“People are like, ‘You came out as Filipino on TV.’ I’ve been Filipino my whole life!"
"A woman should not be obligated to date anyone in particular nor restricted from dating any person she chooses."
"As a white person, we live in a white world."
A queer, biracial writer on how she uses style as a tool for survival.
Is it OK to cast someone as long as they're the right race, even if they're the wrong ethnicity?
"Give me a Buffy who has dark skin with braids or a ‘fro."
"I definitely went into it like, 'Hopefully they’ll—as they call it in the industry—go ethnic.'"
"Representation has to be better every year, but it still has a ways to go."
"As woke as we may claim to be, what we see onscreen holds a lot of weight."
"I didn’t see myself represented in pop culture."