Show notes
In episode 19, Kim Nguyen & Eunsong Kim with guest star Soleil Ho (food critic, writer, all around extraordinaire :) discuss the kdrama, "It's Okay To Not Be Okay" (2020). In which our emotionally unavailable alien (from "My Love from a Different Star") returns as a deeply emotionally repressed mental health “professional," to awkwardly maybe fall in love with a "famous" children's book author (O.o). We talk about: violent family structures (abuse & parental roles, abuse & mental illness), faux-therapy (aka everyone diagnosis each other all the time), the Tamer vs the Caretaker (aka the same violence with different forms of abuse: suppression vs repression), Normativity and Control, the return of the unexceptional pita bread woman, Maternal vs Romantic Love and lastly: product placement: why subway why. We also dip into racism and food writing to discuss our summer fav: resignation calls!trigger warning: parental abuse, attempted infanticide also we are not mental health professionals--please take care while listeningFor more of Soleil's work see:https://soleilho.comhttps://www.sfchronicle.com/author/soleil-hoand follow:https://twitter.com/hooleilfor your 2ndary pleasures:https://poshmark.com/listing/Jimmy-Choo-Leanne-85-suede-mesh-pump-black-eu-40-5d222f48969d1f3e8b463532?l_con=PREOWNED%2FUSED&utm_source=gdm&utm_campaign=9885398791&campaign_id=9885398791&ad_partner=google&gskid=pla-934826531913&gcid=431634175106&ggid=101169993035&gdid=c&g_network=g&enable_guest_buy_flow=true&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI9vv9k5LW6wIVEj2tBh0lnAhbEAQYASABEgL7OvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.dshttps://www.ebay.com/itm/MINJUKIM-NEXT-IN-FASHION-19FW-RUFFLE-DETAIL-SHIRTS-BLACK-Goth-Party-KOREA/124099288855?hash=item1ce4e4df17:g:FJ8AAOSwWepeXefthttps://www.ebay.com/itm/Gianvito-Rossi-Womens-Peep-Toe-Stiletto-Pumps-Black-Suede-Size-37-5-7-5/203098099320?hash=item2f49970e78:g:S4wAAOSwOBhfUtOuMake your own corn cheese pizza: https://www.cookingmyfeelings.com/recipe/cheesy-corn-pizza-koreanintro & closing music from Park Ji Yoon's "아무 것도 몰라요"
