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How Asian Australians can show up for the First Nations people of Australia. reflections May 31, 2020

I always thought that I had a bit of a free pass when it came to conversations about Australia’s past and current treatment of Aboriginal and Torres S...

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Michelle Law: Shapes and Sounds Interview #5 interview May 25, 2020

Each month, Shapes and Sounds chats with a prominent Asian Australian doing great things in the world. We ask the same three questions to everyone, re...

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Self-reflection: What's missing? mental health May 19, 2020

Self-reflection, self-awareness, self-inquiry.

Time and time again, we are told that such processes, of getting to know ourselves intimately, can “he...

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Strategies for working through internalised racism. racism May 10, 2020

What will happen to us if we continue to live with internalised racism and never try to work through it?

I think very simply stated; it would mean th...

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What internalised racism looks and feels like. racism May 03, 2020

I know that “internalised racism” is not a very fun topic: it sounds heavy, too theoretical, too “activist”-y.

But this is something that we, the Asi...

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Sarah Davidson: Shapes and Sounds Interview #4 interview Apr 26, 2020

Even though the world feels like it’s turned upside down right now, there are common truths that seem to permeate through no matter the external envir...

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International students vs Long term diaspora. racism Apr 20, 2020

Right now, there are around 700,000 international students from Asia enrolled in Australian universities. Although many were unable to return or move ...

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I'm not Asian, I'm "Japanese". reflections Apr 05, 2020

Two years ago, I visited my favourite aunty in rural Japan and during my stay, I remember telling her about “Asian Australians” and how I’d been think...

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Yumi Stynes: Shapes and Sounds Interview #3 interview Mar 30, 2020

Now more than ever, we, the Asian Australian community need to remember that there always have been and will always continue to be, Asian Australians ...

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Food, adversity and POC. reflections Mar 23, 2020

An early dialogue about Covid-19 concerned the “dirty” and “weird” foods that Asians eat. For me, this triggered so much past shame about food identit...

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Watching out for oppressive mental health practice. mental health Mar 15, 2020

I received an email from an Australian psychology service yesterday which addressed the covid-19 outbreak and how we can take care of ourselves throug...

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Opening up to others safely: A delicate and learnable skill. mental health Mar 09, 2020

I feel like we spend a lot of energy and dialogue around how we can support others by checking in with them when they don’t look or seem so well. Init...

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