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.

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Issue 5

Oral migration histories of the 1989 democracy protests and Tiananmen Massacre

2019年05月31日

This year will mark the 30th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Massacre, also known euphemistically as the June Fourth Incident or in Chinese, simply, 六四 [June Fourth]. 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

2019年02月20日

A list of resources on the ongoing human rights abuses in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region

2018 Year in Review

2018年12月11日

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

2018年12月05日

A short summary and list of resources discussing the issue of Southeast and East Asians appropriating Black cultures.

Crazy Rich Asians: a Roundtable Discussion

2018年11月12日

Hollywood's Asian cinematic moment of the year had deeply contrasting significances for different parts of the Asian diaspora

Learning to Unlearn

2018年10月15日

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

2018年09月26日

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

2018年09月16日

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

2018年09月09日

Read a personal retelling of a mother's migration story from a daughter's perspective.

Queer / Trans Survey

2018年09月05日

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

2018年09月05日

Watch an electrifying film piece from Qigemu about movement, hybridity, and fluidity.

daikon* statement on open letter from 83 BAME and migrant organisations against IHRA guidelines

2018年08月21日

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

2018年08月11日

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

2018年07月18日

An interview with Chloe and Sinae.

We've extended our commissions

2018年04月28日

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

2018年04月17日

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

2018年04月16日

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

2018年04月07日

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?