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
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