Yang-May Ooi is a former lawyer, podcaster, performance artist and bestselling-author who has been blogging for over 10 years. Her cross-cultural blog Fusion View gained 10,000 unique views a month and was featured on the BBC. She is the co-author of the social media chapters of International Communications Strategy, published by Kogan Page and nominated for the FT Goldman Sachs Business Book Award. She currently runs Tiger Spirit, a multi-media blog on creativity. In 2015, Yang-May published the memoir Bound Beet Blues: A Life Told in Shoes based on her one-hour solo stage show Bound Feet Blues where she steps in the shoes of several people of her life and family lineage. Together we explore:
Our experiences with performances of femininity
Our thoughts on wearing wheels
The concept of identity
the roles of values in our lives and how they guide our choices
The beauty and struggle of creative living
Yang-May's experience as a writer and performance artist
How Yang-May reminds herself to live an examined life
Credits:
Creator & Host: Carlota Guedes.
Music Audio Producer & Editor: Carlos Sierra.
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