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“The video represents the young woman today–it’s not the traditional woman anymore–and not the specifics of ‘Am I gay? Am I straight? Am I bi?’ I’m making the rules for myself, and I don’t have to be stuck down to one label,” she told People at the time of its release. I digress! Let’s get back to her remarks!

“So often, I lead with masculinity. And as a woman, I’ve always been met with so much disdain, you know what I mean?” Palmer continued. “I think so much of that came from who I thought I had to be to get respect, admiration, and love. And I’ve always really wanted to be like my father…to want to be taken seriously and not diminished because I was a woman. You know, that’s always been a source of—I guess you would say — pain and resentment.”

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In an even more profoundly relatable moment, Palmer then presents the prompts she—and likely half the world—is still reflecting on in adulthood.

“Why did my gender have to define the power I have in the world? And why does my gender get to decide my sexuality?” she asked, apparently getting choked up. “You know, since I was younger, I always questioned the boxes I was forced to be in and it starts with who you’re supposed to be as a child. You’re supposed to be as a Black person or whatever the background you are from...Then those walls just try to cave you in from every damn angle, who you are as a creative, who you are as a friend.”

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Needless to say, watching a retired Disney kid and devout Christian publicly interrogate identity and stand squarely in their queerness is going to get me through the week. Hell, maybe even the month. Solidarity, Keke.