Natalie, Sehrish and Claire talk about Crashing Eid, Quiz Lady, Farha, and From Scratch. They chat about how it's nice to have a different type of rom com, a movie about hilarious actresses (Sandra Oh and Awkwafina), the importance (and relevance) of Farha, and meaningful themes that came up in all of the media they watched. A lot on the docket! Cr…

Recorded in April 2023: Adrienne and Claire talk about ageing, connotations of being called ma'am, being in your 20s versus your 30s, career and mental health updates, and predictions for their upcoming years. Listen and enjoy! To receive the latest content, subscribe on wherever you listen to podcasts and follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @_in…

Better late than never! Claire, Hazel, and Natalie talk about Dear Ex, The Crown, and Harry & Meghan. Listen and enjoy! To receive the latest content, subscribe on wherever you listen to podcasts and follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @_introspectives. Check out our website for articles and more: www.introspectives.uk Artwork by Sabrina. Spoiler…

Claire, Hazel, and Sehrish talk about the films The Swimmers and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. Listen and enjoy! To receive the latest content, subscribe on wherever you listen to podcasts and follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @_introspectives. Check out our website for articles and more: www.introspectives.uk Artwork by Sabrina. Spoilers ahe…

Claire and Sabrina ask Sehrish questions about what it's like being a parent of two boys. Sehrish shares her thoughts about raising kids during Covid times, the impact of societal and cultural pressures, expectations of women and mothers, and more. Don't miss this insightful conversation! Listen and enjoy! To receive the latest content, subscribe o…

Adrienne and Claire reflect on the past year, talk about good & bad holiday films, and what they're looking forward to in 2023. You can see our list of films on our social media pages. The Santa Claire is referring to is here. Listen and enjoy! To receive the latest content, subscribe on wherever you listen to podcasts and follow us on Twitter and …

Claire, Hazel, and Natalie talk about the shows Extraordinary Attorney Woo, Abbott Elementary, and Never Have I Ever. Listen and enjoy! To receive the latest content, subscribe on wherever you listen to podcasts and follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @_introspectives. Check out our website for articles and more: www.introspectives.uk Artwork by …

Claire, Sabrina, and Sehrish talk to Manny about the meaning of 'home,' living in the UK, and general reflections. You can read about Manny and follow his work on his page. Listen and enjoy! To receive the latest content, subscribe on wherever you listen to podcasts and follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @_introspectives. Check out our website f…

Claire and Sabrina reflect on why they started working in higher education, their time in the sector, and why they left. Hopefully a part 2 soon! Apologies for the poor audio quality. Swear words are not bleeped. Listen and enjoy! To receive the latest content, subscribe on wherever you listen to podcasts and follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @…

Claire, Hazel, and Natalie talk about the shows Pachinko and Tehran. They then creatively interpret their reflections after watching the two shows, which you can see on our Instagram and Twitter pages! Listen and enjoy! To receive the latest content, subscribe on wherever you listen to podcasts and follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @_introspect…

Recorded in August 2022: Claire, Sabrina, and Sehrish (Adrienne sadly could not make it!) check in with each other to chat about what's going on in their lives, Covid reflections, being a parent in the pandemic, Covid repercussions, balancing a social life, and more. You can hear Sehrish's son(s) at various parts of the episode! Apologies for the p…

Claire (didn't introduce herself in the episode, bad host!) and Sabrina talk about the Women's EURO 2022, why football 'has been killed dead' for Sabrina, lack of WOC athletes in British media, racism in sports, gym culture, and more. Links referenced: Lionesses Gary Lineker's deleted Tweet: "‘The @Lionesses have only gone and done it, and Kelly is…

Adrienne, Claire, and Hazel talk about Found the documentary and Starstruck TV show. They then creatively interpret their reflections after watching 'Found.' If you're curious check it out on our Instagram and Twitter pages. :P Listen and enjoy! To receive the latest content, subscribe on wherever you listen to podcasts and follow us on Twitter and…

In this episode, Claire and Sims talk about Sims's experiences in higher education, the importance of allyship, the 'brokenness' of higher education, being the only one passionate about EDI issues, knowing what a pronoun is, self care, the outdoors, and more. Claire used to work with Sims at a university in Sheffield; this episode is heavy with the…

Adrienne and Claire catch up about their birthdays, career updates, brief reflections on everything that's happened since their birthday recording in 2021, corporate responsibility, East Asian politics, and people judging an entire culture. Note: All political and social comments said in this episode are opinions based on our lived experiences, exp…

Adrienne, Claire, Enja, and Hazel talk about the book Afropean: Notes from Black Europe by Johnny Pitts and film Passing directed by Rebecca Hall. They reflect on why it's difficult to read and/or watch 'heavy' narratives, the emotional anxiety that comes with watching these types of content, and more. During the discussion on Passing, the book Van…

Claire and Sabrina talk to Dr Maisha Wester about her prominent childhood experiences, what happens when your favorite authors are actually racist, imposter syndrome, the cultural move from the US to the UK, cultural consumption, taking up space, supporting POC content, and more. Dr Maisha Wester is a Global Professor teaching at the University of …

Adrienne, Claire, Sabrina, Sehrish (featuring Jibran!) get together to chat about the past year, reflect on the community created, what it means to hold space for WOCs, and friendship. Listen and enjoy! To receive the latest content, subscribe on wherever you listen to podcasts and follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @_introspectives. Check out o…

FYI SPOILERS. Order of speaking: Sabrina, Natalie, Claire, Adrienne, Hazel Adrienne, Claire, Hazel, Natalie, and Sabrina talk about the Netflix documentary Naomi Osaka, Netflix show The Chair, and the book The Other Black Girl by Zakiya Dalila Harris . They also reflect on their experiences consuming media as women of color and share what they are …

Adrienne's sister Marissa joins this episode of Coffee Convos! Adrienne and Claire ask Marissa about her career experiences, navigating different cultures within the US and UK, her mixed race identity, being a parent, and more. Marissa has been working in tech for over 10 years as a software developer, product manager, and designer. She is passiona…

Adrienne, Claire, Hazel, Natalie, and Sabrina talk about the film Minari, series Killing Eve, and documentary Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks. Listen and enjoy! To receive the latest content, subscribe on wherever you listen to podcasts and follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @_introspectives. Check out our website for articles and more: www.introsp…

The team gets together to reflect on the past season, bringing up memorable quotes, favorite moments, and ideas for future episodes. Listen and enjoy! To receive the latest content, subscribe on wherever you listen to podcasts and follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @_introspectives. Check out our website for articles and more: www.introspectives…

Nisha tells Emily and Claire about how she grew up, the white space she was immersed in, beauty and love messages she received, her juxtaposed identity, colorism, people of color in media, being a brown PhD student, and more. Nisha is a full-time PhD student researching in the field of education. While she is exploring different aspects of educatio…

Manny tells Claire and Sabrina about his Californian upbringing, experiences abroad in Holland, living in England, colonized notions of love, grappling with identity amidst white supremacy, embracing his Filipino background, men of color in media, and more. Manny Madriaga works in higher education in Northern England and his research interests are …

Alice joins Adrienne and Claire to share how she grew up, the beauty and love messages she received, her lived-in experiences as an Asian Canadian woman, reading, popular media, and more. Crazy Rich Asians reference, Lisa Lu: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa_Lu Joey Wong: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_Wong Anita Mui: https://en.wikipedia.org…

Claire asks Taylor about her childhood, growing up with beauty and love messages, beauty icons, love, dating, and more. Taylor Roh (she/her) is a Korean-American musical theatre artist, theatre maker, guitarist, songwriter, and playwright. Originally born in Busan, South Korea, she has recently relocated from Seoul to Glasgow, Scotland to pursue an…

Amy and Anthony return to talk with Claire and Adrienne about plastic surgery, gender roles, male body image, and more. Listen to Part One of this topic with Amy and Anthony! Season 5 Episode 13 "I Think Women Are Just Deep": https://www.introspectives.uk/ds5-e13-anthony-and-amy/ Listen and enjoy! To receive the latest content, subscribe on whereve…

Sabrina, Sadye, and Claire talk about conscious consumption of media, really listening as allies, colorism, and more. Listen and enjoy! To receive the latest content, subscribe on wherever you listen to podcasts and follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @_introspectives. Check out our website for articles and more: www.introspectives.uk FYI swears …

Adrienne, Claire, Sabrina, Sadye, and Sehrish talk about societal pressures on women, the "ticking" body clock, the biological clock, postpartum, judgments on the female body, post-pregnancy care and pregnancy itself. Listen and enjoy! To receive the latest content, subscribe on wherever you listen to podcasts and follow us on Twitter and Instagram…

Adrienne and Heather share their mixed race identity experiences, cases of imposter syndrome, navigating through multiple cultures, and how they are perceived by others. Check out Heather's other episode with us, S5 E14: (Re)Interpreting Society's Messages! https://www.introspectives.uk/ds5-e14-heather/ Listen and enjoy! To receive the latest conte…

It’s May, which means it’s Asian Pacific American Heritage Month. Or APPI month, however you want to call it. But it’s a month to celebrate all Asians, honor Asian excellence, and remember the Asian diaspora. This is not limited to just Asian or East Asian Americans. We really struggled to capture the emotions we have around the events of the past …

Adrienne, Claire, Enja, Hazel, Natalie, Sabrina, and Sehrish talk about Snowpiercer (the series), I May Destroy You and Black Earth Rising. Questions discussed: 1. Are there any previous conceptions/perspectives you had that you feel were changed after watching these shows? 2. How diverse were the representations of people of color? Do you feel tha…

Adrienne and Claire talk about white allies, the Asian reckoning, APAHM month, AAPI feelings, and POC racism. Listen and enjoy! To receive the latest content, subscribe on wherever you listen to podcasts and follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @_introspectives. Check out our website for articles and more: www.introspectives.uk Artwork by Adrienne…

Claire talks to Adrienne about beauty, love, belonging and identity while taking a walk down memory lane. Listen and enjoy! To receive the latest content, subscribe on wherever you listen to podcasts and follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @_introspectives. Check out our website for articles and more: www.introspectives.uk Artwork by Sabrina. FYI…

Claire's tribute to her Umma. Listen and enjoy! To receive the latest content, subscribe on wherever you listen to podcasts and follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @_introspectives. Check out our website for articles and more: www.introspectives.uk Artwork by Sabrina.

Adrienne talks to Claire about her layered perceptions of beauty, love, identity, belonging, language, influences, and more. Listen and enjoy! To receive the latest content, subscribe on wherever you listen to podcasts and follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @_introspectives. Check out our website for articles and more: www.introspectives.uk Artw…

Sabrina and Claire talk to Heather about how she grew up, moving around, beauty and love, mental health, and racial equality. Heather is a second-generation Filipino American living in Greater London. Moving around the U.S. as a military brat inspired her love of travel. While she has too many favourite places, revisiting Shanghai is at the top of …

Amy and Anthony return to join Claire and Sabrina about asking too many (deep questions) on first dates, disclosing disabilities when dating, being misled, and the stereotype of the "crazy ex." Navigating Dating, Disability, and Disclosure: https://rootedinrights.org/navigating-dating-disability-and-disclosure/ Listen to Amy's episode if you haven'…

Claire, Sabrina, and Sehrish (featuring Jibran!) have a catch-up and talk about toys, growing up, rants, work, the pandemic, TV shows, and more. Listen and enjoy! To receive the latest content, subscribe on wherever you listen to podcasts and follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @_introspectives. Check out our website for articles and more: www.in…

Sehrish tells Claire about her childhood in Germany, family love, perceptions of beauty, being a mother, fighting stereotypes, and more. Listen now! Listen and enjoy! To receive the latest content, subscribe on wherever you listen to podcasts and follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @_introspectives. Check out our website for articles and more: ww…

Amy returns to talk to Adrienne, Claire, and Sabrina about perceptions of beauty, dating (obviously), and more. In particular, bad dating stories, how ableism has never been included in beauty conversations, and getting catfished. You should read the article we discuss in the episode: https://leavingevidence.wordpress.com/2011/08/22/moving-toward-t…

Emily returns to talk to Adrienne and Claire about petiteness, perceptions of submissive Asian (American) women, health, dating, beauty, and more. Emily is a graduate student studying molecular biology at Brown University, but more importantly, is dog mom to the cutest fluff-potato. Born and raised in New England, she likes to hike the White Mounta…

Adrienne and Claire reflect on their upcoming decade birthday, stroll down memory lane, and discuss the future. Listen and enjoy! To receive the latest content, subscribe on wherever you listen to podcasts and follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @_introspectives. Check out our website for articles and more: www.introspectives.uk Artwork by Adrien…

Adrienne and Claire talk to Emily about beauty and love through an Asian American lens: role models, definition of beauty, dating as an Asian woman, and more. Emily is a graduate student studying molecular biology at Brown University, but more importantly, is dog mom to the cutest fluff-potato. Born and raised in New England, she likes to hike the …

Anthony is back to talk to Adrienne, Claire, and Sabrina about dating and love. What are our dealbreakers? What did we think of dating when we were younger versus now? This was another hilarious episode and we hope you enjoy it. If you haven't listened to our feature with Anthony, do it now: Season 4 Episode 4- "Three Years Ahead of My Time" https:…

Adrienne and Claire chat about what it means to be anti-racist, current Asian American hate crimes, solidarity within the POC community, feel good stories featuring Gemma Chan, and Iron Fists and Kung-fu Kicks. Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks https://www.netflix.com/gb/title/80188823 Stop Asian American hate! https://www.instagram.com/p/CLXHA2rsi4J/?i…

Adrienne, Claire, and Sabrina talk to Anthony about his perspective on beauty and love. What is male self-care? Why are gender expectations and perceptions so different? Who is a "man's man?" Anthony kindly agreed to be the voice of all men for this episode (joking!). You can't hear us laughing in the background since we muted our mics, but this wa…

Natalie chats to Claire and Adrienne about family, moving as a kid, living in different countries (USA, UK, Korea, Spain), Covid times, long distance relationships, and more. Natalie is a recent transplant, having arrived in the UK from the States a month ago. After graduating with a Bachelor's of Music in audio engineering, she began teaching Engl…

Adrienne, Claire, Enja, Hazel, and Sabrina talk about the Netflix shows Bridgerton https://www.netflix.com/gb/title/80232398 and Velvet https://www.netflix.com/gb/title/80018046#:~:text=2014%7CTV%2D14%20%7C4,%C3%81ngel%20Silvestre%2C%20Aitana%20S%C3%A1nchez%2DGij%C3%B3n, the book The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett https://www.goodreads.com/book/sho…

Sadye shares her pregnancy journey and the complicated conversations that she hadn't expected. She also tells us about her beauty and love role models and self-care rituals that have helped during the pandemic. Don't miss out on this episode! Sadye is a prior elementary school teacher and coach. After earning her master’s degree in Education Policy…