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The Asian Gay Thing

Episode Summary

Anne Ishii is the co-founder of MASSIVE GOODS, an agency and lifestyle brand featuring art from queer and feminist artists from Japan. In a single year, Anne suffered two tragic losses — any one of them would have destroyed her business. How did she survive the impossible?

Episode Notes

Anne Ishii is the co-founder of MASSIVE GOODS, an agency and lifestyle brand featuring art from queer and feminist artists from Japan. In a single year, Anne suffered two tragic losses — any one of them would have destroyed her business. How did she survive the impossible?

Store: MASSIVE GOODS
Recommended: Gengoroh Tagame, Opening Ceremony, New York Art Book Fair, Toronto Comic Art Festival

Host
Anshuman Iddamsetty

Producers
Michelle Macklem
Emma Fedderson
Anshuman Iddamsetty

Senior Supervising Producer
Tammi Downey

Engineer
Jason ‘Metal’ Donkersgoed

Musical Score
Jim Guthrie