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Maya Jama, Iman, Halima Aden. How did the conversation go from mocking Somali women’s appearance to calling them “Somali baddies”? What happened? 👀 I remember a narrative built around layers of clothing, supposedly mismatched outfits and very little interest in the women wearing them. Now people are admiring Somali women’s beauty, hair, styling and confidence. Did the women change that much, or did the audience finally get a better view? My take: social media gave Somali women more control over their image. Fashion videos, wedding content, beauty tutorials and everyday personality give you a different picture from an unflattering photograph attached to a negative headline. Maya Jama, who has Somali and Swedish heritage, is an obvious name. Then there’s Ugbad Abdi, Rawdah Mohamed, Halima Aden and Ikram Abdi Omar. Different women, different styles, all worth knowing. And Iman was an international supermodel before most of us had an internet connection. Somali beauty clearly didn’t arrive with TikTok. The modest fashion matters too. Layers weren’t evidence of someone being unattractive. A hijab doesn’t cancel beauty. And admiring someone’s hair doesn’t mean an entire community has one hair texture. Even the name: Somali. Somali women, Somali culture, Somali language. People correcting “Somalian” aren’t inventing a new identity for the rebrand. So perhaps the biggest transformation happened in the audience. Were Somali women overlooked, stereotyped, or simply missing from your feed? And whose name should I have included? #MayaJama #Iman #HalimaAden #UgbadAbdi #RawdahMohamed
Ebeebiebby Mission Specialist116,100 views • 19 days ago
Microsoft workers are being criticised because an office lifestyle video makes their working day look comfortable. But why does seeing someone enjoy their job make people want their benefits taken away? The discussion is full of complaints about food, breaks, socialising and how little work people supposedly do. Others say the footage looks like recruitment marketing, with none of the deadlines, late nights or pressure that come with the job. A short office video cannot tell you what someone delivers over a week, a month or a year. And there is another detail getting lost: headlines about voluntary exit offers to around 60,000 employees are being turned into claims that 60,000 people have already been dismissed. Those are different things. You can question productivity without assuming everyone with a comfortable workplace is lazy. You can also recognise that nurses, teachers, hospitality staff and other workers deserve better conditions without demanding that office workers have worse ones. If someone gets a proper lunch break, the response should not be outrage that they stopped working. It should be a question about why other people cannot get theirs. Of course employers should expect results. But looking exhausted is not a performance measure, and being at your desk for longer does not automatically mean you are doing better work. Would you rather your employer judged your contribution—or how convincingly you performed being busy? And when you see someone treated well at work, do you feel inspired or irritated? #Microsoft #WorkLifeBalance #WorkplaceCulture #TechJobs #EmployeeBenefits
Ebeebiebby Mission Specialist69,900 views • 12 days ago
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