EP 11 – A thousand volumes of Manga

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

Guest: Shuklia

Edited by: Kate Robinson