Of course, I can't separate my queerness from my brownness - if anything, my queerness amplifies my brownness, and vice versa - but I spent so much of my early twenties trying to erase my differences, often without awareness of what I was doing.

Should I be collaborating with artists of color solely because of their race and my politics? This question is weighted with my own worry that I have been invited to speak or collaborate solely because of my race, and not because of my abilities.

I feel like I have had to catch up to the art I've made, and learn from the protagonists I have written, especially in relation to gender.

I think white artists have a responsibility to be not only naming white supremacy, but to be using their power and privilege to support artists of color.

I have been and continue to be committed to art as a tool to ignite, comfort, and discomfort.

I do use art as a site of protest, particularly in relation to dominant narratives.

Making music has been connected to one of my greatest heartaches, because my own music has never quite connected with audiences. But it was this heartache that pushed me to explore other artistic avenues, like writing and filmmaking, and I ultimately feel most at home in a multidisciplinary environment.