[BONUS] Annie Hong on embracing our identities, practicing art, and living our truth

As first-generation Americans, what we want for ourselves can often be at odds with our family's expectations. East meets west, and cultures collide. This week, we speak with artist Annie Hong (aka HOOTNANNIE) about finding and loving ourselves, support systems, and creativity. This episode also includes a bonus conversation between Alex and Ally following the interview.
---
Arts and affinities with Annie, Ally, and Alex

• Check out Hootnannie, Annie’s website
• Read Annie’s resume
• Follow Annie’s work on Instagram
• Check out the Lightning in a Bottle music festival where Ally and Annie met
• Watch Cryptocurrencies: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver on YouTube
• Read about Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) on SimpliLearn
• Listen to the Creative Elements podcast on NFTs, an interview with Bad Bunnies NFT [Design] - From idea to sold-out NFT project in less than 3 months
• Learn about Seoul, South Korea
• Learn about the 2014 Isla Vista killings on Wikipedia
• If you’re thinking about self-harm please visit the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline for resources. (Right now. Do it!)
• Visit NAMI: National Alliance for Mental Illness
• Alcoholics Anonymous
• Narcotics Anonymous
• Watch Euphoria on HBO
• Watch Nine Perfect Strangers on Hulu
• Learn about bipolar disorder and bipolar disorder II
• Read about codependency
• Read Suicide by Cop: Broadening Our Understanding by Tony Salvatore
• Learn about suicide statistics in the US and how to become an advocate for prevention from the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention

Sign up for our newsletter: feelanthrope.org/subscribe

We'll send you easy actions you can do, resources to get your nerd on, and cool stuff every week when we put out an episode.

Send us pictures of you reveling in creativity or listening to the episode on Instagram (@feelanthrope) and Twitter (@feelanthropod).

A special thank you to Annie Hong. Feelanthrope is produced by Ally Celones Senturk. Our audio engineer and composer is Kory Hilpmann, with original music by Danny Nguyen. Our designer is Kait Kolsky.