Escape From Plan A

Diana and Teen join friend (and patron) David Nole, founder of AN Publishing, for a wide-ranging discussion about the urgency around creating independent non-white media. In particular, how ditching the profit-motive can open a huge array of possibilities. NOTE: We have unlocked this bonus episode to celebrate 200 episodes of EFPA. Many thanks to all our guests, listeners, and patrons. TWITTER: Diana (@discoveryduck) Teen (@mont_jiang) SUBMISSIONS & COMMENTS: editor.planamag@gmail.com EFPA Opening Theme: "Fuck Out My Face" by Ayekay (open.spotify.com/artist/16zQKaDN5XgHAhfOJHTigJ)

The second generation Asian American is often burdened with the guilt from the 'sacrifices' of the first generation. We mythologize the great difficult in 'crossing an entire ocean' to come to a new land where they 'had nothing.' Some of this is true, but much of it myth-making. Jess and Teen try and poke a hole through these stories and see if there's a different reality to consider. Support us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/planamag TWITTER: Teen (@mont_jiang) Jess (@cogitatotomato) SUBMISSIONS & COMMENTS: editor.planamag@gmail.com EFPA Opening Theme: "Fuck Out My Face" by Ayekay (open.spotify.com/artist/16zQKaDN5XgHAhfOJHTigJ)

Pix joins Diana and Jess to contextualize the LA Riots and their relationship to today's protests against police brutality. In 1992, the media co-opted images of one immigrant community enacting destruction on another immigrant community to foment a Black-Asian conflict narrative. Today, liberals and conservatives both are using the image of K-town storeowners, "Rooftop Koreans," as symbols to push false, divisive narratives, and deflect from the real issues. We take a deep dive into why the mainstream memory bears so little resemblance to what really happened. Support us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/planamag TWITTER: Pix (Pixelxilla) Diana (@discoveryduck) Jess (@cogitatotomato) REFERENCED RESOURCES: - Sa I Gu (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_UyYj-pR8U) - LA 92 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaotkHlHJwo&t=2s) - LA Burning (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCYT9Hew9ZU&feature=youtu.be) - Sam Hunter Twitter thread (https://twitter.com/pronounced_sahm/status/1295120854712451072) SUBMISSIONS & COMMENTS: editor.planamag@gmail.com EFPA Opening Theme: "Fuck Out My Face" by Ayekay (open.spotify.com/artist/16zQKaDN5XgHAhfOJHTigJ)

Jessica Sun Lee joins Jess and Diana to talk about racism and sexism during the pandemic. Reports are in that Asian women suffer the majority of racist harassment and violence, and the rise in domestic violence and abusive relationships mean that many of us have no safe harbor at all in lockdown. How do we protect ourselves and how do we support each other? What should we expect after reopening? TWITTER: Jessica (@jessicasunlee) Diana (@discoveryduck) Jess (@cogitatotomato) REFERENCED RESOURCES: Center for Creative Growth (https://creativegrowth.com) Victims and Survivors Guide to Domestic Violence During the Pandemic (https://www.mymove.com/moving/guides/domestic-violence-resources/) SUBMISSIONS & COMMENTS: editor.planamag@gmail.com EFPA Opening Theme: "Fuck Out My Face" by Ayekay (open.spotify.com/artist/16zQKaDN5XgHAhfOJHTigJ)

Emily Dong joins Diana and Teen for an expansive chat about what the role of an Asian American actually is in America during these stressful times. What connects COVID, the protests against police murder, and the rampant Sinophobia of the New Cold War? Emily brings a perspective informed by Black Radicalism, which can bring a lot of clarity to an era of spiraling confusion. Support us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/planamag TWITTER: Diana (@discoveryduck) Teen (@mont_jiang) REFERENCED RESOURCES: - I Want To Be Chinese (by Emily Dong) (https://planamag.com/i-want-to-be-chinese/) - Organization for Positive Peace (https://forpositivepeace.org/) - The Saturday Free School (http://www.saturdayfreeschool.org/) SUBMISSIONS & COMMENTS: editor.planamag@gmail.com EFPA Opening Theme: "Fuck Out My Face" by Ayekay (open.spotify.com/artist/16zQKaDN5XgHAhfOJHTigJ)

You Peng joins Diana and Teen to discuss how to stay sane during the COVID pandemic. What does "psychological wellness" even mean as a racialized person in a country whose national healthcare policy is to just let us die? The mental health discourse pushes for internal resolutions to torturous external pressures. Who is this really benefiting? Or rather, whose resistance is this trying to suppress? TWITTER: Diana (@discoveryduck) Teen (@Mont_Jiang) SUBMISSIONS & COMMENTS: editor.planamag@gmail.com EFPA Opening Theme: "Fuck Out My Face" by Ayekay (open.spotify.com/artist/16zQKaDN5XgHAhfOJHTigJ)

Phan Le, Thuc Nguyen, and Michelle Pham join Diana to critique Spike Lee's Vietnam War movie "Da 5 Bloods," and they pull no punches in dissecting the problems with the film. Why does a script originally written by two white guys about white vets and produced by three white people and Lee get to represent the Black American experience or speak for Vietnamese people? TWITTER: Phan (@phannyfishcakes) Thuc (@BiatchPack) Michelle (@fodgycakes) Diana (@discoveryduck) REFERENCED RESOURCES: - "Watching Da 5 Bloods in Saigon" https://www.vulture.com/2020/07/watching-da-5-bloods-in-saigon.html - "We Fight Together: 17 Black Anti-Imperialists To Radicalize You" https://wearyourvoicemag.com/we-fight-together-17-black-anti-imperialists-to-radicalize-you/ - "The Racist Origins of U.S. Policing: Demilitarization Will Require Decolonization" https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/united-states/2020-07-16/racist-origins-us-policing SUBMISSIONS & COMMENTS: editor.planamag@gmail.com EFPA Opening Theme: "Fuck Out My Face" by Ayekay (open.spotify.com/artist/16zQKaDN5XgHAhfOJHTigJ)

Diana, Jess and Filip get together to talk about recent announcements from tech giants like Facebook and Shopify to have their work forces go remote-first. While this trend seems to offer freedom and choice for workers, how is it actually going to play out, and does it benefit the worker or the employer? The trio takes a closer look at a policy change that affects Asian Americans and H-1B visa holders more than you'd think. TWITTER: Diana (@discoveryduck) Jess (@cogitatotomato) Filip (@filipgwriting) SUBMISSIONS & COMMENTS: editor.planamag@gmail.com EFPA Opening Theme: "Fuck Out My Face" by Ayekay (open.spotify.com/artist/16zQKaDN5XgHAhfOJHTigJ)

Activist and organizer Tee Fansofa joins Diana to report on what's been going on in Sacramento: the police murders and protests, the rise and co-optation of BLM, the long-term work of organizing and the people doing it, and how, one night in late may, Tee got shot eight times in the face and chest by the police. TWITTER: Tee (@t_uxo) Diana (@discoveryduck) Sacramento SOUP (@Sacramento_Soup) AYA (@AyaBlackCollab) ORGANIZATIONS TO SUPPORT: - APTP Sac: https://www.antipoliceterrorproject.org/aptp-sacramento - Sac SOUP: https://www.facebook.com/SacSOUP/ - AYA Radical Black Healing Collaborative: https://www.facebook.com/ayablackcollab/ - Still Here Trans Alliance: https://www.facebook.com/StillHere4TransRights/ REFERENCED RESOURCES: - ABC10 News Report (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMwoJ85ZQI0) - Tee GoFundMe Youtube Page (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCipbzitPJbLUiLCDMoDZWog) - Emergency Fund for Tee (https://www.gofundme.com/f/emergency-fund-for-tee) SUBMISSIONS & COMMENTS: editor.planamag@gmail.com EFPA Opening Theme: "Fuck Out My Face" by Ayekay (open.spotify.com/artist/16zQKaDN5XgHAhfOJHTigJ)

Teen and Adam shoot the shit about why America loves their heroes to come from basically nowhere, orphans or nearly so. From Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer all the way to Spiderman, why the particular obsession with it in America versus other cultures? This is the episode we made reference to in the last free episode, Ep. 190: Why do American Heroes Never Have Parents? (ft. Mtume) (https://soundcloud.com/plan-a-magazine/ep-190-why-do-american-heroes-never-have-parents-ft-mtume). TWITTER: Teen (@mont_jiang) Adam (@snbatman) REFERENCED RESOURCES: - FILIPINOS ON THE FRONTLINES: OUR BODIES ARE NOT DISPOSABLE (https://planamag.com/filipinos-on-the-frontlines-our-bodies-are-not-disposable/) - THIS YEAR'S CENSUS REALLY NEEDS A RECKONING (https://planamag.com/this-years-census-really-needs-a-reckoning/) SUBMISSIONS & COMMENTS: editor.planamag@gmail.com EFPA Opening Theme: "Fuck Out My Face" by Ayekay (open.spotify.com/artist/16zQKaDN5XgHAhfOJHTigJ)