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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!