For my sixth birthday I got a Mulan backpack, Mulan lunchbox, Mulan PJs, Mulan Halloween costume, and three Mulan dolls, each in different outfits, and with varying lengths of black hair. Sometimes when I played with the dolls in my bed, I would notice a stray hair on my pillow, and I liked that I didn’t know whose it was. One day when hanging up my Mulan backpack in the cubby, a classmate said, “You just like her because you look like her.” I was embarrassed, but I didn’t know why. I wore a plain backpack for the rest of the year.
HOW DO I LOOK? / Mulan (1998) by Sennah Yee
My friend Sennah Yee’s debut book, ‘HOW DO I LOOK?’ is out and it is amazing!! A beautiful collection of poetic vignettes raw and personal, it speaks of the racist, micro aggressive, sexist, heteronormative experiences and reflections of a Chinese Canadian woman living in a western world that is at times, painfully relatable, though still such a pleasure to read!
Always amazes me how much you can convey with just a few words @sennahaha! SO PROUD OF YOU!! CONGRATS!!
