Jesse: In Chinese culture, it’s set up that way. What was your reasoning for not giving your aunties their own names? The first big topic that readers were curious about had to do with the aunties (naturally)… In the name of equality, I’m going to treat my male characters the same way like in Dial A for Aunties. Something horrible always happens to them. One of the things I like to do is read – I love reading thrillers but in every thriller I’ve read, it’s always the women who are the victims. It strikes me as weird how many people have an issue with that. Jesse: The number one thing is equality for women, men and everyone. Renee started off our Q&A session with an important question for our group: What is your approach to feminism? What does it mean to be a feminist to you? Our FBC members got to sit down with Jesse and ask her some of their questions. Sutanto was a hilarious, thrilling and addicting story that made readers laugh out loud while sitting on the edge of their seats. Renee put it simply when she said, “this was a riot to read.
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