I created a little avatar, a little fighter in the video game of life who wears a motorcycle jacket and holds a microphone to go out into the world in front of me. It’s a dissociative protection of the real me, my little self, and it’s actually very sweet. Thinking about taking care of myself like that, especially at a young age and also still now, I like thinking that there’s someone saying: “I got you. You hang out back there, I got this one.” And then that high-haired stand-up comic goes out into the world and takes care of my more tender self. Cameron Esposito
