Alayna Kunitake is Japanese/British and lives in Melbourne/Naarm on the lands of the Kulin nation.
We chat about:
- Our parents' controversial relationships
- White passing privilege
- Sushi balls v Sandwiches
- The grudge
- Leaning into being the ‘token’
- Going to a Japanese high school at 14 years old
- Being an idolised other
- Fashion as an act of defiance
- What makes you white?
- Names and having too many of them
- Only child life
- Working in advertising and fighting for diversity
- Gwen Stefani as your example of Japanese representation
- Rina Sawayama
Hosted by: Maria Birch-Morunga and Kate Robinson
Guest: Alayna Kunitake
Edited by: Kate Robinson
Music by: Green Twins
Special thanks: Footscray Community Arts Centre
This podcast was recorded on the lands of the Boon Wurrung and Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung peoples of the Eastern Kulin Nation.
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