Hyphenated Lives

This week, BlackinAsia and unapologetically-yellow discuss mental illness in POC communities. From the high rates amoungst Women of Color to toxic stress, from the importance of self-diagnosis to how mental illness and mental health issues are not talked about because they are normalized, mental illness in POC communities is not an oft-discussed topic. (x, x, x, x, x, x) For this week’s weekly topics, we have Kim Kardashian’s Vogue cover, Michelle Obama’s trip to China, the Taiwanese student protests, and Divergent’s strong opening weekend. We also answer two anonymous listener asks about supporting LGBTQ activism in Africa and mentioning the neo-imperialism of English-abroad programs to a Vietnamese-American friend who plans on doing JET.