Bamboo girl
Subtitle: Infuriate racist fiends and enlighten yourself in one easy step!
By: Sabrina Margarita Sandata
Series: Bamboo girl
Publisher: Mutya
Published: 1997
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 101
Subjects: Filipino American women; Periodicals; Filipino Americans; Asian American women; Race identity; Racially mixed women; Bisexual women; Punk culture
Description: Bamboo Girl, a zine edited by a queer tattooed punk Filipina, features a collection of interviews with women of color artists and activists, calls to action, Tagalog lesson comics, articles on race and gender politics, and zine reviews. In issue 6, Sabrina interviews Muslim activist Zahera Saed, Filipina author Jessica Hagedorn, and HIV/AIDS activist Irene Suico. She also reprints an essay by Reginald Sinclair Lewis, an unfairly charged man on death row, writes an article breaking mental health stigma, discusses an instance of homophobic violence she experienced on a subway train, and rants about light skin privilege amidst other topics. Regular features of the political compilation zine include “Horrorscopes,” media reviews, letters to the editor, and “Stupid Stereotypes” comics.
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Gift of Felix Endara, donated in 2009.

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