Chicken Feet of Fury Zine Launch with Dr Xi Liu & Takeon Publishing

Come celebrate the launch of the 3rd zine in Dr. Xi Liu's much loved Noodles & Neurosis zine series at The Bearded Tit on July 31st!

Noodles & Neurosis 3: Chicken Feet of Fury completes our first trifecta of zines about schema therapy, with all 3 zines available together for the first time at our FREE to attend zine launch at the Tit.

Bookings are essential as space is limited! Zines are limited too, so you can also preorder your copy of our brand new zine with your free ticket below.

On the night we'll have a reading from zine author Dr. Xi Liu themself. Xi will then lead a panel discussion with our guests Benjamin Law, Adrian Mouhajer & Sayaka Sayeed.

How do we, as queer children of migrant parents, talk about mental health when doing so can feel like betraying the very families that raised us? This panel will explore the bittersweet terrain of intergenerational trauma, cultural expectations, and collective healing. From the shame of “airing dirty laundry” to the guilt of standing out - whether as queer, neurodivergent, or simply not fitting the mold of “ethnic excellence” - we hold the tension between maintaining connection and advocating for our own autonomy. Together, Xi and the panel guests will reflect on how writing, activism, and community dialogue can create space for complexity, care, and cultural nuance.

Hosted by the wonderful Mami Maitai, this event will run from 7pm to 9pm and entry is FREE - if you'd like to preorder a copy of Chicken Feet of Fury to pick up on the night those will be $15 each.

That's Thursday Jul 31st at The Bearded Tit, 7 to 9pm - we'll see you there!

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Chicken Feet of Fury is the 3rd zine in the Noodles & Neurosis series by Dr. Xi Liu, Clinical Psychologist. The first chapter is an interview with US based clinical social worker Robin Spiro, discussing the Mistrust/Abuse schema. The second chapter has a supplementary interview with EMDR consultant and practitioner, Mish Kumar Jonson about the role of anger in healing, particularly for marginalised communities. The last chapter is a fictional story about the interconnected lives and histories of two people on different ends of the mental health care system.

Dr. Xi Liu is a queer, Chinese diaspora writer, Clinical Psychologist, and internationally recognised Schema Therapy practitioner and trainer. Their writing — spanning poetry, prose, and academic work — explores intergenerational trauma, queerness, and the emotional cost of being the “good child.” Xi’s recent stage production In Session, an improvised live therapy performance, was presented at the Sydney and Adelaide Fringe Festivals. They are passionate about using creative, accessible work to demystify therapy and illuminate the private negotiations between identity, family, and care.

Benjamin Law is an Australian writer and broadcaster. Among the many projects he is involved in, he's the author of The Family Law (2010), Gaysia (2013), the Quarterly Essay Moral Panic 101 (2017) and editor of Growing Up Queer in Australia (2019). He's interviewed Jennifer Coolidge, Martha Stewart, Bernie Sanders, Michelle Yeoh, Brian Cox and many others. He's appeared on TV shows like Q&A, The Project and Australian Survivor. Benjamin has a PhD in creative writing and cultural studies from the Queensland University of Technology (QUT). In 2019, he was voted one of the 40 Most Influential Asian-Australians, winning the Arts & Culture category of the Asian-Australian Leadership Awards.

Adrian Mouhajer is a queer non-binary Lebanese-Australian writer and editor from Western Sydney. They have performed their poetry at Bankstown Poetry Slam, Queerstories, Sydney Writers Festival, and with Red Room Poetry. Their work has been published in Povo (2024), Emergence (2023), Meanjin, and Australian Poetry Journal. Shortlisted for awards such as the 2024 Writing NSW Varuna Fellowship, Adrian also edited Stories Out West, an anthology centering LGBTIQ+ BIPOC writers with connections to Western Sydney.

Sayaka Sayeed is a queer, neurodivergent Bangladeshi-Australian counsellor, Senior Counsellor and Sydney Hub Lead at Umeed Psychology, and the founder of Girls That ADHD. With lived experience of navigating life between cultures, big feelings, and a fast-moving brain, Sayaka now helps others do the same — with more self-understanding and less shame. Through therapy, community events, and her podcast, she’s passionate about decolonising mental health and creating spaces where people feel seen, supported, and never “too much.” For Sayaka, healing isn’t just individual — it’s deeply collective.