The coronavirus panic has enabled some of the dumbest Sinophobic takes in the prestige press. And few have been better at calling out this idiocy than EFPA’s latest guest, Amanda (or better known on Twitter as @catcontentonly). In this episode, along with Chris and Teen, the discussion goes from critiquing these articles to delving into how and why Asian Americans come to realize that there’s something rotten in this country’s attitude towards Asians.

Twitter: Amanda (@catcontentonly), Chris (@chrisjesulee), Teen (@mont_jiang)

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Blaming Coronavirus on Confucius-ft. Amanda @catcontentonly (Escape From Plan A, Ep. 154) was originally published in Plan A Magazine on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.

Over virtual mimosas and eggs benedict, Teen and Chris (FKA Oxford) talk about the impending ‘Parasite’ remake, why “woke” movie marketing often fails, and how Mayor Bloomberg ushered in the ‘Sex and the City’ era of Manhattan elitism that is now fiercely battling to maintain its lost relevance against Trump and Bernie’s respective political/cultural movements.

Twitter: Chris (@chrisjesulee), Teen (@mont_jiang)

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Lazy Sunday Pod Brunch (Escape From Plan A, Ep. 152) was originally published in Plan A Magazine on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.

Though this is not an official Escape From Plan A endorsement (who the hell are we to endorse anyone?), Teen and Oxford are joined by returning guests Trevor Beaulieu of Champagne Sharks and Phan of Pod of Most Resistance to talk about their reasons for supporting Bernie Sanders. Special focuses are placed on the last-ditch desperation attempts to paint Bernie’s campaign as sexist (e.g. Warren allegations and Rogan endorsement) and why the seemingly official AAPI endorsements of Warren and Biden were bullshit.

Twitter: Trevor (@rickyrawls), Phan (@phannyfishcakes), Teen (@mont_jiang), Oxford (@oxford_kondo)

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Go Bernie! On The Eve of Iowa—ft. Trevor Beaulieu and Phan (Escape From Plan A, Ep. 148) was originally published in Plan A Magazine on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.

Cut through the political noise, and get to the low notes, the bass-line. It’s all about immigration. Who gets to be an American going forward. Trump represents a discontinuity in how we think about immigration, a sharp departure from the system we’ve had in place since 1965. Jess, Mark and Teen discuss how, just because this shift began with Trump, does not mean it will end with him. What does this mean for Asian American political identity going forward?

Twitter: Jess (@cogitatotomato) Teen (@mont_jiang) Mark (@snbatman)

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Teen speaks with Tim Shorrock, humanitarian journalist for The Nation, to look past the simplistic mainstream narrative of “Good Korea/Bad Korea,” and into the troubling legacy of American militarism on the peninsula. Tim’s recent article “Welcome to the Monkey House” details the kichijon system, a coercive system of prostitution that bears a disturbing similarity to the Japanese “comfort stations” employed during the Second World War.

Twitter: Tim (@TimothyS) Teen (@mont_jiang)

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America’s Hidden History of Military Prostitution in South Korea — ft. Tim Shorrock (EFPA ep. 145) was originally published in Plan A Magazine on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.

Joe Wong joins Diana and Teen to talk about the social value of Asian American comedy. It’s been a kind of golden era — from Ali Wong’s continued breakout success to Ronnie Chieng’s recent Netflix comedy special — but what role do our best comics play in an era marked by social disorder and antagonisms? Joe Wong offers his view of this exciting but high-stakes era of Asian American comedy.

Twitter: Joe Wong (@JoeWongComedy) Diana (@discoveryduck) Teen (@mont_jiang)

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We have declared war on Iran. Jess and Teen talk about the helplessness they feel in light of massive and incomprehensible events which will have unknown — and perhaps minimal — impacts on the drudgery and routine of our day to day American lives. Is there a reason to feel grief? Is there a cause for hope? Or is there really nothing much to see here? We are in uncharted territory, faithful listeners. Break in case of war.

Twitter: Jess (@cogitatotomato) Teen (@mont_jiang)

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Break In Case Of War: A Case for Hope and Grief (Escape From Plan A, Ep. 141 was originally published in Plan A Magazine on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.

Your 30s are often a time when people’s lives start to really diverge with respect to career, relationships, life philosophies, etc. Ray, C.S., and Oxford (who are all in their early 30s) get together to talk about how even though they spent their 20s in different ways (whether it was pursuing white-collar careers or dropping out of college), their paths nevertheless crossed by the time they entered their 30s. They discuss their changing attitudes regarding money, relationships, and the pursuit of writing.

Twitter: Ray (@raydeng), C.S. (@c_taniguchi), Oxford (@oxford_kondo)

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Life As You Turn 30 (Escape From Plan A, Ep. 139) was originally published in Plan A Magazine on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.

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Recently, Diana had a run-in with a couple of white women who banded against her in an argument about whether dogs were allowed in their neighborhood park. Diana, Oxford, Mark, and Jess veer off from the intended topic of neighborhood racism to talk about shitty white women and what Asian women think about them, especially when Asian men are in the mix as well. Can women of color trust men of color to NOT cape for white women?

Twitter: Diana (@discoveryduck), Oxford (@oxford_kondo), Mark (@snbatman), Jess (@cogitatotomato)

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Related Episodes:

Ep. 102: ‘Ramy’ and Gender Tensions in POC Stories — ft. Isha Patnaik, Doug Kim, and Dan Chen

Ep. 61: Gender Controversies in ‘Subtle Asian Traits’

Ep. 13: Guys, Do We Take Asian Women For Granted?

Shit White Women Do (Escape From Plan A, Ep. 95) was originally published in Plan A Magazine on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.

Two years ago, the country was gripped by, of all things, a New Yorker short story called Cat Person by Kristen Roupenian, which dealt with the murky boundaries of sexual consent in modern dating. Recently, in n+1, Tony Tulathimutte published a short story, The Feminist, about the dangerous rage of a male feminist whose good deeds go sexually unrewarded. Diana, Millie, and Oxford talk about both stories (as well as other books like The Beauty Myth by Naomi Wolf, Loner by Teddy Wayne, and The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P. by Adelle Waldman) and the heightened emphasis our society places on dating.

Twitter: Diana (@discoveryduck), Millie (@onemillicentcho), Oxford (@oxford_kondo)

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Male Feminists, Cat People, and Society’s Obsession With Dating (Escape From Plan A, Ep. 138) was originally published in Plan A Magazine on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.