So we've been religiously using TikTok lately and unless you're living under a rock, that's where all the Gen Z's are hanging out. This week we are giving you the guide to Gen Z so you can understand and adapt yourself to fit in. Some things you need to think about are: - Don't wear skinny jeans - Don't use emojis unless it's this one 💀 - WRITE WITH UPPERCASE - Shorten your senten- We recommend you checking out Netflix's Hotel Cecil, which is about the mysterious case of Eliza...

Surprised? We're dropping in your feed a bit earlier this week because we wanted to celebrate Lunar New Year with you guys This week we're talking about how Lunar New Year has become more important as we get older - especially if you're a child of immigrants and don't have many family near you. We understand that for many people, Lunar New Year will be a bit different. Just hours before we started recording, our city Victoria in Australia went into a 5 day lockdown so we're also...

Another month, another cultural appropriation! This week we are switching things up. You might notice the show sounds a bit different and that's because we'll only be focusing on one topic per week to give us more time to really dig deeper into the topics we cover. Also, we're both expecting really a busy year for us personally so we wanted to make it manageable for ourselves. BUT let's talk about the problematic sex and relationship coach Kim Anami's music video called 'Kung Fu Vagina'....

HELLO JUICY LEMONERS! SEGMENT 1: White Monkey Jobs - The term ‘White Monkey job’ refers to racially motivated job offers. They usually offer vast sums of money for unusual work. The employment is peculiar because the only requirement is your foreign face. You don’t have to be exclusively Caucasian. - Is white monkey jobs problematic? - Why do Asian culture put Caucasian people on such a high pedestal? SEGMENT 2: Sleep Revenge - Journalist Daphne K Lee describes the phenomenon as...

WELCOME TO THE FIRST EPISODE OF 2021! You can follow Phil on TikTok here - @misterchinese SEGMENT 1: Bling Empire got us feely uncomfortable - Why has Netflix's new reality show about rich Asians have us feeling a bit uncomfortable? SEGMENT 2: The Mahjong Line - How did three white American ladies outrage the whole Asian Internet with their revamp version of Mahjong? Is this cultural appropriation? - We also discuss about how LV's $80,000 Mahjong doesn't bring us outrage. SEGMENT...

Hello Juicy Lemoners! This is our last episode of the year and then we'll be going on a little break over the Christmas holidays :) SEGMENT 1: The Influencer who Refuses to apologise over racial slurs and culture appropriation - A Caucasian influencer (who is allegedly French) who is currently studying in Singapore sparked outrage last week over her Instagram photos where she wore the Chinese traditional QiPao and posed with slanted eyes and wrote the caption that included 'ching chong'. ...

Hello Juicy Lemoners! Welcome to this week's episode! SEGMENT 1: The Asian Disaster Mindset - Have you noticed that your parents are always quick to jump to the worst case scenario of everything? - This week we're talking about the Asian Disaster Mindset as dubbed by Connie Wang from Refinery29 and how it is holding us back from pushing boundaries - Read the article here SEGMENT 2: What if Instead of Calling People Out, We Called Them In? - In a piece published by The New York Times...

Hello Juicy Lemoners! Welcome to this week's episode! SEGMENT 1: Modern Love Essay - On a recent episode of the Modern Love Podcast titled 'Confronting Race on the First Date', Andrew Lee recounted how he went on a date with an Asian women who said his Asian heritage would be an issue. - We discuss about how accepting or not accepting our own identities in our younger years may influence our dating in the future SEGMENT 2: Carl Lentz - Pastor influencer/celebrity Carl Lentz was in the...

Hello Juicy Lemoners! Welcome to this week's episode! SEGMENT 1: Grandchildren Clout - What do you do when your parents are pushing you to have kids but you don't want to? - Why are our parents so persistent and hung up over having grand kids? - Today we explore how having grandchildren is clout for them SEGMENT 2: Melissa Leong is WHO Magazine's Sexiest Person 2020 - When was the last time an Asian person was named as Sexiest Person in Western media? - We discuss how it's awesome...

Hello Juicy Lemoners! Welcome to this week's episode! It's all about Donald Trump SEGMENT 1: Joe Biden vs Donald Trump - It's the news that consumed us this week - the US Election. - Tom's not someone who's really into politics but even he has fallen for what has become a shitstorm in America - Why are so many people outside of America obsessed with this US election? SEGMENT 2: How I fell for a MLM endorsed by Donald Trump - Phil shares his story about how he fell for a multi-level...

Hello Juicy Lemoners! Welcome to this week's episode! SEGMENT 1: Lessons Learnt From 112 Days in Lockdown - As many places around the world are entering into their second lockdown, Melbourne has emerged from our second lockdown after 112 days. - We share what we learnt during lockdown and the things you should do during your second lockdown SEGMENT 2: Asians tuning into podcasts during the pandemic - This year has been a pivotable time for Asians across the world and more of us are...

Hello Juicy Lemoners! Welcome to this week's episode! SEGMENT 1: Being Bilingual is Finally Cool - YouTubers TiffWithMi (Tiffanie and Michy Lim) recently said in an interview that speaking Chinese in Singapore was no longer considered cool - For those of us living in countries like Australia, being bilingual is finally considered cool because it shows how worldly you are - Do you speak to your friends in another language other than English? SEGMENT 2: Childhood Traumas Caused By Our...

Asian Bitches Down Under is a new show on Lipp Media. Each week, sisters and Sydney locals Helen Stenbeck and Jessie Tu give searing intersectional feminist critiques on social and cultural issues relevant to Asians living in Australia and abroad. To celebrate Mid-Autumn Festival in early October, in this episode Jessie and Helen discuss Chinese poets who lived during the Tang Dynasty - Li Bai and Du Fu. Listen to Asian Bitches Down Under wherever you listen to us!   See acast.com/privacy...

Hello Juicy Lemoners! Welcome to this week's episode! SEGMENT 1: The Asian Aisle in Supermarkets - Celebrity chef and podcaster David Chang said that the Asian aisle in supermarkets were the 'last bastion' of racism in retail but is it really? Or is it just simply for shopping convenience? - SEGMENT 2: How do you deal with friends you don't politically agree with? - As the US election is nearing and many people are divided with how the Melbourne Premier Dan Andrews has dealt with the...

Hello Juicy Lemoners! Welcome to this week's episode! SEGMENT 1: BLACKPINK Nursing a Controversy - BLACKPINK's latest music video LoveSick has attracted some controversy this week after the Korean Nurse Union demanded a scene of Jennie wearing a nurse uniform was deemed 'sexualising' the profession. - Many Non-Korean fans don't understand how the outfit or scene was offensive but is it because we don't understand the culture and history of nurses in Korea? SEGMENT 2: Coming Out Day -...

Hello Juicy Lemoners! Welcome to this week's episode! SEGMENT 1: Cross Race Effect - Do we all really look the same? - We explore the 'cross race effect' and how science has proven that it's actually hard for us to identify people outside our race. More particularly hard for white people because they're not usually exposed to PoC (haha!) - We talk about the importance of diversity casting media - The Guardian Piece:...

Hello Juicy Lemoners! Welcome to this week's episode! SEGMENT 1: Gift Giving in Asian Culture - It's mooncake season but do you know what the etiquettes of gifting giving? SEGMENT 2: Japan Legalises Tattoos - Have you rebelled against the Asian grain and got a tattoo? Or dyed your hair? SEGMENT 3: Recommendations - Phil recommends The Social Dilemma on Netflix - Tom recommends This Is Paris on YouTube Join in on the discussion on our socials! Facebook:...

Hello Juicy Lemoners! We're taking a bit of a break this week so we're revisiting some of our favourite moments in the past year! Can you believe it's been almost a year since LEMON was launched?! Fighting anti-Asian racism in Australia Rising anti-China sentiments in the early days of COVID-19 led to an increased number of racist attacks towards Asian-Australians. In this segment, we discuss and share our experiences of the casual racism we faced but also talk about how many...

Hello Juicy Lemoners! We're taking a bit of a break this week so we're revisiting some of our favourite moments in the past year! Can you believe it's been almost a year since LEMON was launched?! WeChat Aunty WeChat is the most popular messenger app amongst Asian parents and misinformation on the social network spread like wild-fire. In this segment, we breakdown the common coronavirus cures and prevention, as told by a WeChat aunty.  Dami Im X Factor winner and Eurovision Qween...

What’s in a name? Particularly in Australia, having a distinctly foreign name has its positives and negatives, and I’ve always had this inkling that there’s a different way we think about names in Australia compared to Chinese culture in particular, but I could never quite put my finger on it. This episode we explore how this difference in names affects us. Shoes Off is a written, produced and edited podcast that educates, connects and inspires Asian Australians, because we don’t talk about...

Hello Juicy Lemoners! Welcome to this week's episode - it's all about political correctness! SEGMENT 1: Mulan - The highly anticipated movie has been released but it's been labelled as a sanitised movie about Chinese culture - Should we be celebrating the progress Asian media is making in Hollywood or Disney be held accountable for its portrayal? SEGMENT 2: Australia's COVID Social Bubbles - What do you do if a friend invited you to be in their social bubble but you've kinda already...

Hello Juicy Lemoners! Welcome to this week's episode - it's all about political correctness! SEGMENT 1: Should subtle asian traits be more than just memes? - An article published on Lithium Magazine titled 'Why I Hate Sublte Asian Traits' criticised the Facebook group for its lack of inclusivity and sugary 'boba liberalism' content - should we expect more from subtle asian traits? - Read the article here SEGMENT 2: But where are you really from? - Is asking another Asian if they're...

Hello Juicy Lemoners! Welcome to this week's episode - it's a juicy one! SEGMENT 1: OnlyFans - More Asians are jumping on the OnlyFans bandwagon, so is the adult industry going to change their portrayal of Asians? SEGMENT 2: You Think You Can Hurt Me? - What does the viral meme say about our experiences growing up as Asians? SEGMENT 3: Will K-Pop Ever Be Mainstream? - BLACKPINK and Selena Gomez released their highly anticipated collab but will the Western world ever take K-pop...

Hello Juicy Lemoners! Welcome to this week's episode - sorry it's really short one this week - we didn't include one segment because of *technical difficulties* with recording virtually haha. we SEGMENT 1: Is Having Blonde Hair Problematic or Empowering? - More Asians are dyeing their hair blonde but is it a form of internalised racism or is it empowering? Segment 2: Recommendations - Tom recommends you check out Love On The Spectrum - Phil recommends checking out Why Women Kill...