Shuklia is Japanese/Australian and lives in Melbourne/Naarm on the lands of the Kulin nation.
We chat about:
- Japan isn’t as homogeneous as you think
- Being seen as a foreigner
- Japan’s indigenous Ainu people
- Family language policies
- Slice of life autobiographical comics
- Manga's gendered nature
- Fetishisation of Japanese women
- Whether we look like our parents
- Feeling a sense of belonging in Pakistan
- Archie Comics
- Picking an artistic pseudonym
- Art modelling when you’re asian
- Why Madama Butterfly is racist
- Emotional labour for yts
Hosted by: Maria Birch-Morunga and Kate Robinson
Guest: Shuklia
Music by: Green Twins
Edited by: Kate Robinson
Special thanks: Footscray Community Arts Centre
This podcast was recorded on the lands of the Boon Wurrung and Woi Wurrung peoples of the eastern Kulin Nations.
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