yeukelduck Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 (edited) A show on Australian tv station SBS2 called the feed, a type of edgy news show, featured a story on asexuality tonight (May 14). Australian viewers should be able to see it on SBS on demand, and perhaps it will be eventually uploaded to youtube. Edited February 14, 2015 by ithaca 3 Link to post Share on other sites
catsaregood Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 Cool, I'll check it out! :) Thanks yeukel! Link to post Share on other sites
catsaregood Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 Here's the link to the segment featuring Jo Qualmann, in case it is available for viewing overseas, or in case people have way to watch it anyway :) :http://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/video/255620675730/Asexuality-Living-without-sexual-attraction-The-Feed She did a great job, I reckon - thanks Jo! This is Jo's blog about asexuality, which some people might have seen already:http://alifeunexamined.wordpress.com 5 Link to post Share on other sites
ithaca Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 It's also on youtube now: 14 Link to post Share on other sites
mischevious_koala Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 I was going to share that as my first ever asexuality related thing on Facebook, but now that I've seen it with all of the porn stuff at the start I think people might think I've suddenly gone off the deep end :lol: 10 Link to post Share on other sites
eched Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 Really good video. :) Link to post Share on other sites
catsaregood Posted May 15, 2014 Share Posted May 15, 2014 I was going to share that as my first ever asexuality related thing on Facebook, but now that I've seen it with all of the porn stuff at the start I think people might think I've suddenly gone off the deep end :lol: Yes, the porn was a bit overdone! It was on SBS, which is known in Australia for what are jokingly referred to as "foreign films" ie ones with lots of sex, so they probably thought it was ok. I found it quite off-putting, myself! Link to post Share on other sites
Moon Ace Posted May 15, 2014 Share Posted May 15, 2014 I'm in the UK and I could watch it on the original website... It's well done apart from the porn at the start ( what's with those elephants???) She looks nice as well, it's a shame for her to have no one... Maybe she's just a late bloomer or she hasn't found the right person yet... Hahahahahaha... 3 Link to post Share on other sites
catsaregood Posted May 15, 2014 Share Posted May 15, 2014 Love it! :lol: Link to post Share on other sites
artemisofephesus Posted May 15, 2014 Share Posted May 15, 2014 She looks nice as well, it's a shame for her to have no one... Maybe she's just a late bloomer or she hasn't found the right person yet... Hahaha, I'm so glad this comment is on AVEN and not anywhere else on the internet... At least here I know you're having a go at the rest of the world, not at me! (I actually have a wonderful partner, but it's not something I wanted to talk about on camera.) I'm glad people are enjoying the feature. It was pretty nervewracking doing all the filming and stuff, and then having to actually watch it, but I think it comes across quite well. I found the porn a bit off-putting/hilariously bad as well - I was expecting them to set up some sort of contrast, but I wasn't expecting something so explicit! 9 Link to post Share on other sites
catsaregood Posted May 15, 2014 Share Posted May 15, 2014 Hi Jo, great job you did! The porn was so typically SBS, I was both giggling and cringing! But thanks for doing this - visibility is so important for asexuality, so thanks for putting yourself out there! (And it's good to know that you're not just a late bloomer! :P ) 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Moon Ace Posted May 15, 2014 Share Posted May 15, 2014 She looks nice as well, it's a shame for her to have no one... Maybe she's just a late bloomer or she hasn't found the right person yet... Hahaha, I'm so glad this comment is on AVEN and not anywhere else on the internet... At least here I know you're having a go at the rest of the world, not at me! (I actually have a wonderful partner, but it's not something I wanted to talk about on camera.)I'm glad people are enjoying the feature. It was pretty nervewracking doing all the filming and stuff, and then having to actually watch it, but I think it comes across quite well. I found the porn a bit off-putting/hilariously bad as well - I was expecting them to set up some sort of contrast, but I wasn't expecting something so explicit! Oh it's you!! Of course you're on here... I'm not joking..I enjoyed it. It must have taken quite a bit of courage to do this...I bet you got some of the 'funny comments' for real, unfortunately... 1 Link to post Share on other sites
ithaca Posted May 15, 2014 Share Posted May 15, 2014 She looks nice as well, it's a shame for her to have no one... Maybe she's just a late bloomer or she hasn't found the right person yet... Hahaha, I'm so glad this comment is on AVEN and not anywhere else on the internet... At least here I know you're having a go at the rest of the world, not at me! (I actually have a wonderful partner, but it's not something I wanted to talk about on camera.)I'm glad people are enjoying the feature. It was pretty nervewracking doing all the filming and stuff, and then having to actually watch it, but I think it comes across quite well. I found the porn a bit off-putting/hilariously bad as well - I was expecting them to set up some sort of contrast, but I wasn't expecting something so explicit! OMG HI!!! Thank you for your visibility work :aven: :aven: :aven: :aven: 2 Link to post Share on other sites
artemisofephesus Posted May 16, 2014 Share Posted May 16, 2014 Haha, hi everyone! Thanks for all your lovely comments. :) 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Philiarocks Posted May 17, 2014 Share Posted May 17, 2014 (edited) It got a very positive review from a TV critic here: http://iris.theaureview.com/2014/05/15/tv-review-the-feed-season-2-episode-55-14th-may-2014-sbs2-australia/2015 Edit - For future reference: TV Review: The Feed – Season 2, Episode 55 – 14th May 2014 (SBS2, Australia)by Andrew McDonald | 15th May 2014Got the post-budget blues? A daily dose of The Feed could be what you need! Even if we obviously wouldn’t be able to escape the miserable beast’s claws in a half hour news slot.The budget was given a cursory damning in the opening news collection, and as obvious as it was that a youth oriented news program on SBS wouldn’t support Abbott and Hockey’s new economic plans, it was (of course) worth bringing up. This is one of the most staggeringly newsworthy budgets of recent memory, and to avoid bringing it up would be pointless- even if there is depressingly little we can actually do about it. Combine this opening news montage with depressing reports from the Turkish mine collapse and the lack of progress on the returning of the kidnapped Nigerian girls and you sure had for a bummer of an opening.The evening’s major story though, was a really lovely and perhaps eye opening piece from Jeannette Francis on asexuality. Often misunderstood, the story features firsthand accounts of the ‘forgotten’ sexual preference from a local 22 year old lady. Rather than being entirely ‘sexless’, asexuality simply indicates a lack of sexual attraction, not sexual activity. A libido can still be, and in this case was, present. Johanna explained that for her, the desire to have an orgasm was like an itch, yet fantasising about the body or any particular male or female was simply not what passed through her mind. Asexuality is so often invisible when people discuss non-hetero sexual preferences (look how long you have to get into LGBTQIA before you reach the ‘A’), so any light shed on it is worthwhile. The fact that Francis handled the topic with ease and charm, combined with Johanna’s own excellent explanations, made for wonderful viewing. And hey, any story that includes a quote like “You know, I could go for an orgasm right now” is always going to be gold.Finally, Marc Fennell presented a brief overview of the Google+ (yes, it’s still a thing) app Us+. The awkwardly named service allows users engaging in Google video chats to be critiques by other users- not in what they’re saying, but how they’re saying it. That’s right- all the pleasures of anxiety without ever leaving your home! Ostensibly, the service is designed to have socially uncomfortable users be coached on speaking and conversation etiquette, yet seems more like an eerie cross between a potential cyber bullying, and the Google Machine learning how we interact as humans for its inevitable takeover.Such as it was, it was a particularly ‘downer’ story episode- owing more to the budget and the news wrap up than anything else. Yet the surprising and positive story on asexuality, and the effortlessly charismatic hosting chops of Jeannette Francis (filling in for always-missed Mr. Fennell) more than carried the show along without it dragging or feeling too heavy.Review Score: THREE AND A HALF STARS (OUT OF FIVE)The Feed airs Monday-Thursday, 7:35 (repeated 10:30) on SBS2 Edited February 14, 2015 by ithaca 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Batman's Ace Posted May 18, 2014 Share Posted May 18, 2014 Great segment! Yeah, those elephants...is that seriously porn? Or was somebody making a joke? 1 Link to post Share on other sites
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