I think what happens is as with any form of oppression the people most concerned with or think about it the most deeply are the people most negativel… - Nalo Hopkinson

Come in peace to my home, Tan-Tan. And when you go, go in friendship.

Labels are very important to me. They’re a way of finding community and a way of community finding you. If people are looking for my work because they’re looking for the work of another woman or the work of a science fiction writer or a black writer, it helps if they know that I am that. For me, identity is kind of a mailbox.

I think inserting yourself into a place where you are told you don't belong, when you know quite well you do, is important work. (2017)