On one hand, I think it's very important to talk about race and talk about gender, because if it's not talked about, then we won't progress. What I have a problem with is when it becomes another form of tokenization, of shrinking me into a symbol instead of a multilayered, female Asian artist.

I think my whole identity is formed around not knowing where I'm from. It might even be that I find comfort in that confusion.

Miyazaki movies were what I was raised on. I've watched them since I was very young, and I've been greatly shaped by them.

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