A new book is out: The Rice Queen Diaries. Author Daniel Gawthrop looks at cross-cultural desire and says in an interview with Vancouver's Xtra West that "to really understand this stuff, you've got to go in there and be with those people, and talk to those people, and fuck those people." Fridae contributor Andy Quan gives us his review.
Reader Andy Quan found Hidesato Sakakibara's article RQ: PQ (February 4, 2005) to be outdated, and just plain wrong. "If we're really going to fight racism, then how about we make sure we don't stereotype ourselves?"