Lester explains that the idea for the short was inspired by her experiences working in the animation industry:

It’s based on my experience being in animation. My first job I was like the only woman in the room. In order to do the thing that I loved, I sort of became one of the guys. And then I came to Pixar and I started to work on teams with women for the first time. And that actually made me realize how much of the female aspect of myself I had buried and left behind.