Winning Sound Up 2018 resulted in Masala Podcast Winning Sound Up UK 2018, the competition to find more diverse voices in the mostly white-dominated podcasting landscape gave Sangeeta Pillai to opportunity to create Masala Podcast. This podcast which started life at Sound Up 2018 has gone on to win multiple British Podcast Awards in 2021 …
Sexual Confidence for South Asian Women Intrigued by my Sex Goddess Workshop for South Asian women? South Asian culture has taught us as women to feel shame and taboo around our bodies and sexuality. And yet, our culture worships an array of fiery, fabulous goddesses. Are you ready to break the stigma and shame? Do …
Meet this awesome South Asian womxn! Dr Parvinder Shergill is an award-winning doctor in mental health for the NHS, and a published writer, actress, international presenter, and filmmaker. She has recorded with BBC, Channel 4, and has been featured in The Guardian for her work. Parvinder has her own radio show The Secret Psychiatrist, and …
South Asian womxn rule! Meet Priya Fox. She has always had a passion for acting since she was a child but when she attended dramas schools, she felt incredibly alone because no one looked like her. Her journey, in her own words: At the beginning of 2021, I saw a couple of tweets from fellow …
Inspirational South Asian women & fiery Asian feminists. Love you Bad Betis!
Clinical Pharmacist ( PharmD ), Mental Health & Mindfulness Advocate & Co-Host @pharmacypodcast South Asian womxn are awesome! The awesome Dr. Monica Krishnan is tackling the taboo of being a widow in South Asian culture. Even today, some sections of South Asian society see widowhood as a failure & widows are sometimes shunned by society. Dr. …
I love Manasi’s vibrant energy & awesome art. Here’s more from her: Manasi Arya is a Special Education teacher pursuing her masters in Special Education. She is also an artist who created a popular art page on Instagram a few years ago to showcase her stories and art pieces over the years. She says her inspiration is …
South Asian womxn rock. Preeti Dsouza has a belly and she knows how to use it! A belly dancer, known for busting taboos around size and body shape, Preeti has spent the last 10 years both learning and teaching Belly Dancing in Mumbai. She has trained with international teachers and has trained her students to perform …
South Asian womxn are awesome! South Asian Sister Toral Shah is Founder of The Urban Kitchen, Nutritional Scientist (MSc Nutr Med), Functional Medicine Practitioner, Food and Health Writer & Consultant Toral was diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 29. It was just six years after she supported her mum through the disease. In 2018, she …
One of the best feminists podcasts, multiple award winner “OMG! I love your podcast. Thank you for giving us South Asian womxn a platform.” About Masala Podcast Masala Podcast is a show for South Asian women, where we talk about all those things that we’re NOT supposed to talk about in our culture. • Themes …
It was such a pleasure being on a panel for The Female Quotient being interviewed by Shelley Zalis who is a champion of gender equality as well as the founder and CEO of The Female Quotient. Alongside Natalie Tulloch, Global Lead, Spotify SoundUp. I talked about creating my online platform, Soul Sutras, which tackles cultural …
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Some people don’t wait for change, they make the change happen. This was the theme of the panel with Christina Moore founder of Don’t Skip Media and Steph Colbourne Founder of Edit Audio. We talked about taking action to create the sort of world we wanted – specifically in podcasting. This special panel was done …
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