Ep. 338: Ann Shen on Fashion (and Baking!) as Resistance
Unperform with Tiffany Han (formerly Raise Your Hand Say Yes)
Tiffany Han
4.7 • 525 Ratings
🗓️ 13 October 2020
⏱️ 65 minutes
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Summary
Hey everyone! I’m so excited to have Ann Shen on the show again! She is an illustrator, hand letterer, and bestselling author of three books and today, we're talking about Ann's new book ‘Nevertheless, She Wore It’ which is all about how fashion is a tool for resistance and empowerment.
In this episode, we talk about finding your own power and voice, looking for ways to relax, recover, express your best self in this firehose of a time that we’re in right now. And baking! We talk all about baking! Enjoy, enjoy!
What She Said:
"I can conquer anything when I put on the costume of my best self."
"We are in control of how we portray ourselves."
"Your worth does not come from external validations or numbers that can be quantified."
Those Timestamps:
00:44 - Where we are now... Firehose of a time
06:55 - Overview of 'Nevertheless, She Wore It' - fashion, resistance, self-love
18:50 - 'The Red Lipstick' - historical issues on lipstick/makeup
21:26 - Using fashion to feel good about yourself
34:32 - Ann's love for baking... and raising chickens
48:42 - Expressing your best self, Paying attention to self-worth
58:59 - Finding ways to relax, recover, and show up amidst the pandemic
Show Notes:
Connect with Ann:
Site | Instagram | Twitter | Pinterest
Ann's Books:
Ann's Previous RYHSY Episodes:
Ep. 114: Ann Shen on Reinvention
Ep. 115: Ann Shen on Security
Ep. 188: Ann Shen on Finding (and Managing) (and Seeking) Success
Ep. 234: Ann Shen on Rest, Routines, and Resetting
For The Love of Men by Liz Plank
Molly J. Wilkerson (virtual pastry classes!)
Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's Getting Ready Routine via Vogue
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome back to raise your hands say yes with Tiffany Hahn, a podcast all about helping you have a |
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| 0:21.6 | agency archetypes quiz. You're going to find out why you're getting stuck, where you're |
| 0:26.5 | giving away your power, and how to move forward without having to rewrite your entire life. |
| 0:32.3 | Now onto the show. |
| 0:35.5 | Hi, everyone. It's Tiffany. Welcome back to this week's Raise Your Hand Say Yes. I am about to |
| 0:41.7 | introduce you to Anne Shen, who has been on the show actually twice before. And I will link |
| 0:48.9 | also to her podcast episodes. If you've been a longtime listener, then you have heard me talk to Ann before. |
| 0:56.4 | I love and adore her. She is a good friend of mine. We actually kind of became friends via |
| 1:03.4 | these podcast conversations, which is, you know, one of the silver linings of the work that I get |
| 1:10.6 | to do. |
| 1:10.9 | And I will say that if you want to have conversations with people that you really |
| 1:13.8 | admire online, starting a podcast is a really, really great way to go. |
| 1:19.9 | But before I introduce you to Anne and dive into our conversation, I just want to take a |
| 1:26.2 | minute and talk about this right now time that we are all in. |
| 1:34.2 | So I typically will record these episodes about a week and a half before they publish. And so it is, |
| 1:48.1 | what day is at October 2nd? Donald Trump just got diagnosed with coronavirus and the election is in full force. And, um, I just commented. I just |
| 1:56.3 | sent someone a message on Instagram and said, this week has felt like a fire hose of all the things. |
| 2:03.5 | And it was so interesting for me to record this introduction now and try to be guessing what is |
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