Margin Notes S2 Episode 1: On bodies and body hair
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In the first episode of Season 2, we chat all things body hair - when it is and isn't deemed socially acceptable on queer and culturally diverse bodies, and how it shapes our identities.
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Margin Notes S2 Episode 2: On micro aggressions
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We talk about microaggressions - when racism, homophobia and other prejudice is experienced, even in 'small doses', it builds up and corrodes our sense of self and belonging.
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Margin Notes S2 Episode 3: On parenting, loss and grief
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In this episode, we feature guest writer, Gemma Killen. Gem and Yen share their experience of losing their son to stillbirth. Trigger warning - we talk about grief, infant death, and loss.
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Margin Notes S2 Episode 4: On interracial relationships
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What's it like being in an interracial relationship? How do we navigate the expectations of our families, and society at large? And when does cultural difference become a challenge?
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Margin Notes S2 Episode 5: On animals
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This episode, we talk animals and culture. How do we treat animals? And how does our culture inform this?
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Margin Notes S2 Episode 6: On sexuality and coming of age
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Ah, our twenties. We remember those years fondly - full of sexual awakening, poor decision making, and riotous fun. We get nostalgic, talk love and sex, and our halcyon days of youth.
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Margin Notes S2 Episode 7: On work and culture
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We hear from guest writer, Phi Phi Nguyen, who shares her story of growing up as the child of migrants on the NSW South Coast. Watching her family work incredibly hard to make a life in their new home shaped Phi Phi's attitude towards work, which we explore alongside what it's like to grow up in a majority white town as a migrant, and more!
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Margin Notes Episode 6 : Living with chronic pain
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In the final episode of Season 1 of Margin Notes, guest artists Naomi Barnbaum shares her memoir of living with chronic illness. How do our experiences of pain define who we are? And how do we come to terms with our bodies being forever changed by illness?
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Margin Notes Episode 5 : Travelling and migrant guilt
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In this episode, Yen and Zoya explore the unique experience of travelling as a migrant, and the phenomenon of migrant guilt. How do we reconcile our privilege as immigrants with the simultaneous experience of alienation?
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Margin Notes Episode 4: When race and sexual identity collide
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When you've grown up in worlds that are wildly apart, can migrant parents ever truly understand their children who are more a product of their adopted country than their parents' birthplace? And how does migrant identity intersect with sexuality? This episode of Margin Notes is about family, identity, and understanding each other despite the distances between our experiences. Yen Eriksen shares their memoir of visiting China with their mother, and the process of coming out as queer to migrant parents.
info_outlineIn this episode, Yen Eriksen shares an evocative piece of memoir about cultural legacy, family and making sticky rice. How does food create a connection to culture, and how do we maintain this link as migrants?