QIUZI

Qiuzi, also known as Qz, is managing editor of i-D China and a true Third Culture Kid who has an amusing and bitter sense of humor. Being in the fashion world, she is not what you’d imagine her to be, and she has a lot to say about that.

Show notes:

3:20 The concept of third culture kids

4:30 How having been educated early on in China, but then spending adolescence in America and embracing different cultures shaped her.

9:30 Facing discrimination in school from not only other students, but from teachers as well

17:00 How Asians are often still considered other in American society

21:30 How experiences with diversity in Europe and South Africa differed from life in America

28:00 The struggle for immigrant families to integrate into western society while holding on to ethnic tradition

31:00 The question  of whether one’s identity leans toward their nationality or their ethnicity
36:00 How her career ended up in fashion media

50:00 The importance of equal representation in media

57:00 Incidents of brands, designers or even photographers who have received backlash in China for certain campaigns