Valerie Soe marks the popularization of digital camcorder technology as conducive to a mobilizing democratic shift towards artistic autonomy and construction of Asian American identity. Focusing on counter-hegemonic taboo issues such as menopause, homosexuality and interracial relationships, Soe describes how Wayne Wang's ...On the Edge: Camcorder Album video project explores personal subtleties (as told by Asian Americans themselves) in the Asian American condition to diversify representations of Asian Pacific Americans within mainstream media.