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The Burdens & Blessings of Being Biracial

How growing up Asian-American became my greatest asset

Michelle Rose-Jupiter
8 min readMar 19, 2021

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Photography by Don Q. Hannah

For me, growing up biracial in America wasn’t the worst thing ever, but it wasn’t always easy, and it was utterly complicated in many subliminal ways. Looking back—it was actually pretty messed up. But it’s also made me stronger…

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Michelle Rose-Jupiter

Do you speak flowers? Michelle is an artist, clothing designer, singer-songwriter (Miss Jupiter), and former boutique proprietress (Spacedust) in Los Angeles.