CONTRIBUTORS

Aditi Khare

Studies: Computer Science Major with a minor in Gender, Race, and Nation.

Hometown: Rochester Hills, MI

Contributions: Design - Back Cover, General Design / Doodles

Throughout Zine

“I’m a queer desi artist. I think of zines as a queer form of storytelling. Also, making a community-based little art book by queer POC and giving it out for free is quite radical.”

Sania Srivastava

Studies: Public Health / PreMed

Hometown: Mumbai, India

Contributions: Writing!

“I am an Indian immigrant and a future physician! [Working on this zine,] I loved the aspect of sharing our stories in the context of friends and peers.

UAAO’s mission for increasing Asian representation really reflects in these Zines and I wanted to be involved.”

So Jung Shin

Studies: Psychology, Arts & Ideas in the Humanities

Hometown: Jakarta

Contributions: write history section, edit, creative writing submission

“[I am a] queer asian creative. i love the concept of being able to write our own histories and understandings of it, documenting our place on campus, and sharing our experiences in a messy intersection of queerness <3 it’s rare to find a safe and understanding space of queer identifying folks, one that especially reflects similar cultural upbringings and values, even more rare that we get the privilege of celebrating it, and so i hold this zine close to my heart.”

MIRA SIMONTON-CHAO

Studies: Arts & Ideas in the Humanities and American Culture (Ethnic Studies)

Hometown: Ann Arbor, MI

Contributions: Design! & submission.

“I identify as a second-generation Asian American queer creative. I love the way that zines and alternative print mediums bring community together and create space for self-definition and -determination. If that makes sense... and this edition... is amazing. It is really a culmination of all the reasons I love this community and why I am so grateful to have been a part of UAAO for these past three years <3”

Chelsea Padilla

Studies: Political Science & Creative Writing double major Hometown: Grand Rapids, MI

Contributions: Editor in Chief - I wrote a few things and organized the theme, content, and team!

“I’ve been working on UAAO zines since I first got involved with the org a couple years ago. But this edition is something I’ve wanted to do for a while. When I was working through old print issues of Asian American student publications for UAAO’s archive digitization initiative (check out “Activism, Organizing, and Leadership within U-M Asian American + Pacific Islander Communities and Spaces” on the U-M Library website!!!) with Mira and Aarushi, I found a couple ads calling for submissions to an anthology for “Asian Pacific American Lesbians. The deadline listed was December 15th, 1991 -- not too long ago, but still almost ten years before I was born. Finding those ads made me really eager to learn more, and that curiosity is ultimately what sparked inspiration for this zine’s theme.”

HANNAH SALAMEH

Studies: Computer Science

Hometown: San Diego

Contributions: Graphic Design