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Yumi Stynes returns for season two of SBS podcast SEEN'

28/02/2024

Yumi Stynes returns for season two of SBS podcast SEEN'

26 February, 2024

Media releases

Eight new trailblazers join feminist Australian icon Yumi Stynes to unravel their personal stories and what it's like forging your own path without positive media representation.

Yumi Stynes returns for a second riveting season of Seen - the interview podcast that talks to inspirational Australians who have come from under-represented backgrounds and communities and made astonishing impacts on our culture.

Step into the amazing life stories of season two guests including Dr Amy Thunig, whose bestselling memoir chronicles growing up with a parent struggling with addiction, alongside drag royalty Kween Kong, AFL Women's star player Darcy Vescio, domestic violence advocate Tarang Chawla, and others.

Host Yumi Stynes said: These are stories of triumph over voices of judgement, hate and doubt, of bravely taking up space, and finding the happiness you deserve.

As an Asian, single, working mum, I think a lot about my own identity. I mean, I'm confident and work hard but still I grapple with motherhood, the maddening persistence of sexism, daily casual racism, gendered violence, death threats, and generational cycles that need to be broken.

Poignant first-person stories include that of celebrity chef Khanh Ong, who was born in an overcrowded Indonesian refugee camp and arrived in Australia by boat, and Antonia Burke, who once wished she could scrub her dark skin white and now uses her professional knowledge to advocate for her Tiwi Islands community against big gas companies.

Exploring how perceptions of gender, queerness and cultural identity can create harmful stereotypes and hurdles, Seen deep dives into the impact of inequality and celebrates inclusion and diverse voices.

I talk to some of the most inspiring people in the country. These are people who subvert the narratives of being the model' minority - they disrupt and they break cycles of trauma, said Stynes.

For a pdf copy of this media release, click here.
LINK: https://www.sbs.com.au/aboutus/2024/02/28/yumi-stynes-returns-for-seas...
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