Hyphen magazine - Asian American arts, culture, and politics

Topic “Feature”

Rebel Girl:

Rebel Girl:

M.I.A.—the British Sri Lankan MC—is the hot word on the lips of music critics and hipsters in search of something unique. Not to be confused with R&B tart Mya, M.I.A. blew up in late 2004 with one single “Galang,” but—got damn!—what a single...

Joy Tang | Wed, Mar 3rd- 8:57pm | Issue 6: Makeover - Summer 2005, Feature, Profiles
Homeland Divide:

Homeland Divide:

For expatriate adoptees in Seoul, Korea, the city’s outré nightlife center of Hong dae is the one that matters. Every weekend, a community of adoptees—a hundred strong and growing—gathers there at a kitschy watering hole called Hippo....

Joy Tang | Wed, Mar 3rd- 8:56pm | Issue 6: Makeover - Summer 2005, Feature, News & Politics

Strangers in a Strange Land

The man of few words is Choeun Mom, a 23-year-old Cambodian American who has sweated what he calls the "petty stuff" burglary and assault IV — all before his 16th birthday. Had he been just another person born in the United States, the...

Genevieve Roja | Wed, Mar 3rd- 8:47pm | Issue 1: Premiere - Summer 2003, Feature, News & Politics, Social Issues

Faltering Voices

After the September 11 terrorist attacks, when some Muslim and Sikh Americans suffered from an anti-al-Qaida backlash because of their turbans or skin color, it was a little-known organization based in Washington, D.C. that began making vocal...

Titania Leung Inglis | Wed, Mar 3rd- 8:43pm | Issue 1: Premiere - Summer 2003, Activism, Feature, News & Politics, Race, Social Issues

Down Under

KID KOALA is the patron saint of bedroom DJ’s — not the ones cramping their fingers perfecting a four-finger click, but the ones who find inspiration from lesser-known sources: talking parakeet records, music for plants, instructional hair...

Todd Inoue | Wed, Mar 3rd- 8:46pm | Issue 1: Premiere - Summer 2003, Books Section, Feature, Music

The Forgotten Revolution

IN 2003, IT’S MAINSTREAM — some might even say blasé — to be Asian American. But just a few decades ago, things were entirely different. “Asian Americans” did not exist. We were not a category that was included in the United States Census (we...

Gordon Lee | Wed, Mar 3rd- 8:46pm | Issue 1: Premiere - Summer 2003, Activism, Feature, News & Politics, Race, Social Issues
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