This week Candy interviews iconic TV presenter, radio/podcast host and journalist Yumi Stynes. Born to a Japanese mother and white Australian father, Yumi was born and raised in the suburbs of Melbourne to later relocate to Sydney to work for channel V Australia.
Fast forward 20 years to now, Yumi writes and runs her ABC Radio podcast on female health and sexuality, ‘Ladies, We Need to Talk’ whilst hosting the 3PM PICK UP aired on multiple national stations. This year Yumi has released two books including ‘Welcome to your period’ and ‘Zero Fucks Cooking- Endless Summer’. When she isn’t decolonising in mainstream Australian media, Yumi can be found goofing out at home with her partner and four children.
Discussion Points
Representation of woman of colour in media
The performativity of white allyship
Puberty and sexualisation of young women
The internal revolution vs. the external revolution
Proximity to whiteness
Quotes
‘life is long’
‘you never stop unpacking’
‘i think white supremacy still exists in the music industry…it’s just more buried in the upper echelons of power…the gate keepers are still white men’
‘I am going to bury my imposter syndrome and say I deserve a leadership position’
‘one friend can make a world of difference’
Biography
Yumi Stynes started as a music reporter on the dedicated Foxtel channel, Channel [V] in 2000. Her hypho hovers in the gaps between TV presenting, broadcasting, arts journalism and writing.
In 2021, she'll have two books out, will continue hosting her daily national radio show The 3pm Pickup with Kate Langbroek and Monty Dimond, and the ABC podcast 'Ladies, We Need to Talk'.
Links
Podcast - Ladies we need to talk
Interview with Kerry Anne Kennerley
Books
Zero F*cks Cooking Endless Summer
The Zero Fucks Cookbook: Best Food Least Effort
Watch, Listen and Learn
Read
Women and Leadership, Julia Gillard
She begat this: 20 years since the miseducation of Lauryn Hill, Joan Morgan
