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HAPA SPECIAL REPORT
LOST IN TRANSLATION: Some Native Hawaiians say “hapa” is being misused. By Alec Yoshio MacDonald
KIP FULBECK: The face of hapa. By Melanie Colburn
SHIFTING IDENTITIES: Hapa Issues Forum shuts down. By Emily Leach
HAPA HISTORY: Important dates to remember. By Sammy Yu and Harry Mok
ONE FINE (THREE) DAYS: Wardrobe changes, multiple venues and drama — the staging of cross-cultural weddings. By Pia Sarkar
TEENS FIRST, ASIAN AMERICANS SECOND: Today's books for young adults take readers far from Chinatown. By Lisa Wong Macabasco
THE WRITING ON THE WALL: Hybrid texts by three artists. By Mark Johnson

DEPARTMENTS

Editor's Note
Interrogasian
Recipe: How to sneak into an Ivy League
Comics: Animal Husbandry. By Rob Sato
TAKE OUT | STUFF TO TAKE HOME
Island-inspired leather goods, adopted baby book, boxer briefs.
REDUX | ANOTHER LOOK AT MEDIA
À LA CARTE:
We're obsessed with food, so what's up with the lack of Asian American celebrity chefs? By Neelanjana Banerjee

F.O.B. | FRONT OF THE BOOK
THE NEW HOTNESS: A revamped cookstove to aid refugees and save the environment. By Amber Hsiao
LAZY SUSAN: Our losing streak, child prodigy 2.0
DECODING JOEMCA: The musical chameleon, from Slash to puppet shows. By Dakota Kim
CHANGING THE COLOR OF PORN: Pink and White Productions feature feminist, sex-positive images of queer couples. By Patricia Justine Tumang
ALONG NEW LINES: A fresh crop of Asian American fashion designers are on the rise. By Shelley Wong
FEED ME, KARIMI: Performance artist Robert Karimi gets to hearts (and minds) through the stomach. By Ching-In Chen
JUST TWO STICKS AND STRING: Blogger Eunny Jang debuts as editor in chief for Interweave Knits magazine. By Eunice Lee and Rebecca Klassen
GIFTED & TALENTED | THE ARTS
GOOD COP, BAD COP: Maverick writer Ed Lin invades Chinatown. By Neelanjana Banerjee
TOP THREE: Adrian Tomine
HORROR ON TAPE: Mass killer Seung-Hui Cho's manifesto goes past our desensitization. By Jason Coe
BOLLYHOOD: South Asian emcees and DJs take hip-hop into their own hands. By Asiana Ponciano
YELLOW FEVER: Asian chicks + white boys = good music. By Christine Vilar
REVIEWS: Books, albums and DVDs
LITERATURE
PINEOLOA INN By Philip Huang


Feed Me, Karimi

Performance artist Robert Karimi gets to hearts (and minds) through the stomach.


Changing the Color of Porn

Videos from Jiz Lee and Shawn feature feminist, sex-positive images of queer couples, a rarity in the adult industry.


Bollyhood

South Asian emcees and DJs take hip-hop into their own hands.


Editor's Note, Issue 13

Mixing it up.

 




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