Escape From Plan A

Jess, Adam, Teen and Jong discuss some dissenting takes on mental health. We place too much blame on our parents and childhood, and are burdened with memory into later life. Meanwhile our eagerness to assimilate into toxic social environments gives a pass to the mental burdens of daily life. The answer, my friend, is to trim your bush. Join us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/planamag TWITTER: Jess (@cogitatotomato) Adam (@snbatman) Teen (@mont_jiang) Jong (@calicoarse) SUBMISSIONS & COMMENTS: editor.planamag@gmail.com EFPA Theme: "Escape From Plan A" by Ciel (@aerialist)

Teen, Adam, and Chris talk about reactions to the Peng Shuai incident, desperate American attempts to spark a #MeToo in China, and how American moralism has ramped up as a direct reaction to its deteriorating material conditions. Join us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/planamag TWITTER: Adam (@snbatman) Chris (@JesuInToast) Teen (@mont_jiang) REFERENCED RESOURCES: What Peng Shuai’s rape accusation says about China | Vox: https://www.vox.com/2021/12/5/22818595/peng-shuai-disappearance-china-me-too-sexual-assault Tucker Carlson and Nigel Farage interview about COVID's "feminizing" effects: https://twitter.com/NikkiMcR/status/1468704702275670019?s=20 SUBMISSIONS & COMMENTS: editor.planamag@gmail.com EFPA Theme: "Escape From Plan A" by Ciel (@aerialist)

Jess and Chris hit on a grab bag of topics, including Spotify Unwrapped, college debt forgiveness, Ariana Grande's "Asianfishing" thing, and some Christmas movie/TV recommendations. Join us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/planamag TWITTER: Jess(@cogitatotomato) Chris (@JesuIntoast) SUBMISSIONS & COMMENTS: editor.planamag@gmail.com UA Theme: "Escape From Plan A" by Ciel (@aerialist)

Chris and Filip talk about the differing reactions from the Asian American community to recent videos where the Asian victims fought back compared to when they didn't (namely, the Astroworld fight and the assault on the Philly subway). GoFundMe for Christina Chen, the Asian American girl who was assaulted on Philly subway: https://www.gofundme.com/f/aufh6m-help-christina-recover/share?qid=90dc79e10b0b018f79a58da0d14eda88 Join us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/planamag TWITTER: Chris (@JesuInToast) Filip (@filipgwriting) SUBMISSIONS & COMMENTS: editor.planamag@gmail.com EFPA Theme: "Escape From Plan A" by Ciel (@aerialist)

While we have much to be thankful for this Thanksgiving, it's time for the Asian American Festivus, and ritualized Airing of Grievances. Jess and Teen express not a little anger and frustration about the mass gaslighting of Asian American emotions, particularly around our reactions to Black-on-Asian violence, and how suppression of an uncomfortable topic yields terrible results all around. One of the few times you will hear Asian people going full on about this topic, without carefully tiptoeing around all the liberal-progressive boobytraps that have been set up to suppress the objections of the 'inconvenient' minority. Join us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/planamag TWITTER: Jess(@cogitatotomato) Teen (@mont_jiang) SUBMISSIONS & COMMENTS: editor.planamag@gmail.com UA Theme: "Escape From Plan A" by Ciel (@aerialist)

Liza, Filip, and Chris talk about the new #1 movie on Netflix, 'Love Hard' starring Nina Dobrev and Jimmy O. Yang. Does a movie about an Asian guy using a white(-passing) guy's pic to catfish a woman veer into a trainwreck, or does it actually have some decent insights? TWITTER: Chris (@JesuInToast) Liza (@aesthdistance1) Filip (@filipgwriting) SUBMISSIONS & COMMENTS: editor.planamag@gmail.com UA Theme: "Chairman Mao" by Bambu

Jess, Chris, and Teen talk about the public's shifting attitudes towards wealth, billionaires, and power-by-inheritance, starting from the 1990s to contemporary times. References are made to The West Wing, Succession, Gossip Girl, Crazy Rich Asians, Silicon Valley, and more.

Chris, Filip, and Adam form a makeshift book club after reading Jay Caspian Kang's "The Loneliest Americans." They particularly focus on the chapter on Asian American male online spaces, especially since it actually features Adam in one of its narrative arcs. Other points of discussion include what it would mean to listen more to working-class Asian Americans and why there was some Twitter controversy over this book by those who hadn't even read it. Join us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/planamag TWITTER: Chris (@JesuInToast) Adam (@snbatman) Filip (@filipgwriting) REFERENCED RESOURCES: American Accomplice by Matthew Shen Goodman | n+1: https://www.nplusonemag.com/issue-39/essays/american-accomplice/ SUBMISSIONS & COMMENTS: editor.planamag@gmail.com UA Theme: "Chairman Mao" by Bambu

Teen and Chris discuss a recent New York Times article about Millennial bosses facing culture clashes with Gen Z employees. Also, they talk about the continuing critical backlash against Eternals and why nobody discusses the lofty station Chloe Zhao comes from in China. TWITTER: Chris (@JesuInToast) Teen (@mont_jiang) REFERENCED RESOURCES: The 37-Year Olds Are Afraid of the 23-Year Olds Who Work For Them | NYT: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/28/business/gen-z-workplace-culture.html SUBMISSIONS & COMMENTS: editor.planamag@gmail.com EFPA Theme: "Escape From Plan A" by Ciel (@aerialist)

Kenny Xu's "An Inconvenient Minority" cuts against the grain of the current Asian American literary vogue of Ivy League MFA writing. Instead of inner emotional turmoil and racial confusion, Kenny's writing cuts to the heart of Asian American material interests. In particular, a fair shake at a top-flight education, long seen by many Asian Americans as the key to American life. Kenny joins Eliza and Teen (at the 30:00 mark) to talk about his book, and how the liberal progressive agenda does not serve the majority of Asian Americans or represent their preferences. Of course, this wouldn't be an Escape From Plan A episode without digging into differences in thinking and opinion. But overall there is much to "An Inconvenient Minority" that simply is missing altogether in the race writing of the Bluecheck literary establishment. Join us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/planamag TWITTER: Kenny Xu (@kennymxu) Eliza (@aesthdistance1) Teen (@mont_jiang) SUBMISSIONS & COMMENTS: editor.planamag@gmail.com UA Theme: "Escape From Plan A" by Ciel (@aerialist)