Hello hello hello… we have finally made it here..our dedicated and loyal 2 Brownish Girls listeners, it is the last episode of Season 3 of the 2 Brownish Girls Podcast, it’s your favourite girls from their respective areas, I mean maybe we’re not your favourite girls from the area but we hope we’re up there! Today we’ll be talking about the year that was 2021 for our own version of Spotify Wrapped and our hopes, dreams and schemes for 2022. Also a big shoutout to all of you, we are so thankful for your support this year - especially with our Spotify Wrapped results and also our continuous support from our Patreons. We also want to thank our guests that we had this year, Nuks, Isaac Nasedra and Tala, Mahalia Handley, Mel Ree and Stelly G, Groupie Collective Podcasters - Sean and Vanessa, Nunia, Aysha and April, Pasepa, Donina Va’a, Nella and lastly Prof Jioji Ravulo. Just a heads up for our patrons and potential future patrons, next year we’ll be restructuring our tiers to offer a one all-inclusive fee making it simple and straightforward to support us. We hope you can join us next year as we grow our podcast! We love you all so much!!! See you in 2022!! Big vinaka vaka levu to the website The Institute of You and Jose Manuel at EnglishPost.org where we got some of the questions we’re asking each other today.  https://instituteofyou.org/year-in-review-50-powerful-questions-to-reflect/ https://englishpost.org/music-conversation-questions/

For our November episode, we’re honoured to be joined by an amazing guest, who is Australia’s first Pasifika Professor - being the Professor and Chair of Social Work and Policy Studies in the Sydney School of Education and Social Work at The University of Sydney. We talk all things Pasifika, education, representation, Jioji's passions and how he likes to encourage the Pasifika community in more ways than one. Welcome to the show, Professor Jioji Ravulo! 

**CONTENT WARNING** This episode contains sensitive subject matter in relation to Domestic Violence with a focus on the Australian-Pasifika diaspora and the cis-hetero relationship. The purpose of this month’s episode is to share space with our dear friend Nella, on her experiences as a survivor of domestic violence. As a former pageant Queen, international supermodel, pageant and model coach and most recently blossoming in the film industry, we are honoured to have her on this month’s show.

*TW* This episode contains sensitive subject matter in relation to Domestic Violence with a focus on the Pasifika-Australian diaspora and the cis-hetero relationship. This month, we are joined by Donina Va’a to share insights on her work in the community here in Sydney. This discussion will take place over two episodes, with this month focusing on the ground work taking place and next month, we’ll be joined by a friend of the podcast, to share her story as a domestic violence survivor. For any information on hotlines for support organisations in the South Pacific, we have recorded these at the end of the episode. Thanks for your patience on this episode being 5 days late! 

Fiji currently has the highest number of COVID-19 cases per capita than any other country. With ongoing harsh restrictions and fines throughout the island nation, COVID-19 is sweeping through with over 24,000 active cases (currently but not overall). We’re joined by Isaac Nasedra and Pasepa Morell, friends of the podcast who are here today for an early bird episode for the month of August to shed some light on the current situation in Fiji and the Go Fund Me page that they're managing to meet an urgent need of support from the Pasifika-Australian diaspora.  You can find them on Instagram: @therealisaacnasedra & @_pasepa_ Gofundme link: https://www.gofundme.com/f/fiji-covid-relief-mask-drive

Tonight, we are coming to you from across states and suburbs currently in lockdown to bring you this virtual episode joined by two incredible Pasifika women to celebrate the launch of Isle Magazine.. Isle Magazine is an independent online & print publication spotlighting and empowering Pasifika excellence all over the world. We are joined by the Editor in Chief and Director of Isle Magazine, Aysha aka Mrs Fallback - who is also a Converse All Star hailing from Naarm and Australian Fashion Week enthusiast, Kali Uchis clone and future wife of Josh Addo-Carr - Creative Director of Isle Magazine, April.

In this month's episode, we interview Talica's cousin - Nunia Mocelutu-Tamanitoakula as we hear her journey through parenthood as a mum of 2 children under 2. She talks about her journey through mental health, what it's been like coping with post-partum depression and how she's feeling now. As usual, the perspectives spoken in this episode do not reflect those of a community but from those speaking.

TW: Discussions of sexual assault allegations It's almost the end of financial year! We're halfway through season 3 and we've got none other than Sean & Vanessa of Groupie Collective, fellow Western Sydney friends of the podcast that host their own podcast dedicated to the Australian live music scene. We meet up on Record Store Day on Gadigal Country to discuss all things music like our music mosaics, the music our siblings and parents used to listen to and speaking on spicy topics like: who's our problematic fave artists? what was the first song you downloaded on Limewire and who had the best polyphonic ringtone. Enjoy this jam packed episode if you love music as much as we do!

‘Our connection to home and place cradles our identities, nourishes our spirits and heals us emotionally. But what happens when you’re physically disconnected? Away from home, not knowing when you can return. Dressed in another culture for so long that your own feels like a costume.’ Tonight we’re joined by 2 of the 4 Pasifika women behind a new production called ORA/MATE birthed by the Black Birds Creative Arts collective by Ayeesha Ash in collaboration with multidisciplinary artists: Mel Ree, Sela Vai and Stelly G. They will be performing at the Pact Centre, Marrickville between 14th to 17th July with their new production ‘ORA/MATE’.

**PLEASE NOTE: We are not medical professionals and our discussion this month was in regard to our own individual health. Please contact a medical professional for further advice**  TRIGGER WARNINGS: Our April episode deals with a number of sensitive subjects including medical misdiagnosis, domestic violence, self-harm, suicide, substance abuse, eating disorders, body hatred, fat phobia and mental illness. Support services will be made available on our Linktree on the 2 Brownish Girls Instagram. Talica is joined by Mahalia Handley (Instagram: @mahaliafromaustralia) - the iconic plus size Maori-Irish model who hails from Darwin and has been working in the fashion industry for 11 years. They discuss her origin story of wanting to be a model from a young age for representation, the importance of self-care not just being a spa day, taking care of your mental health, the pros and cons of body positivity, using your platform for activism and why the Australia fashion industry needs a reform.