Bonus ep!This past week, the Asian Arts Initiative in Philly (AAI) hosted a short conversation about the question of representation in media and politics. AAI’s exec. director Anne Ishii (@ill_iterate) MCed the event, which featured myself (Andy) and Bakirathi Mani, a fellow academic in the region (Swarthmore college, check out her new book Unseeing Empire, with the discount code E20EMPR). We talk: Kamala and Andrewsouth and east Asian comparative diasporasAsian versus Asian American studieswhy the search for representation is always just a little bit “off”? (there’s also a Youtube version of the in-person conversation here!)Check out AAI on twitter: @asianartsphillyAs always, follow us @ttsgpod and email us at: timetosaygoodbyepod@gmail.com! This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit goodbye.substack.com/subscribe