We're finally here. Cribbs and Talica reflect on the last four years since the creation of their podcast and thank their listeners for their support and what lies ahead for your 2 favourite Brownish girls.
Special shout out to the listeners who sent voice messages in - Adele Luamanuvae, Eden, Jane T, Jasmine Greenwood, Katea (KT) FYR and Mihaka.
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.
Cribbs and Talica interview long time friend of the podcast - Pasepa, an Environmental Science major from Macquarie University, who has worked previously in Ecological Restoration. But she is not just a Scientist, she is a multi-faceted Baddie who has made her debut as a 007 in this year’s West Ball 4, hosted by Father Xander Silky and previous 2 Brownish Girls guest, Jamaica Moana, modeled in campaigns such as Light Speech in Issue 5 for Astrophe Magazine and alongside with another previous 2 Brownish Girls guest, Isaac Nasedra organized the 2021 Fiji COVID Relief Mask drive for Fiji. The girls discuss her origin story, Science and Creative endeavours and the differences between Fijians in the Mother Country and Fijians in the diaspora.
Cribbs & Talica revisit their iconic/traumatizing episode from Season 1 of the 2 Brownish Girl, Episode 7 - The Sole Struggle: "Dating" (or not dating), Brown Men, Insecurities or Q&A with a 2023 update and their perspectives on their July 2019 thoughts and what has changed since then. Join them for a cute little update, will Cribbs ever get over the hold Brown men have on her and will Talica actually ever tell a man how she feels or has she just accepted her forever alone status due to the consequences of her lack of actions? Find out in the next 52 minutes!
Your favourite delusional Westies bring you a short and sweet update on how things have been for them in 2023 so far. From what they've been up to, the gigs they've attended and new changes in their life and the energy they want for the rest of the year. From Cribbs' new life update and the seasonal changes for her to Talica's never-ending rants on something that she has no control over.
Today we are blessed with the presence of Concord’s finest, one of Concord High’s highly esteemed alumni, the CEO of Burwood Westfield, she’s gotta get on in Concord - it’s Youtuber and Content Creator, @eni420oner8.
This one is for the Area girls, three girls in a room just chatting is what this one is about, so sit tight. Welcome to the show Eni!
[HUGE LANGUAGE WARNING]
Welcome back to Season 5 of 2 Brownish Girls, the farewell tour and I am one of your hosts, Cribbs. Happy Gregorian New Year, Lunar New Year and of course, happy 1st episode of the season! It’s great to be back and we hope that you’ve been enjoying some sort of a break or celebrating in the festivities with your loved ones!
For the very very first episode, I am joined by someone special in my life and who naturally had the pleasure of co-creating Cribbs herself, and therefore co-creating 2 Brownish Girls, it is none other than my Dad, Father Cribbs also Sonny. Here we spent a sunny summer afternoon just chatting, and getting to learn about my Dad, alongside me as there’s a few things I didn’t know!
Also just want to apologise for the super echoeyness that you hear when I speak…it’s giving, amateur editor and recording out of a phone and a microphone vibe but I really enjoyed this short talk and I hope this sparks more conversations with your parents while they’re still here. I am so grateful to share this space, that is the podcast that I hold so dear to my heart and to hear him speak about his life.
As avid Twitter users, Cribbs and Talica spend the September episode dissecting the community known as 'Poly Twitter' and specifically Noa @nottongan's 'Cycle of Poly Twitter'. Every year there are discussions on the same subjects within the community and for this month's episode we're going to give our opinions once and for all.
Time Stamps
06:43-13:04 - Should Non-Black people should be saying the N word?
13:04-14:11 - Poly men dating white women.
14:11-17:47 - Pacific Islander food war and Cribsey’s confession that Fiji makes the best kokoda.
17:47-21:20 - America Diaspora vs NZ Diaspora vs Australia Diaspora.
21:20-28:05 - Petty Twitter Drama and being in control of Twitter drama.
28:05-31:40 - Men being misogynists and creating an abundance of Pick Me Girls.
32:10-37:15 - Non-Pacific Islanders getting Pacific Islander tattoos.
37:15-39:37 - Pacific Islander businesses getting dragged.
39:37-40:35 - Someone/something being a scam. (E.g Arbonne and Loom).
Hello! It's gonna be MAY. Lol. Dry. We wanted to give a quick shoutout and thanks to all our listeners as we celebrate 3 years of the podcast this month, what a time to be alive ay. Fark. Can’t believe we made it this far. Anywho! Thanks to the day ones, the for life-ers and the ride or dies, we appreciate you all so much for sticking with us!
This month, we are joined by none other than Jamaica Moana. If you don’t know the name, you will know by the end of this episode! She is beauty and she’s grace, she’s the non-binary rapper, a community leader in the Australian ballroom community and queer community, a multidisciplinary artist and MORE. Coming hot off releasing her latest track, collaborating with iconic ballroom figure, Kevin Jz Prodigy titled VICIOUS, there’s no stopping her now. Jamaica has built many accolades over the years throughout various industries, we can’t wait to see what is in store for her. Welcome, Jamaica Moana!