HERstory Southeast Asia

08/03/2025

Happy ! ✊🏾

Today, we are launching the first episode of season 3 as we celebrate the strength, resilience, and contributions of women throughout history and in our communities. But beyond celebration, it's a call to action.

💬 Speak up against discrimination
🌸 Support survivors of wartime sexual violence
📚 Empower women & girls through education
📖 Remember herstory

Let’s and continue pushing for a more just and equitable future!

08/03/2025

New season, new stories — this time, we’re diving into the herstory of Southeast Asia in . Their resistance and resilience helped shape independence movements, political landscapes, and ongoing fights for justice. Celebrate by centering their stories and pushing to for gender equality.

🌸 Special thanks to Pink Trash Project for their powerful song, Babae, featured in this episode!

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Listen to "Babae" by Pink Trash Project: https://herstoryseapod.short.gy/zdn3Jg

08/02/2025

History often forgets the women who fought for freedom—but we don’t.

In the last episode of Season 2, we sit down with Salud Algabre's granddaughter, the artist Ana Algabre Hernandez, to understand her leadership in a male-dominated movement, her resilience in the face of defeat, and the powerful legacy she left behind.

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🌐 Visit her website: https://anaalgabrehernandez.com/

As always, thank you to our patrons: Kete, Christopher, Shereen, Geraineon, Xiaomei by Milish, Jennifer, Christina, Raymond, Matt, Ashley, Chanda, and Yati.

01/02/2025

Manila Carnival Queen ✨

Commissioned by Ms. Agas Ramirez of HERstory Southeast Asia

25/01/2025

💌 In this two-part episode, we discuss Henerala Salud Algabre, a prominent member of Sakdal, a Filipino peasant organization founded in 1930 to oppose American colonialism and the ruling elites in the Philippines.

She led an uprising in May 1935 in Cabuyao, Laguna to disrupt a plebiscite tied to the Tydings-McDuffie Act, which offered delayed independence. Always brave, sometimes controversial, here's her story.

📣 Full episode now available for free! Visit Patreon for bonus episodes and additional content.

Thank you to our patrons: Christopher, Shereen, Geraineon, Xiaomei by Milish, Jennifer, Christina, Raymond, Matt, Ashley, Chanda, and Yati

14/12/2024

Episode 28 of ✨From leading troops and smuggling information to nursing wounded soldiers and running revolutionary organizations, we question the narratives that put the women of the Philippine revolution in a "supporting" role.

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30/09/2024

Tatler Asia Front & Female editor's picks: The best podcasts by women and for women! Thank you for including HERstory Southeast Asia in your list. 26 regular episodes available for free, 9 bonus episodes available on Patreon. ✨

Our pick of the podcasts that speak to us as women to listen to this International Podcast Day and beyond

30/09/2024

I’ve been exploring short story anthologies recently, my most recently read ones being Intan Paramaditha’s Apple and Knife (2018), Eka Kurniawan’s Kitchen Curse (2019), and Sayaka…

03/08/2024

VOTE for HERstory SEA at the Awards 2024 (History Category!) Your support would mean a lot in sharing the history of women in Southeast Asia to the world.

Vote here: https://womeninpodcasting.net/category/history/

21/07/2024

This is part of two of us revisiting the Minangkabau matrilineal society.

In the previous episode, we talked about Ruhana Kuddus, Indonesia’s First Female Journalist. In this episode, we’re going to talk about Soenting Melajoe, the pioneering indigenous women's newspaper published from 1912-1921 in the Minangkabau community in West Sumatra.

Research and writing for this episode was in collaboration with Joanna Que, with additional research from AJ Miras-Guevarra.

If you haven’t listened to episode 25 yet, go check that out first as we’ll be referencing that here.

Thank you to our patrons: Geraineon, Lawrence, Beverly, Xiaomei by Milish, Jennifer, Christina, Raymond, Matt, Ashley, Asha, Chanda, and Yati. 🎉

08/08/2023

HERstory: Southeast Asia Thank you to our patrons: Yati, Charlie, Shereen, Matt, Raymond, Christina, Jennifer, Xiaomeiby Milish, Beverly, Alyssa, and Lawrence. This is Part 3 of the series on Meet Me at the Manila Carnival. For 31 years, young women from across the country vied for the title of Mis...

02/07/2023

ICYMI 🎧 Episode 9 features Indradevi, the Poet Queen of Angkor. She is one of Cambodia's first known women poets and the author of the Sanskrit poem inscribed on the stele at the temple of Phimeanakas in Siem Reap. Excerpt here! 👇🏾

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24/06/2023

NEW EPISODE! Meet Me at the Manila Carnival: Becoming Miss Philippines (1909-1926) Excerpt below. 🎧

We’re continuing our deep dive into the Manila Carnival, a two-week festival held during the early American colonial period which culminated in the crowning of the queen and her court at an elaborate formal ball. For 31 years, young women from across the country vied for the title, navigating racial prejudice and standards of beauty, and becoming an integral part of the nation-building process.

Last time, we talked about the origins of the Manila Carnival and how we found our first queen, in so many senses of the word, in Pura Garcia Villanueva Kalaw. Listen to that episode first if you haven’t. Now, in part 2 we’ll follow the Carnival as it comes into its own. This is Part Two: Becoming Miss Philippines, 1909 to 1926.

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23/05/2023

ICYMI 🎧: Episode 7 features the Minangkabau matrilineal society in West Sumatra, Indonesia which traces descent and inheritance through the female line. With guest, writer and podcaster, Haldi Patra. Sound on! 👇🏾

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20/05/2023

ICYMI 🎧: Episode 5.2 follows up on the story of prominent Indonesian national hero and author of Letters of a Javanese Princess, Raden Ajeng Kartini, with guest Priscilla Riabertha. When Kartini turned 12, she was "secluded," a common practice at the time for Javanese noblewomen. Excerpt below! 👇🏾

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18/05/2023

ICYMI: Episode 5 is a two-part episode that features Priscilla Riabertha who was then an undergrad at Gadjah Mada University, Indonesia.

Raden Ajeng Kartini is a prominent Indonesian national hero from Java. She was a pioneer in the area of education for girls and women's rights for Indonesians. Excerpt below! 🎧

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17/05/2023

May 12, 2023 | HERstory Southeast Asia is # 2 on the 5 Best Asian History Podcasts according to content reader, Feedspot. 🥳

https://blog.feedspot.com/asian_history_podcasts/

15/05/2023

ICYMI: In ep 4 we meet Aceh’s Laksamana (Admiral) Keumalahayati, the first female admiral in the world, who led the Inong Balee, an all-women army of widows. This episode features a song by the band Keubitbit. Excerpt below! 🎧

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