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Is cultural 'enoughness' a myth?

In this episode, I sit down with Lazou, a Sino-Mauritian-Canadian-American creative, podcasting colleague and friend who also explores questions of belonging. Lazou shares her unique perspective in understanding layered identities while sharing her own diverse cultural identity. Together we discuss:

• seeing the West through Disney colored glasses,
• language learning, translation gaps, and language evolution,
• colonization vs settling and the history of Diego Garcia,
• being Chinese enough, confronting biases and so much more!

Lazou is a talented musician, producer, and writer, hosting the 'Nuances: Our Asian Stories' podcast. Through her platform, she examines the Asian diaspora experience, tackling topics like queerness in pre-modern Asian times.

Episode Mentions:

• Podcast — Nuances: Our Asian Stories
• Podcast — Nuances Season 2: Queering Pre-Modern Asia
• Book — Indigenous Continent: The Epic Contest for North America by Pekka Hämäläinen
• Diego Garcia — Human Rights Watch: UK, US Expelled Islanders 50 Years Ago, a Crime Against Humanity
• Diego Garcia — AJ+ How the U.S. Stole This Paradise Island?

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Original music is composed and produced by Malik Elmessiry.
The inbetweenish pod is created and hosted by Beatriz Nour.

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