Issue 5
Grieve the Essex 39, but recognise the root causes
We must confront the global systems that lead people to risk dangerous travel, and fight to undo deadly border regimes.
daikon* zine is a platform for the writing and art of women, non-binary and all trans people in the Southeast and East Asian diaspora.
daikon* FUTURES Issue Call for Submissions
Summer Rolls
Oral migration histories of the 1989 democracy protests and Tiananmen Massacre
Thirty years ago, a large series of student-led protests in Beijing and Shanghai, which had been growing since the mid-1980s, were suppressed when the government declared martial law and sent in armed troops to disperse the crowds.
Resources on Xinjiang
A list of resources on the ongoing human rights abuses in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
2018 Year in Review
Thank you to everyone who has supported daikon in 2018 – whether that's attending one of our launches, coming to one of our socials, or buying a copy of the magazine, we're so grateful to be able to create and build solidarity with our communities.
resources on cultural appropriation
A short summary and list of resources discussing the issue of Southeast and East Asians appropriating Black cultures.
Crazy Rich Asians: a Roundtable Discussion
Hollywood's Asian cinematic moment of the year had deeply contrasting significances for different parts of the Asian diaspora
Learning to Unlearn
A reflection on relocation, self-discovery, and a process of questioning one's gender and racial identity.
Creativity/Strategy: Navigating Institutions as People of Colour
Listen back to this panel discussion with photographer Bernice Mulenga, curator Amrita Dhallu, and climate change communicator Angela Chan (Worm).
Bystander Resources Against Border and State Policing
Border and state policing are everyday occurrences in many of our close and extended communities. These are a collection of helpful resources which can provide us with strategies to resist.
Lessons from my immigrant mother
Queer / Trans Survey
For daikon's third issue in Autumn 2017, we put an open call on Tumblr for explorations on the theme of gender and sexuality.
流动
daikon* statement on open letter from 83 BAME and migrant organisations against IHRA guidelines
In response to the debate on the potential adoption by the Labour Party and other public bodies of the International Holocaust Remembrance Association’s (IHRA) guidelines on defining anti-semitism, daikon* opposes current attempts to silence a public discussion of the expulsion of the Palestinian people from their territory in 1948
A brief overview of the UK border regime
Here's a guide to some ways in which immigration is controlled in the UK, and what you can do to resist.
Cook the worlds through learning about myself
We've extended our commissions
We're offering payment for submissions to issue #5 from marginalised and underrepresented perspectives. Read on to find out more.
Anti-blackness in Asian communities
CW racism, anti-blackness, blackface.
In light of racist media on China's Spring Gala TV show: a list of resources about anti-blackness in China, and in the Asian diasporas.
Exploring What it Means to be Asian
Watch this film about why daikon* was set up, and think about what it means to practice 'a solidarity of care'. Directed by April Lin.
Call For Submissions
For daikon* issue #5 we invite you to respond to the theme ‘migration stories’. How do borders and moving across borders shape our lives, identities, and communities?