Issue 13: Hybrid - Winter 2007

Features

Wardrobe changes, multiple venues and drama -- the staing of cross-cultural weddings.

Pia Sarkar - January 1, 2008
  • Hapa Issues Forum shuts down after leading the grassroots and political fight for the acceptance of multiracial Asian Americans.
  • Forget Amy Tan, today's books for young adults take readers far from Chinatown.
  • Why do the Chinese spit so much?
  • 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.

Featurettes

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

Patricia Justine Tumang - January 1, 2008

Music

Enon

Jeremiah Romm - January 1, 2008

Food and Agriculture

We're obsessed with food, so what's up with the lack of Asian American celebrity chefs?

Neela Banerjee - January 1, 2008

Film

Harry Mok - January 1, 2008

Books

Ann Marie Fleming

Nasia Anan - January 1, 2008

Editor's Note

Harry Mok - November 7, 2011

FRONT OF THE BOOK

A fresh crop of Asian American fashion designers are on the rise.

Shelly Wong - January 1, 2008
  • Performance artist Robert Karimi gets to hearts (and minds) through the stomach.
  • Designer and blogger Euny Jang debuts as editor in chief for Interweave Knits magazine
  • A revamped cokkstove aids refugees and saves the environment.
  • The musical chameleon, from Slash to puppet shows.
  • A revamped cookstove aids refugees and saves the environment.

Media & Pop Culture

We're obsessed with food, so what's up with the lack of Asian American celebrity chefs?

Neela Banerjee - January 1, 2008

Takeout

O, yes to boxer briefs

Rebecca - January 1, 2008