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Youngmi Mayer is a
Korean American Korean Americans are Americans of Korean ancestry (mostly from South Korea). In 2015, the Korean-American community constituted about 0.56% of the United States population, or about 1.82 million people, and was the fifth-largest Asian Americans ...
stand-up
comedian A comedian or comic is a person who seeks to entertain an audience by making them laugh. This might be through jokes or amusing Amusement is the state of experiencing humorous and entertaining events or situations while the person or a ...
,
activist Activism (or Advocacy) consists of efforts to promote, impede, direct or intervene in social, political, economic or environmental reform with the desire to make changes in society toward a perceived greater good. Forms of activism range fro ...
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podcast A podcast is a program made available in digital format for download over the Internet. For example, an episodic series of digital audio or video files that a user can download to a personal device to listen to at a time of their choosing ...
host, and social media influencer. She is the co-host and host of ''Feeling Asian'' and ''Hairy Butthole,'' podcasts that highlight the
Asian American Asian Americans are Americans of Asian ancestry (including naturalized Americans who are immigrants from specific regions in Asia and descendants of such immigrants). Although this term had historically been used for all the indigenous people ...
experience.


Career

Mayer explores her experience as a queer, divorced, Korean American single mom in her work. She is known for her funny anecdotes and
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s on
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and
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. Additionally, Mayer writes about racism and dating, understanding Asian trauma in white-dominated spaces, dealing with
generational trauma Transgenerational trauma is the psychological and physiological effects that the trauma experienced by people has on subsequent generations in that group. The primary modes of transmission are the uterine environment during pregnancy causing epigen ...
, and Asian-centered stereotypes and translation inconsistencies within popular media.


''Feeling Asian''

The podcast ''Feeling Asian'' was created in September 2019 by Youngmi Mayer and Brian Park to speak freely about their personal experience as Asian Americans. Mayer and Park interview notable Asian American figures in pop culture including
Michelle Zauner Michelle Chongmi Zauner (born March 29, 1989) is a Korean-American musician and author, best known as the lead vocalist of the alternative pop band Japanese Breakfast. Her 2021 memoir, '' Crying in H Mart'', spent 60 weeks on ''The New York Times ...
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Janet Yang Janet Yang (born July 13, 1956) is a Hollywood producer and current President of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Yang's award-winning film and TV credits include '' The Joy Luck Club'', ''The People vs. Larry Flynt'', ''Dark M ...
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Lisa Ling Lisa J. Ling (born August 30, 1973) is an American journalist, television personality, and author. She is currently the host of ''This Is Life with Lisa Ling '' on CNN. Previously, she was a reporter on Channel One News, a co-host on the ABC dayt ...
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Bowen Yang Bowen Yang ( zh, link=no, 楊伯文; born November 6, 1990) is an Australian-born American actor, comedian, podcaster, and writer based in New York City. He co-hosts a comedy pop-culture podcast, '' Las Culturistas,'' with Matt Rogers. Since Sep ...
, and
Yaeji Kathy Yaeji Lee (;, born August 6, 1993), known professionally as Yaeji, is an American singer, DJ, and producer based in Brooklyn, New York. Her style blends elements of house music and hip hop with mellow, quiet vocals sung in both English and ...
. ''Feeling Asian's'' episode on "Feeling Asian" was listed number three on
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's top ten "podcasts that answered our biggest questions in 2021." The podcast was rewarded for its discussion of anti-Asian hate during the
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References


Further reading


Telling Jokes (And Emotional Healing) with Youngmi Mayer

Youngmi Mayer's Day Off in NYC's Chinatown Feels Like Home

The Power Parents Behind Mission Chinese
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mayer, Youngmi Living people American stand-up comedians American women podcasters American podcasters American people of Korean descent Year of birth missing (living people) American women comedians 21st-century American women American LGBT people of Asian descent 21st-century American LGBT people 21st-century American comedians American comedians of Asian descent