A fun podcast for the South-East Asian perspective on LTS

I did a fabulous podcast with the Malaysian hosts of Two Book Nerds Talking (@tbntbooks) on 8 June, which debuted a few days ago (episode link here: https://bit.ly/2Yjq92d). We talked about issues that I touched on in LTS, including the sizeism and name-calling that we and our relatives faced from our "well-meaning" relatives, casual racism in dating, gender stereotypes and other deep stuff. I cracked a whole bunch of inappropriate jokes, some of which the producer and the hosts had to censor. I am sad that most of you will never hear that especially filthy comment I made about fetish porn. Imagine away!

I especially cherished this experience because we (all 4 of us) were a mixed bunch of people from different racial/ethnic/religious backgrounds and genders, and still as Malaysians we found commonalities in the themes of the book. Malaysia has had a bloody, fraught history of racism and discrimination, and there is much to be done when it comes to race relations in our country.
But a lot of us want to do better, are doing better. And what better way to do it by laughing with a bunch of people who have different backgrounds from you. This is the part of the Malaysian experience I love. OK, I'll stop being maudlin now.