Escape From Plan A

Jess and Teen chat on a Saturday evening about mindless Sinophobia exploding in the United States, how social justice movements and leftist politics are utterly incapable of protecting Asian Americans. What, then, will shield us from the worst excesses of anti-Asian racism that occurred in the past? Join us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/planamag Check out the new Plan A merchandise shop: planamag.com/shop/ REFERENCED RESOURCES: John Hao's GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-needed-for-a-beloved-global-spartan-john-h EFPA Theme:
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In this discussion, Eliza, an expert in Asian American parenting, shares invaluable tips for parents looking to avoid the pitfalls of the rat race. Filip delves into the unique ways Professional Managerial Class (PMC) parents raise their children, questioning the true benefits of luxury items like high-end strollers and elite daycares. The hosts critique societal pressures around parenting and education, exploring how status and privilege can overshadow genuine child development needs. Together, they unwrap the complexities and anxieties faced by modern parents.

Mike and Steve aka The Degens talk with Teen about mid-life careerism, the professional managerial class lifestyle trap, and tales of surgery and other medical milestones of middle age. Why is it so hard to keep spending low when income rises? Why is careerism seemingly easier to manage in mid-life than when we just started out? And how do we ever get off this hamster wheel of striving? Part 2 is available on Patreon for subscribers. Join us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/planamag Check out the new Plan A merchandise shop: planamag.com/shop/ REFERENCED RESOURCES: The Exciting New World of Digital Finance: https://www.youtube.com/@theexcitingnewworldofdigit157 EFPA Theme: "Escape From Plan A" by Ciel (@aerialist)

Kyle, Adam and Teen spend a Saturday afternoon chatting about Asians not making enough babies. A recent spate of articles focused on one of the West's preoccupations: the number of Asian people on the planet. The past was marked by a Malthusian fear of a locust-like Asian explosion. The current time is marked by a fear of low Asian birthrates, leading to supposedly inevitable economic decline. The three then bring the discussion back to the personal: why don't they have kids? Part 2 is available on Patreon for subscribers. Join us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/planamag Check out the new Plan A merchandise shop: planamag.com/shop/ REFERENCED RESOURCES: Women in South Korea Are on Strike Against Being ‘Baby-Making Machines’ (https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/27/opinion/south-korea-fertility-rate-feminism.html) 'Luxuries I can't afford': why fewer women in South Korea are having children (https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jan/15/luxuries-i-cant-afford-why-fewer-women-in-south-korea-are-having-children) It now costs $310,000 to raise a child: "Something has to give" (https://www.cbsnews.com/news/raising-a-child-costs-310000/) EFPA Theme: "Escape From Plan A" by Ciel (@aerialist)

Jess and Teen go deep yet again on "cultural appropriation" and why there can be no meaningful understanding about culture, art and theft so long as this bogus idea frames the discussion. Current events touched upon include the difference in opinion between Asian Americans and native Asians over Gwen Stefani-san's Japanese DNA, and Rick Rubin's laissez faire attitude towards musical influence and borrowing. Part 2 is available on Patreon for subscribers. Join us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/planamag Check out the new Plan A merchandise shop: planamag.com/shop/ REFERENCED RESOURCES: Japan Shrugs as Americans Fume: https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2023/1/15/japan-shrugs-as-us-fumes-over-gwen-stefani-appropriation-furore Broken Record Podcast ft. Rick Rubin: https://www.pushkin.fm/podcasts/broken-record/rick-rubin-2 EFPA Theme: "Escape From Plan A" by Ciel (@aerialist)

Liza and Chris and are joined by returning guest and filmmaker Dan Chen to talk about Velma, Everything Everywhere All At Once, the dead-end of diversity self-insert culture, divorcing one's self-esteem from media rep, and striving to create instead of just criticize. Part 2 is available on Patreon for subscribers. Join us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/planamag Check out the new Plan A merchandise shop: planamag.com/shop/ TWITTER: Liza (@aesthdistance1) Chris(@JesuInToast) EFPA Theme: "Escape From Plan A" by Ciel (@aerialist)

Liza, Jess, Chris and Teen discuss the widespread phenomenon of embracing older creative technologies such as film cameras and typewriters, and lessening the amount of time we spend on digital technologies esp. the modern smartphone. What is the appeal of pre-digital technology, and what do we stand to gain from it? Also, what does OpenAI's content-generating colossi ChatGPT and Dall-E mean for the career prospects of 'content creators'? Join us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/planamag Check out the new Plan A merchandise shop: planamag.com/shop/ REFERENCED RESOURCES: The Day The Music Burned: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/11/magazine/universal-fire-master-recordings.html EFPA Theme: "Escape From Plan A" by Ciel (@aerialist)

Happy New Year! One of the highlights of the year for us at Plan A was kicking off a short film project helmed by the director Dan Chen, cinematographer Philips Shum, and producer Millicent Cho. Shan and Teen reminisce about the trio's five eventful days of shooting in New York City, the sights they saw, the people they met, the stories they heard. Join us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/planamag Check out the new Plan A merchandise shop: planamag.com/shop/ Millie's IG story about the shoot: https://www.instagram.com/p/Cl8w5-lIJQX/?hl=en Dan Chen's website: https://danchen.co/ Philips Shum's website: https://www.philipsshum.com/ EFPA Theme: "Escape From Plan A" by Ciel (@aerialist)

Teen and Chris talk about wanting to regularly publish pieces as they once used to, but now with a newfound focus on creation rather than criticism, and their hope that that can help foster a new Asian American artistic subculture that is just more interesting and honest, even offensively so, than what passes for Asian American culture these days. Join us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/planamag Check out the new Plan A merchandise shop: planamag.com/shop/ Dan Chen's website: https://danchen.co/ TWITTER: Teen (@mont_jiang) Chris (@JesuInToast) REFERENCED RESOURCES: Asian American Psycho by Chris Jesu Lee | Current Affairs: https://www.currentaffairs.org/2022/06/asian-american-psycho Transgression, An Elegy by Laura Kipnis: http://laurakipnis.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Transgression-an-Elegy.pdf Enough With The Sad Put-Upon Woman Essay by Rachel Connolly | Slate: https://slate.com/human-interest/2022/12/guardian-writer-essay-response-patriarchy.html r/deuxmoi: Mindy Kaling, It's Getting Weird | Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Deuxmoi/comments/zpt2jo/mindy_kaling_its_getting_weird/ EFPA Theme: "Escape From Plan A" by Ciel (@aerialist)

Chris, Teen, and Filip talk about how the new AI writing program ChatGPT could either spell doom for human writers or usher in a renaissance where mediocre shitlib writing is rendered obsolete and only those with interesting things to say can flourish. Join us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/planamag Check out the new Plan A merchandise shop: planamag.com/shop/ TWITTER: Chris (@JesuInToast) Teen (@mont_jiang) Filip (@filipgwriting) EFPA Theme: "Escape From Plan A" by Ciel (@aerialist)