonobo Way of sex-positivity, female empowerment, male well-being and peace through pleasure. That's not artificial consumerist pleasure, but real organic healing pleasure. Post-show, we play a very relevant 2012 throwback, “From ‘The Myth of Sex Addiction' to a Sex Addict Orgy,” featuring The Myth of Sex Addiction author Dr. David Ley. We also thank some of our comrades, including Goddess Soma Snakeoil, Veronica Monet and the wonderful folks at DomCon and Sanctuary, for their uplifting activism in sex work and the sex-positive community during these troubled times. Let's decriminalize and destigmatize consenting adult sex work now! Read more: https://drsusanblock.com/fdr-massage-massacre For more on Weapons of Masked Seduction, go to: https://drsusanblockinstitute.com/sexymasks Need to talk PRIVATELY about Religious Sexual Abuse or something you can't talk about anywhere else? You can talk with us… Call the Therapists Without Borders of the Dr. Susan Block Institute anytime: 213.291.9497. For more information, visit https://drsusanblockinstitute.com/religious-abuse or https://drsusanblockinstitute.com/phone-sex-therapy. You won't go to Hell for it. But you just might feel a lot better.
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This is a statement from the APIDA (Asian, Pacific Islander, and Desi) + Christianity Life Together group of New City Church in response to the mass shooting in Atlanta this week. New City Church is based out of Minneapolis, MN. Details for Sunday morning worship, Life Together groups (all of which you can participate in virtually) and more are on their website. Website: http://grownewcity.church/ Facebook: facebook.com/GrowNewCity Instagram: @grownewcity Watch the statement here. Statement: New City Church is horrified by the mass shooting in Georgia. We grieve with the families of the victims and all who mourn their loss. Park Soon Chung, Hyun Jung Grant, Kim Suncha, Yue Yong Ae, Xiaojie Tan (谭小杰), Daoyou Feng, Delaina Ashley Yaun, Paul Andre Michels. Six of the eight people killed were Asian. Seven were women. This attack is part of a long pattern of anti-Asian racism, xenophobia, racialized misogyny, toxic masculinity, exotification, and fetishization. Before the Chinese Exclusion Act in 1882, Chinese women were specifically targeted with the Page Act, which barred them from entering the country on the grounds that these “immoral Chinese women” would become sex workers. Abroad, U.S. imperialism in Asia has created and perpetuated a racialized, misogynist narrative of Asian women as objects of military conquest. In the past year there has been a marked rise in anti-Asian violence that disproportionately targets women and the elderly. The shooting in Georgia is the most egregious example of a larger and longer history of violence. Likewise, the continued cultural stigma and hatred against sex workers, particularly female and trans sex workers, continues to drive violence against all women, whether they are sex workers or not. We also recognize the systemic violence that is done to migrant workers, including sex workers, by criminalization and deportation. At New City Church, we denounce in no uncertain terms the white supremacy, purity culture, racialized misogyny, toxic masculinity, and gun culture that converged in this murderous event. We believe that all of these are examples of Empire, which is what Jesus came to dismantle. We remember that throughout the Bible, God chose marginalized people to move through the world. God chose women (like Anna), and outsiders (like Ruth), and sex workers (like Rahab) to show the world that we must center marginalized voices if we are to love God--and indeed, if we are to survive at all. And so, we are committed to ongoing and prayerful work to dismantle these logics of harm in our systems, our church, and ourselves. With God's help, we will continue to practice collective liberation on earth as it is in heaven. Permission to re-upload granted by Rev Tyler H Sit. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/glammump/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/glammump/support
In this episode, Devin and David provide resources for being actively against anti-Asian violence, try to unravel SZA's thick web of white lies, and break down (very) unfiltered feelings about Sam Levinson's MALCOM & MARIE. Be sure to follow us on the Stereo app (@davidhparker / @devintyfranklin) to get notifications when we record our podcasts live! You can also check out our Patreon at http://patreon.com/thequeercode for hours of exclusive video and uncut content. Do the Work:https://anti-asianviolenceresources.carrd.co/ (SOON CHUNG PARK, 74; SUNCHA KIM, 69; YONG AE YUE, 63; HYUN JUNG GRANT, 51; XIAOJIE TAN, 49; DELAINA YAUN, 33; DAOYOU FENG, 44; PAUL ANDRE MICHELS, 54)https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.comSpecial thanks to:Rachel-Marie Strazza (@the.rachelmarie), showrunner and Ecuadorian dynamiteLew Williams (@lewcifer9), resident artist and raging bisexualFollow The Queer Code on Social Media!@davidhparker_ / @devintyfranklin / insta: @thequeercode & twitter: @queercodepodSupport the show (http://patreon.com/thequeercode)
Heavy, mismanaged, and disorganized episode. I have a lot to say regarding Britney Spears, Mrs. Markle, Sarah Everard, Soon Chung Park, Hyun Jung Grant, Suncha Kim, Yong Ae Yue, Xiaojie Tan and Daoyou Feng. Bare with me but I hope I made my point. We can do more for our women. Specifically our women of colour.
Conner and Mr. Well-Travelled meet this week to discuss the tragic, racist fueled shooting in Atlanta, Georgia and the response on social media. We honor those victims by saying their names: Delaina Ashley Yaun, 33 Paul Andre Michels, 54 Xiaojie Tan, 49 Daoyou Feng, 44 Soon Chung Park, 74 Hyun JungGrant, 51 Suncha Kim, 69 Yong Ae Yue Elcias Hernandes Ortiz (survivor) Links from this episode include: Atlanta Shootings: Asian Americans Speak Out About Hate Crimes - https://youtu.be/4VcH4XeG-i4 The Dark History of the Washington State Fairgrounds During WWII - http://www.southsoundtalk.com/2018/12/21/the-dark-history-of-the-washington-state-fairgrounds-during-wwii/ Daniel Dae Kim Speaks to Congress About Anti-Asian Hate - https://youtu.be/fRhkZ5EZnJo Donate - https://stopaapihate.org/ The Making of Asian America: A History - https://www.amazon.com/dp/1476739412/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_fabc_RXGKAWGNPQSGT7A7GR8H
We take a pause to acknowledge the f*cked up, senseless hate crimes committed against (mostly Asian women) Xiaojie Tan, Delaina Ashley Yaun, Daoyou Feng, Soon Chung Park, Hyun Grant, Paul Andre Michels, Suncha Kim, and Yong Ae Yue. Then, we try to lighten the mood with a lightning quiz segment.
On March 16, 2021, a gunman opened fired at three different massage parlors in the metropolitan area of Atlanta, Georgia. In less than three hours, 21-year-old Robert Aaron Long shot and killed eight people, six of whom were Asian women. Their names are:Soon Chung Park 박순정 (74 years old)Hyun Jung Grant [김]현정 (51)Sun Cha Kim 김순자 (69)Yong Ae Yue 유용애 (63)Delaina Ashley Yaun (33)Paul Andre Michels (54)Xiaojie Tan 谭小洁 (49)Daoyou Feng 冯道友 (44)Jane Shi and I had scheduled our March 17 interview weeks ago. We deliberated over whether we should go ahead, in light of the previous day's event, and ultimately decided to talk about it. Jane and I discuss the March 16 Atlanta shooting (02:20); how class, citizenship, and the justice system interact in anti-Asian and sex worker violence (10:15); how people can meaningfully engage in the migrant sex worker issue (28:15); Canada's Bill C-7 (30:27); Jane's personal and political formation (38:00); and some of her other work and advocacy.Please note that Jane works as an outreach worker for SWAN Vancouver, an organization that supports and advocates for migrant women engaged in indoor sex work. However, for this interview, she is solely speaking on behalf of herself, and not her organization.BioJane Shi is a writer, poet, editor, community organizer, filmmaker, and dumpling-maker. These disciplinary hats converge in a lifelong interest in cultural reclamation, survivorship, and healing intergenerational trauma. She is a graduate of The Writer's Studio program at Simon Fraser University, and an alumni of English Honours and Asian Canadian and Asian Migration studies at the University of British Columbia. She is currently a submissions editor at Room. Her latest endeavour is infodumpling, a recipe zine that raises funds for #LandBack initiatives and Black reparation funds.Support her on Patreon. janeshi.orgTwitterInstagramEpisode notesHow Jane is feeling right now. [02:20]Reciting the names of the victims that were released at that point. [04:52]How people in Jane's network are responding to the attack; prevailing sentiments, flattening of incident into anti Asian racism. [05:36]How class, citizenship, and the justice system interact in violence against sex workers; Yang Song's death; who gets humanized after a mass murder. [10:15]Is there a connection between the Atlanta shooting and the constant vilification and/or criticism of China? [15:25]Differences in migrant sex work situation and anti-Asian racism between Canada and the U.S. [18:20]How the attacks have shifted Jane's approach and work going forward. [24:00]How people can meaningfully engage in the migrant sex worker issue: FOSTA-SESTA, decriminalize sex work, donate to Swan Vancouver, Red Canary Song, Butterfly Toronto. [28:15]Bill C-7 (MAID). [30:27]Jane's early life, so far; decline of Shanghainese, different dialects. [38:00]How Jane's political worldviews formed: UBC, WAVAW; TMX Pipeline protest, land defender Stacy Gallagher sentencing. [43:00]Questions from Jane to GRP: how Tibetan and Chinese diasporas can work together, how this podcast started. [49:00]Closing: Twitter voices, online accessibility. [55:30] This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit agoodrefugee.substack.com
The Fulton County Medical Examiner released the names of the victims in the Atlanta mass killings: Soon C. Park, 74; Hyun Jung Grant, 51; Suncha Kim, 69; Yong A. Yue, 63; Delaina Ashley Yaun, 33; Xiaojie Tan, 49, who owned one of the massage businesses; Paul Andre Michels, 52; Daoyou Feng, 44. CORRECTION: Elcias Hernandez-Ortiz (from Guatemala) remains hospitalized in intensive care after being shot in the head outside Youngs Asian Massage. He will need facial surgery. Stop AAPI Hate documents 3,795 racially motivated attacks against Asian Americans from March 2020 to February 2021, noting that the number is likely a fraction of the attacks that occurred, because many were not reported to the group. Racist tweets made 10 years ago have cost Alexi McCammond, 27, her new job as editor in chief at TEEN VOGUE, which she was supposed to start next week. Five White House staffers have been fired for disclosures of past marijuana use. New data from the Anti-Defamation League show domestic violent extremists pose a heightened security threat in 2021. Updates on Coronavirus worldwide, France monthlong lockdown, and AstraZeneca vaccine hesitancy in Europe. Britain's use of “one jab” approach drops death rates dramatically in that country, despite AstraZeneca halt elsewhere due to concerns over blood clots. In the U.S.: How to get a vaccine shot — The Wall Street Journal's state-by-state guide — provides website and hotlines as of March 18, and will be updated once a week: https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-to-get-a-covid-19-vaccine-a-state-by-state-guide-11611703769?st=mzk8g8tkeiaehxj&reflink=share_mobilewebshare Each state is different, with some allowing residents to pre register and others coordinating via employer or local health department. NOTE: AstraZeneca vaccine has not yet been approved in the U.S. My reference to Detroit Mayor Duggan getting in hot water for refusing vaccine involved one dose Johnson & Johnson not AstraZeneca. --- 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/sabah-fakhoury/message