How to bake without recipes (& other ace experiments).

[@taide8032]

This was brilliant, really moving. You use words so poetically June. You’re so humble yet super talented and brave and you inspire me to just live as authentically as I can. Thank you!

[@suenagle6608]

Yes. You’ve nailed what I’ve been trying to express the effect June has on me too.

[@thank9stars]

🥲

[@o0okgo0o]

As an asexual Chinese American I’ve never felt more seen. Thank you for making this and sharing your spoken words. It’s strange how queer people have to pick apart every piece of trauma they have experienced in order to justify their sexuality and identity.

[@user-vh6yl9lo8c]

I really love how the editing makes subtle moments seem intentional (I say it that way because you've repeatedly said that it was the opposite). It gives your videos the artistic quality many of us love, while keeping the masterful storytelling and authenticity about you that many of us also love. For those that prefer that you stick to food in the same vein as "shut up and dribble," the opportunity to evolve their minds as human beings on the same journey toward the same finish line is their loss. Keep doing you, June - your contribution to our collective life journey is priceless.

[@thank9stars]

🥹

[@ErinBerlintop10]

I am 55 and still trying to decide if I'm demi or just plain cynical. One thing I know, there is no right or wrong way -- sex is very much what feels good to you and your partner and what works for you both. Many men don't care and I don't waste my time or emotions on them. You'll figure it all out -- even at my age, I'm still learning and evolving. I love this video format and all the 'food' for thought.

[@jess5256]

5 mins in and the storytelling, the angles, the editing is PHENOM!

[@ptardieubaker]

That was really beautiful and thought provoking, thank you for being so honest and transparent, June ❤

[@bethaniejify]

I came upon this by accident. I’m 54. Sometimes I struggle with the length of your longer content videos, and came upon this one by accident. Another thing that I’ve floated in and out of for a long time is asexuality. So I’m going to leave this on and listen, and clean up the house because when I was young, nobody talked about this. I was honestly just left to feel weird on my own. Thanks!

[@joybennett1475]

Insight, honesty, thought-provoking, and artistic. June, this video is a touching work of art. 👍

[@innerworkwithdeaquelynn]

June, I love how you incorporated cooking with such a deeply personal monologue of your experience. Thank you for that. 🙏🏽💕

[@janelord6648]

June your honesty is very refreshing. It makes so much sense when you say it out loud. You explain things so well. Your cooking and explanations for using anything and everything is wonderful

[@Eva-hj8jo]

Dear June, I have no words but thank you, from the bottom of my heart. I'm not the type to put my opinion out in public, but I thoroughly benefitted from this video and enjoyed watching it. Thank you for sharing, thank you for your honesty, thank you for your poetry. I love being in the space you create and I can love myself a little more when listening to you. You are a gem. You are a role model. You are wonderful ❤

[@thank9stars]

🥹💕

[@shellyinreallife]

I was having such a funky Friday but you are the best thing to happen to me for this moment when I needed it. Thank you for being so transparent and loving the way this came together!!

[@SauerPatchGardening]

You are probably one of the most honest, intelligent, open people I've ever come in contact with. I love listening to everything you have to say. From cooking to the theory of life. And i think what you said here applies to most people in some realm, no matter how they " identify " I was married twice before to men, Now I have a wife. We have been together since 2005. Married for half that time. She was my best friend first and was openly gay. I never thought I was gay until the day I fell in love with her. Surprise! 🎉 we never know what can happen. But, if we don't listen to ourselves, take a chance to grow or change, nothing happens.

[@anniewang5720]

Hey June, I've been following you for a while but just wanted to say that your videos are so calming and as an Asian American woman in her early 20s who is also questioning her sexuality/asexuality/queerness (whilst dealing w religious and familial trauma and expectations) and who loves cooking/baking your videos feel warm and comforting. Your editing, humor, and ability to articulate so many complex ideas always baffles me and I and so many others are sooo grateful for your videos :')

[@SarahWRose]

I'm going through a very similar thing: food, work, relationships, identity. I like how you poetically wrap food and your approach to food in all of it. The food industry has detached us from our bodies and nature - food is so basic and fundemental but once you start really rethinking food, you rethink EVERYTHING. Your videos are artful. The interspercing of expressions of your grief have brought me to tears. Thank you for your authenticity and courage.

[@Extraordinary_emotions]

I know that you were really worried or hung up on the structure etc. of this video but this was beautifully and thoughtfully written, shot. Thanks for sharing w us and I also really love the idea of baking without a recipe. Sometimes I will have the ingredients and still beer off just because lol loved this video!

[@stl3145]

If you start a Patreon, I'm in! I'd love to see any and all of your content. You are such an intelligent kind soul and watching your videos has brought so much joy to me over the years ❤

[@tresa6292]

This is probably my favorite video! You did excellent job producing it! ❤

[@jessmess7981]

This is making me really emotional, thank u sm for this video. I love how you talk about being ace and I’m 100% going to be stealing your words the next time i need them hahaha

[@thank9stars]

Please do 🙆

[@karenk286]

This is so beautiful and touching. I really enjoy hearing how you think about things, all the different ways you're questioning, and what you've learned. And in answer to your question, I do think we need videos like yours, of what it's like to try and figure out how to become truer and truer to ourselves. Thank you for sharing 💗

[@LocalGothdadd]

KUDOS for having the stones to put up your hinge convos like that. Badass! Love how open you are June. Great content, super informative! :-)

[@neonlaugh]

The world doesn’t need anything new - what we need is authenticity and whatever is born organically from that authenticity. Thank you for being your authentic self. These videos touch my soul.

[@reismaur]

"its gets complicated": proceeds to show tea bits that scattered on the floor THAT'S CINEMA

[@rocklee1116]

This vid is not only quenching my thirst for ace talk but also every time you use expired or past “best by date” ingredients in your cooking/baking I feel so much less weird about doing that too. I hate when I look in my pantry and I feel I have to throw something out bc it’s from like a year ago 😅. A lot of time (with dried shelf stable goods and when I’m cooking for myself only) that are past the bbd I use it anyway and it’s usually not that bad at all. So many great things going on here 😇

[@GabiRudin]

June you are so special and I feel so grateful to have found your channel. Initially I learned so much from watching how creatively and freely you cook, but even more now I learn from your compassionate, expansive, ever changing approach to life. Sending you lots of love from queens

[@thank9stars]

Queens ✌️

[@KureruElric]

ace representation MATTERS and it's good to hear from fellow ace about different experiences! 💜

[@railabeouf]

What really baffles me about some of those comments and specifically one where she felt the need to basically say “I don’t care about your sexuality I care about your food” shows that she doesn’t care about you, and it shows the acephobia. You talk about yourself so much which I LOVE. So the fact the moment you say you’re ace someone gets upset and says “focus on food” is so tone deaf to the fact you’ve always talked about yourself?? I am new to your channel so I didn’t know you were ace and I was so happy to learn that. I hope you don’t let them get to you (much, if at all) I’m 1:51 into the video but I just had to say that lol.

[@thank9stars]

Welcome to the egocentric chaos 🌈✨😇

[@railabeouf]

@@thank9stars thanks so much 🫶🏽 I’ve found so much comfort in watching your videos and sending you good energy and love from another borough!! 🤸🏽

[@Jo-rm7eq]

i felt it so hard when you started talking about the way that your upbringing affected you asexuality. i myself am asexual and i was raised christian fundamentalist, and i do feel that the way i was raised affected me. but i feel like i can't ever talk about it because people will use that to invalidate my asexuality "you're not actually ace, you just need to get therapy to fix you", so in conversations about my asexuality i always end up focusing on the parts that were always there rather than the parts influenced by the puritanical way i was raised. i know that i'm content in my lack of sexual desire and that i don't want it ""fixed"" but i don't want to spend time arguing with other people about that and possibly lead them to believe that asexual people all just need to be fixed. (also i really relate to the period thing, i've also had irregular periods all my life. doctors kept telling me it wasn't irregular and that i just needed to track it better. when i started tracking it, sure enough, it had a range of 12-48 days. i've also just been put on birth control. my current theory is that it has something to do with my thalassemia trait.) also i am in awe and vaguely terrified of your baking skills. i can wing it with cooking but baking scares me, i always follow recipes

[@suenagle6608]

Wonderful. Thank you so much. My daughter identifies as ACE which the moment she said it made total sense but this has made me understand more. It has also made me understand more about myself. Much to think about. Loved the baking too x

[@paigecuthbert3125]

I think that finding ones self is the best love story anyone can tell. Trying to put a name to whom someone can be is tricky. I personally believe that everyone is their own self and to just in general respect one another. Absolutely love these new style of videos cause you are amazing!!!

[@marionmanoir6870]

Thanks for all of this, for the cakes, the discussion, the music, the moments of life, the poetry, the nuances.. I really liked it. I was feeling kind of shitty today, but this had warm my heart up, and my brain too . It feels really good to have some content about our "alternative" reality. Bisous from France

[@savannahadderhold1921]

You should do a series of these thought provoking video's, especially with taboo topics and call it "food for thought!" LOVE your content, June.

[@Poppy-333]

Thank you for taking the time and effort to make this video. It was thought-provoking & comforting & I think a lot of what you said can help to be more open even outside of the realm of sexuality. I don’t know if it would be of interest to you, but I recently read (listened to) a book I appreciated called “Come As You Are” by Emily Nagoski who’s a sex educator. It taught me a lot about human sexuality and desire that we definitely weren’t taught in sex ed. My upbringing was also very conservative & I’m still in a process of trying to find my own path in a lot of different ways. Wishing you well as you continue to learn and grow and find your own joys. ❤

[@lisanancoff3462]

Excellent video, June ! I can relate on so many levels. You have a far better understanding of yourself than I did of myself at your age. The desserts looked awesome!

[@tiahoward1071]

Thankyou for teaching me all about asexuality/ace. As a straight female I’m upset with myself on being so I’ll informed about the subject until now. I’m sorry that coming to terms with your sexual identity has been such a bumpy road because of us “normies” I always strive to learn and be as accepting and support as I can. I wish everyone else was as willing. I was an ally before this video, now I am a happy and better educated ally! Thankyou June!

[@amystubby]

June, you're just the best. We think you are awesome. Here's a platonic stranger hug, because you are so so so awesome.

[@emseeks9637]

June this is beautiful! Thank you! It touches on so many things I'm marinating on and I appreciate your perspectives. Sending you all the good wishes!

[@ginarekatas4926]

"Your not alone, it just feels like it" thank u June ❤❤❤

[@kaylenkeith3283]

I don't think anything is new anymore, but I also don't think we are being bashed into smaller bits than we started with. I think we've been humans for long enough that nothing is new. What is different is who and how stories are told. Every person has their own personal life experience. You are unique in your videos and I appreciate your open and honest life sharing. You don't sugar coat things and tell things how they are; I love that. I'm glad you heeded a commentor's advice to just do it and make a video. It's great! Thank you, June. Thank you for not only sharing your cooking endeavors but also your personal experience in life. It's informative while being uniquely you. This is why your videos matter. I suck at writing and hope this comes across as I hope it to. Either way, thanks for sharing.

[@thank9stars]

🌷

[@rachelreynolds0430]

You don't seem to suck at writing :)

[@kalyn319]

I can't help but love your new kitchen! I live in a 120ish year old Sears 'four square' and only have like 6 cabinets in the whole kitchen and no pantry.

[@TenUniverse]

Thank you June💜 love and appreciate all you do! Willing to listen to you talk about anything your heart desires 💙

[@MsMay-kh6ji]

Yay! Looking forward to the treats you’re cooking up! 😊

[@bingboyify]

this video is as good as budget eats! maybe even better because im learning a lot! i think June deserves more views, you just need to make the thumbnail more appealing maybe.

[@thank9stars]

What's more appealing than a gorgeous tart 😇😇😇

[@LokiTaviel]

This is wonderful, and beautiful, and it's fantastic to hear anyone's story on how they defy the norm. I personally have a high libido, but am also incredibly demisexual, and it's been something almost every partner of mine has had trouble understanding, because they don't quite understand how I can want sex but still be ace due to my lack of attraction.

[@TitanosaurusIndicus]

I have been watching ALL of your videos of late. They are inspiring, motivating, authentic, and genuine. I have never felt so heard from a person who has no idea who I am, I adore the way you see the world and I appreciate the way you critique yourself and others. This is just incredible art.

[@thank9stars]

💞

[@eshicooks]

Hi June! I finally caught your KZbin live in real time! Sending hellos from London :)

[@melissawalters8922]

Dropping gems June. Thank you. I am starting to love mistakes and me just being me. Love it.

[@jadeditta9389]

You mentioned how there are people on your videos who never say anything. I wanted to introduce myself I am Jade a disabled person with physical and mental health problems. I'm a pretty lonely person and your videos give me a sense of comfort and less aloneness. Thank you for making these videos.

[@thank9stars]

🙏☕🍰

[@thequietwoman1366]

Fantastically made video! Beautiful poems, beautiful shots, beautiful food, 10/10.

[@duorei]

Super late to the party but I wish there were an option to thumb up this video 10 times over! I'm also an immigrant Chinese (albeit Canadian ;) in my mid-30s and have gone through many of the same struggles you have/currently are, although I'd never be able to articulate everything in such a beautiful way. So thank you June, as always, for your openness, bravery and generosity! Lots of love from the other side of the pond.

[@kcs1600]

Cinematic ~ honest ~ endearing ~ beautifully paced & smartly edited✨💛✨

[@karenk286]

"is that a poem or did I just say some things?" 🤣🙌 Favorite line. But also I'm rewatching this because I'm feeling very questioning (not of my sexuality but the prescriptive nature of our lives) And it's really hitting. 💗

[@nnillc8899]

I am late to this train but happy that I found you, June! It's rather annoying that folks thought (and probably still do) they can demand your focus on just cooking as if you are not a multifaceted person and the creator of this channel 🤨I am not asexual (demisexual in the house! LOL) but find it incredibly interesting to learn about other's struggles, ways, and perspectives. And how awesome is it that we can learn about asexuality with some cooking? You are not "a cooking channel" - you are a person who has a KZbin channel, where you can cook whenever you want or talk about something else or, heck, even delete the channel. Not a terribly hard concept to understand but it seems like there are folks who miss this point. Anywho, super happy to have found you and your "trashfood" no recipes/sometimes recipes. I am also a "trashfood" kind of cook so it's always great to find a comrade Edit: I wrote this comment before watching the whole video (Apologies!). I didn't know that demisexuality was considered ace so technically, I am asexual (or gray asexual) 😲Learn something new every day 😄

[@melissa_paris]

I really love this video. I truly hope people who may be struggling with their sexuality find this because I think it would be so helpful. ❤

[@annaswanson5903]

I know a couple who are both ace and they are very happy. I think that although sexual compatibility is just one aspect of a relationship it is probably the most important so don't settle or sell yourself short

[@freshfromthecoven13]

Touching, insightful, and as always through the last few days of binging the "June post delish content" it gave me a lot to consider about the rut I'm stuck in. I appreciate you sharing this content and sharing your SA story. I definitely have sex related trauma. And this gives me hope that I'm not damaged and I can get myself to a place of peace, with a ton of work I'm sure ❤

[@eddisianc8639]

Thank you so much for speaking about this! ❤

[@anneliesemodeker2104]

I saw till 18:43 and allredy know you are a living art. This is a new categorie of poesie. The art of try and error between tast-feeling-emotion- and been sexy (without wanting sex)- werry nice!

[@anneliesemodeker2104]

Have a look for this femal artist Tracey Emin: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everyone_I_Have_Ever_Slept_With_1963%E2%80%931995 She embroiderd every name of eny lover she hat on the inside of her tent. She toke an old art and made it new.

[@arcane_abomination]

As a Gray Ace, in my opinion its about intimacy not sex. People fail to realize that they are two different things. Intimacy is loosely defined as fulfillment of the senses. For lots of people that's what sex does, but for many others like those on the Ace spectrum, sex does not always fill that intimate role. Their fulfillment comes from other things and that's okay. We each seek out intimacy differently and that is what we should understand and celebrate as individuals. But that's just my take.

[@rachelreynolds0430]

i don't and haven't ever identified on the ace spectrum. i've also not had trouble understanding how someone could. i think it's like anything else. life. relationships. emotion. physicality. it's all complicated and multi-layered. and June, as always, does a great job here of expressing helpful insights on life , even if you don't specifically relate to all of the subject matter she discusses

[@horsesgirl16]

Yayy I'm excited to watch your video ❤

[@justahuman6244]

This is one of the best combinations of cooking and self discovery I've ever run into, signed a non-sweets human who was still enchanted by this masterpiece, even though it's not perfect.

[@mountaindew9]

idk why this wasn't showing up in my recommended but I love this!

[@bigbyallsmay8992]

this youtube channel fucking rules! thanks june

[@thank9stars]

😇😇

[@dhampir15]

I am absolutely loving this video. The fusion of a perspective/explanation of asexuality for yourself and baking is both unique and captivating. While wanting banana centred desserts I also learnt more about myself. Thank you for sharing, June.

[@astridamaze5842]

June, I've watched you for years at this point. I love the way your multicultural brain cooks. You add a lot to the kitchen based on your training and personal experience. I really appreciate the way you apply this to another part of your identity. I absorbed every bit of this video and I'm so excited to see what else you cook up.

[@vh2160]

I love this video, it's so well made. At first I thought the suggestion that being raised by religious parents with puritanical values probably contributed to your asexuality was a bit far-fetched. So many people grow up in similar shame-inducing environments and don't turn out ace. But I will remind myself that nobody reacts to something in the same way and every reaction is valid just by being.

[@margaretdunn775]

Hi June, This was a fabulous video. It’s nice to know you own your own content. You have an awesome unique talent of talking to the camera like a loved teacher/friend. It’s amazing how you mixed such a deep topic with a cooking video and made both the intended topic and the cooking aspect shine. You do you and thanks for sharing part of your life with the world.

[@vickyschaffner2672]

You are so freaking brilliant, poetic, analogies with cooking. Wish we could all just be ourselves and let it be.

[@Aristiles]

I don't know if the world needed this but I really appreciate you sharing it because I needed to hear it

[@getittogetherndlife]

Does the world need this video? Yes. It is so comforting to know that I am not unique, that it's not just a "me thing", that it's not just me.

[@tracierickards6882]

Excellent job June! Very well done! Congrats!

[@561inmyblood]

Everything you said in this video regarding sexuality is totally me. I feel exactly the same way you do in regards to sex and enjoying it like everyone else. It feels good to know there are others like me in the world. I've definitely always felt like there's something wrong with me

[@BinkyDaKitty]

This is incredible and you are truly inspiring and talented June

[@lulu9427]

Thanks June ♥

[@malenegracious]

Thank you June. This was just what I needed today

[@Coffeegirl739]

I grew up in christian background and it affected me a lot. Some of the values of course stuck to me and I think are good but other are manipulative and destructive. I' ve learned to listen to my soul and my needs, be as good human as I can to myself and others but on my own terms. I am still in process of healing this religious trauma but it's slowly getting better ❤ Sex shaming, body shaming, "women" shaming is a norm here and it is strongly related to the conservative politics mixed with religion, usually always a bad pairing 🥲 I remember how disgusted of myself I felt in my teens because I had sexual thoughts or desires, because "I'm not gonna go to heaven or a man wont want me", now I can laugh from that but oh my I was f**king brainwashed Edit: You're video answered a lot of my questions I was too shy to ask 😅 Demisexuality is something I didnt expect to realate to. Thank You 🦋

[@FlaminBeast]

Love to see you being you June! Freedom looks good on you ❤️

[@aimeewynhausen9924]

You are amazing and brave and just so self-aware. As for the end - you can win by your standards. Eff the idea of societal success - what makes you happy isn't always what is the norm - and how boring is that if everyone was the same? Keep being you and finding what makes you happy and what makes you tick. If anyone can - it's you.

[@CindyPak]

Not an easy video to make, I enjoyed the format, thought provoking yet not dry. Can relate with the experience re shame of sex and the tabooness of the subject growing up, really mess a person up. Funniest part is later in life, parents expected grandkids from me!! Lol lol lol.... No sex, no babies....

[@thank9stars]

😂😂

[@defiantclass]

That pastry in the thumbnail was simply gorgeous. Love it! 🎉

[@musicwithmatthew1020]

Yummmm. Also... walnuts in chocolate cake is a secret specialty of my grandma!

[@gorefieldluvr6921]

Wow what a beautiful and insightful and precious video! I'm super impressed and glad to learn some insight about what it's like for someone identifying on the ace spectrum

[@LC-le9ew]

Yes, finally!

[@omahahooker708]

you said autism RIGHT after me thinking it 😂 I think I'm ace due to my experiences while being undiagnosed autistic I developed what I like from the experiences during those times and now i get to use that developed data. Whenever I was undiagnosed + masking or having a meltdown I will use intimacy to punish myself (unknowingly). Now I know it's because I was in many situations that being nice got me intimacy I didn't want.

[@thebakingkarrott]

JUNE PLEASE WRITE A BOOK

[@sharonroot1681]

june so glade to see you again i think you are doing a good job

[@karenedwards9510]

I completely feel you, June!

[@Poppy-333]

PS - Banana Jerky w Sesame Seeds?! I think I need this in my life. 😊🍌

[@AnxietyAttack123]

I had no idea you and Aaron separated. If possible, I’d love to hear Aaron’s opinion of dating an asexual person. I’m also asexual/gray ace and I’m curious to know how an allosexual partner feels in the relationship. My greatest fear is holding someone I love back because of my sexuality or lack thereof. Or inadvertently making them feel that my sexual peaks are something for them to try and tackle.

[@thank9stars]

I think this is a convo one needs to have with their own partner(s).

[@Armondaful]

Girl I love you! I love the way you think and do things and thank you for sharing all of this with us!

[@joaojonvitor]

loved the guava + cheese receipt. in brazil this combination it’s called “romeo and juliet” ❤️

[@JupitersRealm]

Wow! What did I just watch? I don't know if this is your thing, but you do it very well.

[@avasgranb1]

Self love and acceptance may take a lifetime if you, like I, have experienced the non acceptance of those you love. Living with judgement, knowing that I failed to meet expectations still leaves me with mental scars. Whoever you are, however you feel , you are more than enough.

[@LindyL]

Thank you June for this video. Thank you for being so honest and vulnerable with us. I remember for the longest time being confused as to what sexuality is until I was in my mid 20's. Having a bunch of friends around me who all craved sex all wanted sex but for me I would keep telling people I'm okay being single. But in fact growing up Chinese Canadian was what made it easy to choose to be single. My parents had successfully traumatised me into thinking that sex and physical touch was gross, not important and if I wanted it, I was disgusting. But once I broke out of my own walls and had guilt-free physical intimacy I just slutted out. 😆

[@plumicorn]

I LOVE how deep you can think. It's a complete ocean and you can drown in it so easily.

[@megangutman1932]

This is such a beautiful video from so many angles. I love what you're doing

[@jomarch4109]

June, I could listen to you talk all day!

[@reservoirpallid]

Thank you for your vulnerability June!

[@FoxyOxymoron]

Thank you, June for sharing with us. And to those who are mean to you, I say Fuck them, but you know what? they are still watching and therefore adding to your revenue stream. You are amazing and thoughtful and you are going through something so immense. I lost my dad in March and I never really understood what losing a parent meant until I lost my Dad. You don't shine as bright anymore and trying to navigate the world without someone who has been such a touchstone in your life is extremely hard. I miss him every day and Honestly, we only saw each other once a month. but I miss him so much more than I ever thought I would.