Auntie Please
We were raised by aunties. Now, we're becoming them. Decoding South East Asian cutlture, midlife & "log kya kahenge."
Auntie Please
Latest Episodes
The Masks Men Wear
In this episode, Zainab and Saema are joined by Naila Qureshi to ask what South Asian men are carrying that no one lets them put down. The conversation moves from how boys are raised — rough play, "man up," no room for mistakes, the doctor-or-e...
Midlife - The Label No One Asked For
Nobody hands you a card that says you've arrived in midlife — it just starts showing up in how people talk to you and what you're expected to have figured out by now. In this episode of Auntie Please, Zainab and Saema take apart the word itself...
The Perfectionism That Is Not About Excellence
Why do we clean the house before the cleaning service arrives? What starts as a joke turns into a real conversation about where perfectionism actually comes from. Coach and educator Naila joins Zee and Saema to unpack the difference between fea...