Issue 13: Hybrid - Winter 2007
Features
Many multiracial Asian American use the term hapa to deinfe themselves and their identity. But some Native Hawaiians say the word is being misused and part of a mass aproproation of their culture.
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Wardrobe changes, multiple venues and drama -- the staing of cross-cultural weddings.
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Hapa Issues Forum shuts down after leading the grassroots and political fight for the acceptance of multiracial Asian Americans.
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Forget Amy Tan, today's books for young adults take readers far from Chinatown.
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Why do the Chinese spit so much?
Featurettes
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Videos from Jiz Lee and Syd Blakovich feature feminist, sex-positive images of queer couples, a rarity in the adult industry.
Music
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Enon
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Sanawon
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Onra
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South Asian emcees and DJs take hip-hop into their own hands.
Food and Agriculture
We're obsessed with food, so what's up with the lack of Asian American celebrity chefs?
Film
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Jeff Adachi
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White Light/Black Rain
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We've been desensitied by more violence, but viewing mass killer Seung-Hui Cho's manifesto is still chiling.
Books
Eddy Zheng and the Asian Prisoner Support Committee
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Ann Marie Fleming
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Cathy Hong Park
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Maverick writer Ed Lin invades Chinatown
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We asked graphic novelist Adrian Tomiine, the man behind the Optic Nerve series and the recently released full-length Shortcomings: What are your favorite books of all time?
Editor's Note
FRONT OF THE BOOK
The new model for Asian American child prodigies is all about the Benjamins, baby.
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A fresh crop of Asian American fashion designers are on the rise.
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Performance artist Robert Karimi gets to hearts (and minds) through the stomach.
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Designer and blogger Euny Jang debuts as editor in chief for Interweave Knits magazine
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A revamped cokkstove aids refugees and saves the environment.
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The musical chameleon, from Slash to puppet shows.
Media & Pop Culture
Without hotdogs and spelling, what do we have?
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We're obsessed with food, so what's up with the lack of Asian American celebrity chefs?
Takeout
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O, yes to boxer briefs
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Adding branches to the tree.