Definitely if I am writing something that feels completely … - Mariko Tamaki

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Definitely if I am writing something that feels completely straight, I’ll sew some queerness in there, because queerness is always there. It’s like when you’re writing a cityscape, you need to write in the characters that would be there. To me, not doing that is more of a choice.

Mariko Tamaki

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Mariko Tamaki (born 1975) is a Canadian artist and writer.

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