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I know that “internalised racism” is not a very fun topic: it sounds heavy, too theoretical, too “activist”-y.

But this is something that we, the Asi...

Even though the world feels like it’s turned upside down right now, there are common truths that seem to permeate through no matter the external envir...

Right now, there are around 700,000 international students from Asia enrolled in Australian universities. Although many were unable to return or move ...

Two years ago, I visited my favourite aunty in rural Japan and during my stay, I remember telling her about “Asian Australians” and how I’d been think...

Now more than ever, we, the Asian Australian community need to remember that there always have been and will always continue to be, Asian Australians ...

An early dialogue about Covid-19 concerned the “dirty” and “weird” foods that Asians eat. For me, this triggered so much past shame about food identit...

I received an email from an Australian psychology service yesterday which addressed the covid-19 outbreak and how we can take care of ourselves throug...

I feel like we spend a lot of energy and dialogue around how we can support others by checking in with them when they don’t look or seem so well. Init...

Whenever I talk about this platform, Shapes and Sounds, the number one question I'm asked is, "do you know of a good Asian Australian therapist?" It's...

Sometimes all the stars align and you meet the right person at exactly the right time. For me, Dr Phoebe Lau is one of those people.

I’ve been creati...

Although Shapes and Sounds predominantly speaks to the Asian diaspora community in Australia, it is fair to say that most people reading this are in f...

As is the case with all of us who have had employment in this country, I’ve had the pleasure of working with an arrogant, unqualified, insecure, middl...