GBA 241 Vera Chok

Published: Feb. 24, 2016, 10:40 a.m.

b"In GBA 241 we get better acquainted with Vera Chok. We struggle through a little bit of social awkwardness to get into a great conversation about acting, writing, performance, identity, race and sex. The conversation grapples with perception, the self, image, shame and the body which makes it sound a bit worthy and pretentious which it very much is not!\\n\\nVera plugs:\\n\\nThe Good Immigrant: https://unbound.co.uk/books/the-good-immigrant\\n\\nShort Story coming up (in the future) on The Toast: http://the-toast.net/\\n\\nCharles Adrian Gillot: http://charlesadrian.typepad.com/\\n\\nPage One: http://www.pageonepodcast.com/\\n\\nMuselings: http://muselings.uk/\\n\\nI plug:\\n\\nWhat About the Men? Mansplaining Masculinity: https://soundcloud.com/standuptragedy/sut-presents-what-about-the-men-mansplaining-maculinity\\n\\nhttp://mansplainingmasculinity.co.uk\\n\\nWe mention:\\n\\nPBH Spoken Word Album: https://pbhfreefringespokenword.bandcamp.com/album/a-maze-of-breaths-spoken-word-at-pbhs-free-fringe\\nStand Up Tragedy: http://www.standuptragedy.co.uk/\\nFree Fringe: http://freefringe.org.uk/\\nPeter Buckley Hill's GBA: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-live-8-peter-buckley-hill\\nLAMDA: https://www.lamda.org.uk/\\nEnid Blyton: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enid_Blyton\\nSamantha Mann: http://mssamanthamann.com/\\nArts Admin: http://www.artsadmin.co.uk/\\nPeople Show Studios: http://www.run-riot.com/venue/people-show-studios\\nAdrian's GBA: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-162-adrian\\nStacey Makishi: http://www.stacymakishi.com/\\nBryony Kimmings: http://www.bryonykimmings.com/\\nGreg Woehead: https://gregwohead.com/\\nThe New Year Episode: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-extra-new-focus\\nPeter Morris: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Morris_(playwright)\\nWikipedia entry on Vera: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vera_Chok\\nWallace Shawn's The Fever: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallace_Shawn\\nKrystian Godlewski: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm5395388/\\nCameryn Moore's GBA: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-215-cameryn-moore\\nBrautigan Bookclub: https://thebrautiganbookclub.wordpress.com/\\nRichard Brautigan: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Brautigan\\nChimerica: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chimerica_(play)\\nDiverse December: http://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/jan/07/diverse-december-creators-expand-social-media-campaign-readdiverse2016\\nKin Podcast: https://soundcloud.com/kin-podcast\\nVera and Anna on Kin: https://soundcloud.com/kin-podcast/kin-3-oh-shit-im-not-white\\nNikesh Shukla: http://www.nikesh-shukla.com/\\nSense 8: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sense8\\nSamantha's GBA: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-live-16-ms-samantha-mann\\nI Love Being Asked About My Sexual Desires \\u2014 But I Just Can\\u2019t Answer: http://www.theestablishment.co/2015/12/30/why-cant-i-ask-for-what-i-want-in-bed/\\n\\nHelp more people get better acquainted. If you like what you hear why not write an iTunes review?\\n\\nFollow @GBApodcast on Twitter. Like Getting Better Acquainted on facebook. Tell your friends. Spread the word!"