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06/11/2022

Chain Play is on a podcast! The team at Asian Bi***es Down Under had a chat about the show with Sammy Jing (Director for 'How Asian Are You?) and Natania McLeod Roberts (Writer on 'Where There's a Will, There's a Way' and Assistant Director for 'How Asian Are You?')

Find out more about what our team has been up to in this special 30 minute interview!

Listen on Onmy Studio, Apple Podcast, Spotify, or search 'Asian Bi***es Down Under' wherever you get your podcasts: https://linktr.ee/asianBDU

29/12/2020

“Best of 2020” Ratched : marginalised people treating marginalised people

After watching the whole season one of “Ratched”, I had one week to ponder, finally decided to write about it. The last time I felt like this was a couple of years ago, with “Your children is not your children” (Also on Netflix, Taiwanese dystopian mini-series based on a book about Taiwanese parenting culture)

First season contains 8 episodes, rumours of season two in production.

This drama is the prequel of the movie/1962’s novel “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest”. When I know about the the novel that Ratched was based from, I had already approached episode 3. And When I saw “Cuckoo”, I can’t help of displaying an devilish smile, and started to understand why Ratched is needed as the prequel.

Cuckoo, in Chinese is “Du-Juan-Niao”. Perhaps is the bird that could be recognized as one of the heartless animal. I thought this as ludicrous; who is to determine what is heartless? To determine who is full of humanity? Most likely the ones with power and high up on the hierarchy tower, the human. Why Cuckoo is recognised as ‘heartless’? Because Cuckoo would push other eggs in other birds’ nest out, and lay their own eggs in that nest, almost like giving up their children for adoption.

Even though I have not watched “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest”, while watching Ratched, the feeling of seeing much of the elements/behaviours of Cuckoo is there.

There has not been much of Chinese critic or review of this drama. The ones I have read had used the word ‘bian-tai’(abnormal/creep/pervert) labelling the drama. It’s a feeling of both sadness and ridicule when I read the reviews/critics, “another self-entitled society labelling what they think they know” is what I thought. Very one-dimensional. Nurse Ratched had been labelled “angel of mercy” in the drama, I agree that “angel of mercy” is a much more appropriate title.

In order not to spoil it for anyone who has not seen it, I would only speak of the performance of the actresses/actors, the characters, period-setting and the questions I have about the drama.

08/12/2020

childhood drink+summer dessert, winter melon tea and jelly. I remember vividly street vendors in Taiwan market sells the jelly from the glass cabinet, the sweet cooling jelly is always refreshing after a day a school. 😉

08/12/2020

LOL, no thanks. No whitening products in our household.

08/12/2020

Anti-racism. Please take accountability and educate yourself, the burden placed upon BIPOC is just too much.

29/11/2020

This is how we spend our 35 degrees morning 😆

23/11/2020

On episode #37, our discussion on detrimental frame work of the society on categorisation of men.

19/11/2020

New episode out now! Make sure you subscribe to our podcast on Apple/Google/Spotify!

17/11/2020

EP35, we talk about the aesthetics movement during lockdowns with implications of sexism/racism

16/11/2020

What the fu***ng f**k 🤯

13/11/2020

New Japanese drama! This is such a fu***ng hilarious (and very silly and stupid) drama about an ex-gangster turn househusband, seeing man doing domestic chores and appreciating the hard work is kind of therapeutic but also knowing it’s hardly going to happen in the real world is sad 😂

12/11/2020

Ready for another recording today 🤪 Jake taken my spot.

06/11/2020

Episode 34: Ageism in Hollywood

06/11/2020

had made it to the list! 100 GREAT READS FROM AUSTRALIAN WOMEN IN 2020!!!

04/11/2020

03/11/2020

New&Worthy 🤩 thank you for acknowledging our worthiness 🤪

30/10/2020

Omg my heart ❤️❤️❤️

29/10/2020

Episode 33 Language discrimination. Politicians use English proficiency standards to undermine the ability of migrants or non-English speakers.

29/10/2020

This week’s reading bunch

28/10/2020

Short clip from Episode 33: Asexuality|Polyamory

22/10/2020

Really for another recording session, seems like my recording companion in his zen place already. XHelen

19/10/2020

Our observation of Newtown, full episode on Apple Google Spotify 🎙 +

13/10/2020