**I am a privileged white passing Tahltan, Chinese, and mixed heritage (mostly European) cis queer woman and I am still learning a lot about what that even means and the intersectional politics of both myself and the world. I am by no means the voice for BIPOC performers and I make the wrong choices to learn from all the time. We all have our own biases to deconstruct to make burlesque and the performing arts better for everyone. This article relates just as much to me as it