Helllooooo and welcome back to Bitch From Pakistan!

On this episode, I have invited a close friend and bestie, Sherrrrrr Salman! There was no other perfect person to discuss the rise of the South Asian Moment....

Whether it's in fashion at SANYFW, or in music with Indowarehouse, or even Prada copying our chapals.....the desi flavor is in, and it's being packaged as a trend.

Our haldi dood became a tumeric latte....our dupattas became Scandinavian scarves...

Before they can take EVEN MORE than they already have, all the creativity within Desis has been bursting these last few years and we are here to reclaim our power....in the

SOUTH ASIAN MOMENT!

@disco.sher.source

Hey guys, welcome back to BFP season 2 and here we are with episode 2!

On this episode, we collab cultures, Desis & Latinos/Hispanics. This duo has a lot in common, from our frijoles and daal, to our kheer and arroz con leche, large celebrations with large families, loud senses of humor and love of music, dance and telenovela drama. Our collabs go hard too...who doesn't love of chicken tikka taco?

Clearly I have had this idea for a while...it started when I lived in Texas for a few years. During my time there, I realized that so many Desis lived there not only because of the love of heat, but also the family and cultural values of the large Hispanic and Latino*** communities influencing the environment of the cities there. I also saw that expectations within the family were similarly heavy and there were religious influences and patriarchal customs that made our upbringings conservative and restrictive when it came to trying to be authentically ourselves.

In my time in Minnesota, I came across Steph who became one of my close masc friends. She wanted to be on this show because she felt that she never saw anyone that she could look up to during her character developing years that represented what her story looked like and she wanted to shed some limelight on hers in honor of supporting what she didn't have growing up.

I hope you enjoy this special and spicy episode!!

Steph's instagram: @stephanielima51

Thank you as always to @Kwey_ for podcast production, audio editing and recording!

***In case anyone was wondering the difference between Latino/Hispanic is that Latinos is based on Latin culture and Hispanic means Spanish-speaking. For example, my friend Steph on this episode is Guatemalan and is Hispanic and not Latino and my Brazilian friend is Latino but speaks Portuguese and is not Hispanic.

Hey guys, welcome back to a brand new season of Bitch from Pakistan! Thank you for staying tuned, and for continuing this journey with me, I'm excited to share what I've got in store!

For the very first episode of the new season, I wanted to bring in someone who was a little older, wiser and who had seen and experienced the world . For a lot of us black sheep, we are the blind leading the blind haha, and I thought it would be really cool to hear from someone who had lived through it, and was on the other side of the struggle. Her being my family, made this even more special. She has always reminded me that our life can be beautiful, because we choose to make it that way. Not despite the fact that we all had to go through so much to get there but more so that we took our circumstances by the balls, and were resilient in chasing our happiness and did not take no for an answer from the universe. Look at all this hope and optimism in this new season beginning! I present to you...Meherunisa Stevie!

Meher's socials: Tik tok: masssmas ; Insta: masmas_2002

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Huge thank you to Mr. All Things Audio on this podcast, @kwey_