The Veiqia Project is a creative research project inspired by the practice of Fijian female tattooing of veiqia. In 2015 a group of Fijian women based in New Zealand and Australia were brought together to create new works for an exhibition inspired by veiqia (Fijian female tattoo), a practice that was stopped from around the mid-19th century and conducted in secrecy up to the early 20th century.   The project involved an online research forum and time spent with Fijian collections in Fiji and New Zealand museums. The exhibition took place at ST PAUL St Gallery in March 2016 for the Auckland Arts Festival and coincided with the PAA XII International Symposium. Four years after their creation - on the 27th April 2019, The Veiqia Project held an event on Dhawaral country at Campbelltown Arts Centre called 'Solevu' - a full day of delicious lovo-making (Fijian earth oven), workshops and talanoa to celebrate the last 18 months of cross-generational Era Yalovata Na Marama program. And due to this event, which Cribbs came across and invited Talica....The 2 Brownish Girls podcast was born. Join Cribbs & Talica and members of The Veiqia Project, Donita, Luisa and Margaret for great interview.

Correction: We incorrectly mentioned Girls Generation in Korean slang is SNSD, however that is not slang and is the abbreviated format of their name in Korean which is 소녀시대 (Romanized: Sonyeo Sidae)  We apologize for this error. With this year being the final year of the 2 Brownish Girls podcast, we've decided to also discuss topics we're interested in that's linked to our community. Talica is joined by her brother Mo and friends of the podcast, sisters Allua and Lili to discuss one of their favourite topics ever - K-pop, specifically discussing the correlation between Korean pop music and Pacific Islanders, with a lot of our community being K-pop stans and also famous Pasifika dance choreographers such as Parris Goebel who have worked with Big Bang, 2NE1, CL and Taeyang and Sienna Lalau who has worked with BTS.  We discuss the positive impact K-pop has had in our lives, our earliest memories of it, our favourite groups and choreography and also if we were idols, which agency would we sign with. Join us for this fun filled K-pop enthusiast episode!

Trigger Warning: Mentions of Youth Suicide and Gang Violence CORRECTION: I mentioned Nick Kyrgios being of Greek and Indonesian descent however he is of Greek and Malaysian descent, my apologies! Welcome to a bonus episode of 2 Brownish Girls where we have a great talanoa with Matavai Pacific Cultural Arts' Moemōana Schwenke and Pelesasa Pictures' Taofia Pelesasa about 'Motu of Western Sydney' and their dedication and determination in keeping Pacific Islander storytelling alive with their creative endeavours and the importance of resilience and staying true to yourself.  ‘Motu of Western Sydney’ is produced by Maryjane and Fred Schwenke of Matavai Pacific Cultural Arts and directed and written by Moemōana Schwenke and Taofia Pelesasa. This production was created thanks to a partnership between Sydney’s premiere Pacific Islands cultural centre, Matavai Pacific Cultural Arts and Pelesasa Pictures. The production is described as ‘A communal voice of the Pacific Islands communities of Australia, showcasing theatre, dance, music and other creative arts - all streamed through the eyes of Pasifika-Western Sydney. The production will encompass all the beautiful things about our communities, whilst still having the ability to hold a mirror up to ourselves and the wider Australian communities and our calls for change.’ Motu of Western Sydney will be at The Joan Sutherland Performing Arts Centre in Penrith in the evening on Friday 15th July and Saturday 16th of July 2022. There will be a special matinee performance for youth on the morning of Saturday 16th July 2022. Tickets available here at The Joan's website. Want to support 2 Brownish Girls? Join our Patreon - www.patreon.com/2brownishgirls and leave a review on Apple Podcasts.

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Yup - we went there. 2BG takes on WAP for this bonus episode on this snowy ass August. We talk about the double standards in rap music, "traditional cis het roles", wondering where our allies are and how men are afraid of "raising daughters to be like hoes" yet have no issues being scheming gangas. All of this and MORE in this fuckery of an episode! Want to support 2 Brownish Girls? Join our Patreon - www.patreon.com/2brownishgirls and leave a review on Apple Podcasts. 

Please listen to the TW at the beginning of the episode. Tonight’s quick episode is dedicated to Kobe Bryant 1978-2020. Correction: Magic Johnson not Magic Jordan smh.

Find out how Cribbs & Talica first met in this week’s episode and we answer YOUR questions! Thank you for tuning in! Come talanoa with us on Instagram: www.instagram.com/2brownishgirls