Op-Ed: For years, I got teased for wearing face masks. The pandemic changed that. - Los Angeles Times

Op-Ed: For years, I got teased for wearing face masks. The pandemic changed that.

Illustration of multiple people wearing masks, standing together

By MariNaomi

Aug. 7, 2021 3 AM PT

MariNaomi is the author and illustrator of eight graphic books, including the comics memoir “Turning Japanese.” She is the founder and administrator of the Cartoonists of Color, Queer Cartoonists and Disabled Cartoonists databases. @marinaomi

Illustration of two people talking, looking at a third person wearing a mask

Illustration of a person buying a mask

Illustration of two people laughing at a third person wearing a mask

Illustration of a person watching as someone gasps at an Asian person in a mask

Illustration of a person wearing a mask in a grocery store

Illustration of a person looking at a crowd of people, all masked

Illustration of two people in masks talking, observed by someone else masked

A crowd of people, all wearing masks

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