Name: Bug by Jenny Asarnow
Duration: 3 min 29 s
Description: “I prefer not to be feminine but the thing is that I’m pretty much always read as feminine anyway.” Sarah Kessler is a Ph.D. candidate in Comparative Literature at the University of California, Irvine, where she is writing a dissertation on ventriloquism.

“I prefer not to be feminine but the thing is that I’m pretty much always read as feminine anyway.” Sarah Kessler is a Ph.D. candidate in Comparative Literature at the University of California, Irvine, where she is writing a dissertation on ventriloquism.


Have you ever had an ongoing identity crisis? In the first episode of the Viraasat series, host Kamna Shastri shares the questions about identity that plague her mind. She traces back the story of how her parents came to the Pacific Northwest from India and reflects on the traditions her family has kept and the parts of her culture she fears might fade away with time.

Every consequent episode of Viraasat will explore the stories of South Asian Americans from the Pacific Northwest/ Seattle area, and how they think about the identities that inform their lives.

Credits and gratitude to:

Editor: Ann Kane

Stories: Ravi Rangan and Yamini Gourishankar

Sound: “Evolving Raindrops Ambience” courtesy Speedenza (freesound.org)

            “Seattle Public Market Center” courtesy Lenguaverde (freesound.org)

Bug

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