MAY POP-UP ISSUE

AANHPI Heritage Month / Stop Asian Hate - JUNE 9, 2021

 

Samantha Win: Can't Knock Her Down

By Lauren W.

Samantha Win is a mixed-Asian actress and martial artist who cannot be knocked down. Leading up to her Netflix movie, Army of the Dead, Samantha joined the Hapa Mag (now MAM) fam for an exclusive photoshoot and interview.

 
A mixed asian woman stands holding her authored book while smiling at the camera

My Reflections as a Mixed Asian American

By Kathleen Burkinshaw

“Am I Asian Enough to tell my story?” Guest contributor, friend of the mag, and author Kathleen Burkinshaw shares this deeply personal piece for AANHPI Heritage Month.

A colored sketch of a close-up of an Asian person's beaten face. They have a bloodied bandage around their forehead and a bruised eye

Stop API Hate Illustrations

By Nash Holcomb

Guest contributor and artist, Nash Holcomb, shares powerful, moving illustrations exemplifying what’s happening to the Asian community in America and why we need to #StopAsianHate.

A mother crouches down to be at eye level with her child. Text surrounds the two with phrases such as "are you ok?

My First Experience With Racism

By Kristen Lau

Guest character designer, illustrator and storyboard revisionist, Kristen Lau, shares this illustrated story about her first experience with racism.

This Sh** Ain’t New

By Autumn Henry

I was shocked when I learned about the Japanese Internment. I was well into my 20s, and I was eager to talk to my Chinese grandmother who grew up in Japantown, San Jose, CA in the 1940s.

A black and white photograph of the author as a baby and her mother. The author is the only one in focus

Reflecting on Hate in a Time of Fear

By Holly M. Kaplan

Examining personal experiences of subtle racism and how this contributes to larger violence.