I also really love just the sheer wash of yellow over the rest of the face. You don’t get any other facial features or distinguishing traits and I think that that’s a good visual metaphor for how race can function when it’s commodified and used as a reductive marketing label. It’s this flattening quality that erases every other part of a person tha... See more

Something a lot of people struggle with is, what is the ethical standard for one to write about something? When are you allowed to mind your own family’s history? Does it ever feel icky? Does it feel like you’re profiting off of your parents and your grandparents’ trauma? And I don’t think anybody really knows the answer. I think everyone should do... See more