Visibility is not enough-we need actual complexity. Visibility can quickly turn into invisibility when the stories that make us visible actually reduce our humanity and complexity. This is especially true if we prop up token stories-tokenism is a big problem when it comes to the film industry-or any industry... (Sally Wen Mao)

Visibility is not enough-we need actual complexity. Visibility can quickly turn into invisibility when the stories that make us visible actually reduce our humanity and complexity. This is especially true if we prop up token stories-tokenism is a big problem when it comes to the film industry-or any industry...

Sally Wen Mao

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