Fresh Off the Broke

Are you feeling exhausted? Do you suddenly hate your job, more than normal? Is this affecting your work? If you answered yes to all three questions, you are most likely burnt out! In today’s FOB Fact episode, we discuss burning out, what you can do to prevent it, and how to deal with the aftermath of being burned out.  📚SOURCES📚 https://www.who.int/news/item/28-05-2019-burn-out-an-occupational-phenomenon-international-classification-of-diseases#:~:text=%E2%80%9CBurn%2Dout%20is%20a%20syndrome,related%20to%20one's%20job%3B%20and  🥠ABOUT FOB🥠 Song: Crying Over You https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiYs5z4xdBU  Connect with us! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/freshoffthebroke/  Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@freshoffthebroke  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/fresh-off-the-broke/about/  Check out our available streaming platforms! https://freshoffthebroke.carrd.co

TW: Mentions of murder, rape, war crimes In today’s episode, we discuss the horrors of Imperialist Japan, and how the rest of the world is still affected by it to this day. 📚SOURCES📚 https://theconversation.com/japan-has-turned-its-culture-into-a-powerful-political-tool-72821  https://www.cao.go.jp/cool_japan/english/index-e.html  https://www.japanesestudies.org.uk/ejcjs/vol21/iss1/roca.html  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_war_crimes https://www.britannica.com/place/Japan/The-emergence-of-imperial-Japan  https://www.insider.com/historian-nanjing-massacre-pawn-shop-owner-authentication-2022-9  https://www.newyorker.com/culture/rabbit-holes/on-tiktok-an-album-containing-old-wartime-photos-causes-havoc  Suehiro Maruo: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suehiro_Maruo  🥠ABOUT FOB🥠 Song: Crying Over You https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiYs5z4xdBU  Connect with us! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/freshoffthebroke/  Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@freshoffthebroke  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/fresh-off-the-broke/about/  Check out our available streaming platforms! https://freshoffthebroke.carrd.co

Changing your race? Subliminal videos that change your appearance to look more like a POC?  Do these terms sound like nonsense? (Hint: they ARE nonsense) In today’s episode, we talk about the chronically-online terms “transracial” and “RCTA,” and why these terms are incredibly harmful to POC and the transgender communities.  📚SOURCES📚 https://nypost.com/2017/11/13/transracial-man-was-born-white-identifies-as-filipino/  https://nextshark.com/rcta-tiktok-race-change  https://www.distractify.com/p/rcta-meaning-tiktok  https://time.com/the-realities-of-raising-a-kid-of-a-different-race/  https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/hypatia/article/abs/in-defense-of-transracialism/D534B85A2455F8E4C925AE1B6E3DC760  https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2017/06/08/462395722/racial-impostor-syndrome-here-are-your-stories  https://postamate.com/2020/06/american-psychiatric-association-create-guidelines-for-race-dysphoria/  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachel_Dolezal  🥠ABOUT FOB🥠 Song: Crying Over You https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiYs5z4xdBU  Connect with us! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/freshoffthebroke/  Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@freshoffthebroke  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/fresh-off-the-broke/about/  Check out our available streaming platforms! https://freshoffthebroke.carrd.co

1,2, so sweet!  Today we did something a little different… Rhianna takes the wheel and gives Tiffany (and the audience) a bit of an internet deep-dive 👀 Tune in to hear our explanation and reaction to the viral Sorb3t TikTok!  🥠ABOUT FOB🥠 Song: Crying Over You https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiYs5z4xdBU  Connect with us! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/freshoffthebroke/  Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@freshoffthebroke  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/fresh-off-the-broke/about/  Check out our available streaming platforms! https://freshoffthebroke.carrd.co

Plump, glowing, hydration, boost! In today’s episode, we talk about all things Asian skincare! What it is, the differences compared to Western skincare, where to buy Asian skincare products, all that good stuff.   🥠ABOUT FOB🥠 Song: Crying Over You https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiYs5z4xdBU  Connect with us! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/freshoffthebroke/  Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@freshoffthebroke  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/fresh-off-the-broke/about/  Check out our available streaming platforms! https://freshoffthebroke.carrd.co

47/100, 67%, a big red F in marker… Today, we tackle everyone’s biggest fear… getting a bad grade. In this episode, we discuss how a low mark in school can feel like the end of the world, and how to deal with these irrational thoughts.  🥠ABOUT FOB🥠 Song: Crying Over You https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiYs5z4xdBU  Connect with us! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/freshoffthebroke/  Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@freshoffthebroke  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/fresh-off-the-broke/about/  Check out our available streaming platforms! https://freshoffthebroke.carrd.co

Have your parents ever bragged about your achievements to make themselves look good, but don’t seem to care about you as a person? In today’s episode, we discuss the negative effects of being a trophy child, and what people can do to cope.  💛SUPPORT RESOURCES 💛 https://asiansdotherapy.com/  https://www.asianmhc.org/  http://samhaa.org/ (South Asian Mental Health Alliance) https://hongfook.ca/association/  https://www.justshapesandsounds.com/  https://www.nqapia.org/ (National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance) 💛HELPLINES💛 http://www.suicide.org/international-suicide-hotlines.html  https://successbc.ca/counselling-crisis-support/  https://www.thecolourproject.ca/  http://www.chimoservices.com/  📚SOURCES📚 https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/tech-support/201705/the-trophy-child https://asianwiki.com/The_Good_Bad_Mother  🥠ABOUT FOB🥠 Song: Crying Over You https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiYs5z4xdBU  Connect with us! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/freshoffthebroke/  Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@freshoffthebroke  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/fresh-off-the-broke/about/  Check out our available streaming platforms! https://freshoffthebroke.carrd.co

Happy API Month!  To celebrate, we discuss aspects of our culture and identity that make us most proud to be API.  📚SOURCES📚 https://www.esquiremag.ph/long-reads/features/nieves-fernandez-guerilla-wwii-a00293-20200915-lfrm  https://jeanlumbfoundation.ca/  https://www.viviennepoy.ca/  https://davidsuzuki.org/  https://www.canada.ca/en/canadian-heritage/campaigns/asian-heritage-month.html  🥠ABOUT FOB🥠 Song: Crying Over You https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiYs5z4xdBU  Connect with us! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/freshoffthebroke/  Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@freshoffthebroke  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/fresh-off-the-broke/about/  Check out our available streaming platforms! https://freshoffthebroke.carrd.co

Have you ever felt like you struggled a bit with your cultural identity because you don’t really belong in one single community? For example, if you’re Chinese-Canadian, do you have a hard time “picking a side”? Do you feel like you’re not on either side? In today’s episode, we discuss what it means to be a third culture kid, and how one can connect to their cultural roots.  📚SOURCES📚 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_culture_kid  https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/11/t-magazine/luca-guadagnino-third-culture-kids.html  https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/third-culture-kid  🥠ABOUT FOB🥠 Song: Crying Over You https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiYs5z4xdBU  Connect with us! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/freshoffthebroke/  Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@freshoffthebroke  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/fresh-off-the-broke/about/  Check out our available streaming platforms! https://freshoffthebroke.carrd.co

What do you think when you hear that something’s made in China? Cheap or expensive? Good or bad quality?  Today, we discuss the negative connotations that are associated with the label “made in China”, and how these harmful stereotypes came to be.   P.S. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rILKm-DC06A  📚SOURCES📚 https://www.thezoereport.com/fashion/made-in-china-stigma#:~:text=Looking%20back%20on%20it%20now,working%20conditions%2C%20or%20hazardous%20materials.  Made-in-China.com | Find more Quality China Products & Trustworthy China Suppliers 🥠ABOUT FOB🥠 Song: Crying Over You https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiYs5z4xdBU  Connect with us! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/freshoffthebroke/  Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@freshoffthebroke  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/fresh-off-the-broke/about/  Check out our available streaming platforms! https://freshoffthebroke.carrd.co

Happy Fobiversary!!!!!!! Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for sticking around for THREE WHOLE YEARS 💛 In a new installment of FOB Facts, we tackle the Asian goodbye, and how to get out of it. If you don’t know what an Asian goodbye is, you’re very lucky, but also, please let us teach you for your own good.  🥠ABOUT FOB🥠 Song: Crying Over You https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiYs5z4xdBU  Connect with us! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/freshoffthebroke/  Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@freshoffthebroke  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/fresh-off-the-broke/about/  Check out our available streaming platforms! https://freshoffthebroke.carrd.co

Today, we tackle the “Bamboo Ceiling” and no, we’re not talking about bamboo architecture. We’re talking about the fact that Asians make up for only 1.9% of corporate officers. 📚SOURCES📚 Lessons from the Bamboo Ceiling – Association for Psychological Science – APS The Bamboo Ceiling: Asian Americans and the Myth of the Model Minority (alliant.edu) Cracking the 'bamboo ceiling' in career development - CareerWise (ceric.ca) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bamboo_ceiling#:~:text=As%20described%20by%20a%20senior,skills%22%20that%20cannot%20actually%20be 🥠ABOUT FOB🥠 Song: Crying Over You https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiYs5z4xdBU Connect with us! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/freshoffthebroke/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@freshoffthebroke LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/fresh-off-the-broke/about/ Check out our available streaming platforms! https://freshoffthebroke.carrd.co

The world of fame is a mystery to many… In today’s episode, we discuss the dark side of the Asian entertainment industry, specifically Kpop and Jpop. 📚SOURCES📚 Padget, F. (2017) What are the difficulties of being a Korean pop idol and to what extent do they outweigh the benefits? https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/17/world/asia/taiwan-china-singer-chou-tzu-yu.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_%26_Associates 🥠ABOUT FOB🥠 Song: Crying Over You https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiYs5z4xdBU Connect with us! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/freshoffthebroke/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@freshoffthebroke LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/fresh-off-the-broke/about/ Check out our available streaming platforms! https://freshoffthebroke.carrd.co

Double eyelids. They seem like the pinnacle of East Asian beauty standards.👁️ In today’s episode, we discuss what double eyelids are, how people get them, and why they are such a big part of Asian beauty standards. 📚SOURCES📚 https://med.stanford.edu/cosmeticsurgery/aestheticservices/face/asian-double-eyelid.html https://www.dazeddigital.com/beauty/article/43499/1/why-double-eyelid-surgery-popular-asia https://minaplasticsurgery.com/double-eyelid-surgery-in-korea/ 🥠ABOUT FOB🥠 Song: Crying Over You https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiYs5z4xdBU Connect with us! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/freshoffthebroke/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@freshoffthebroke LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/fresh-off-the-broke/about/ Check out our available streaming platforms! https://freshoffthebroke.carrd.co

“If they’re Filipino…immediate red flag”⛳ “We’re civilized, we’re not like those Asians that eat with their hands” Sound familiar? Today, we talk about the terms “Jungle” and “Fancy” Asian, and how they divide Asian communities into those that are “cool” and acceptable, and those that are “dirty” and “uneducated”. 📚SOURCES📚 https://medium.com/@jcarastotomas/reclaiming-jungle-asian-4d18fa3ff1cf 🥠ABOUT FOB🥠 Song: Crying Over You https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiYs5z4xdBU Connect with us! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/freshoffthebroke/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@freshoffthebroke LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/fresh-off-the-broke/about/ Check out our available streaming platforms! https://freshoffthebroke.carrd.co