Body Acceptance, Sexy Comics and Being Ace with Hien Pham

“Honestly when it’s just me… I really do like my body.” - Hien Pham

 

We’ve had a bunch of messages from Wonderfully Done listeners asking for us to have a lovely ace guest. Well! We recently had the absolute pleasure of interviewing a dear friend of ours, Hien Pham. As well as being a brilliant (and often smutty) artist, Hien is gay, gray-ace and an advocate of body acceptance and sex positivity - everything we love! 

 

Who is Hien Pham?

Hien Pham (he/him) is a digital artist specializing in gentle and optimistic queer comics.

He grew up in Vietnam on war stories before moving and finding a home in Australia. His work revolves around respite, around caring and loving and being loved and cared for.

 

Topics we explore in this episode: 

• Self-healing through creative expression
• Fat joy and fighting fatphobia
• Dating while ace, and dating ace people
• Being a smut creator while on the ace spectrum
• What even is ‘masculinity’, anyway?
• Vulnerability and how audiences can help break shame cycles
• Sex as character development, and ‘flaws’ as good character design

Where to find more Hien

• Support Hien on Patreon: http://patreon.com/wavingpeople 
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/wavingpeople 
• Website: wavingcomics.com

 

Content and Creators mentioned in this episode:

• Sex Education: Oh Joy Sex Toy
  • If you haven’t visited them yet - GET OVER THERE!
  • Wonderful sex ed comics from health, to sex and sexuality, to how to guides
  • Sex toy reviews galore

• Comic: ‘Side Effect, Right Effect‘
  • Comic for Oh Joy Sex Toy by Hien Pham
  • A personal share about mental health, mazzing and being kind to yourself

• Artist: G.C. Houle
  • An glorious ace non-binary artist
  • Twitter: https://twitter.com/gchoule
• Comic Maker: Gina Biggs
  • A comic creator of 20+  years with a focus on sci-fi, romance, and fairytales
  • Runs Filthy Figments
    • Described as ‘the internet’s premiere collection of Erotic Comics by an amazing lineup of cartoonists’ 
  • Twitter: https://twitter.com/ginabiggs
• Comic Artist & Writer: Sarah Winifred Searle
  • Referenced as the cool creator who talked about sex as character development
  • Twitter: https://twitter.com/swinsea 

• Inclusive, queer and sexy comic companies: Smut Peddler & Filthy Figments

 

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Lots of love, Lauren and Vix 💋