furahameansjoy
Region: US
Saturday 30 August 2025 04:25:24 GMT
143933
22367
255
332
Music
Download
Comments
ssshaneil :
They treated Alek Wek and Ajak Deng sooo badly. Ajak had a literal breakdown on her instagram story a few years ago. I hope she is doing better these days
2025-08-31 01:10:43
2540
Reinan :
I don’t understand why people want to take space from south sudanese models when the majority is still white we can advocate for more black models who look different, we don’t need to compete with each other
2025-08-31 08:49:22
113
BettyBoop :
Yesss! Bell hadid and Alex Consani are human and people want to relate to them but Anok yai is kinda seen as a lotus flower, only to be stared at and “consumed” for the visual satisfaction of the people who fetishise her.
2025-08-30 15:35:39
4771
mercurialmess :
speaking of alien like, the Avatar movies are also based on south sudanese people. its objectification and dehumanization
2025-08-30 12:53:39
1639
nyawinaa :
Even in most of the magazine covers of South Sudanese models, you can see the editors DARKEN their skin to the point that you can't see their facial features, only the clothes. They use them like mannequins. I don't see the white models getting the same treatment
2025-08-31 09:00:55
1427
byneka :
think it was Anok said that the Zara photographer called her "la cucaracha" ..
2025-08-31 01:46:13
493
NARRATED BLACK ✰ :
His beef is with the industry… that’s what the whole tweet meant. He just wasn’t politically correct in messaging
2025-08-31 16:43:57
296
TJ :
I wonder if this also fits into literature and how often a black female character's physical beauty is described using food and/or literal associations like chocolate, caramel etc whereas a white female character's beauty is relayed in more abstract/metaphorical descriptions.
2025-08-30 07:47:50
454
eemenike88 :
“Wow she doesn’t look real” is such a dehumanizing statement sometimes. Because it’s not about their ethereal beauty but an exoticized perspective
2025-08-31 14:11:00
939
Historybuff :
I love your take but wasn’t this what Jay was trying to say? That South Sudanese models are scouted in particular to be an anomaly? Why is what he said wrong when you spent this entire video proving him right?
2025-08-31 13:42:16
42
user47283955858686827 :
Exactly, because if you look at regular commercial modelling, brown skinned women are constantly represented! Whether it be on advertisements or in the mall, i never see the dark skins everyone’s claims to be overly represented. The dark skins are only used in high fashion for fetishisation purposes
2025-08-30 09:38:43
432
Joan of Arha (she/her) :
Thank you holy shit. I’ve had these thoughts too. I was literally thinking about all this it was all mumbled mush. Brilliant analysis here
2025-08-30 04:36:04
263
Caressa :
It also has NOT changed the standard of beauty at all. So why is he so pressed about it?
2025-08-31 15:19:24
154
lailaatall :
i think to put it one word: it’s othering
2025-08-30 04:54:38
373
🌺 flora 🌺 :
Um you’re deflecting. South Sudanese models make up such a small percentage of models because black people in general are extremely underrepresented in the modeling world. Take that small number and slash it by how few women who look like everyday Black American/Caribbean/West African women are represented and you get even less representation. And by “looking African” we mean features that only South Sudanese models have, not the rest of the diaspora
2025-08-31 18:47:22
6
Fleurette| social commentator :
Let’s not forever the under pay the African models
2025-08-30 17:13:22
383
furahameansjoy :
The part where I say “The way you can look at furniture and say wow that’s really beautiful furniture but not see it as a person is how south Sudanese models are seen” — summarizes the entire video tbh
2025-08-30 04:40:57
188
courtneyr._ :
It’s exploitation!!
2025-08-31 14:59:16
146
jalenciaga 🍬 :
1. he wasn’t bothered & his tweet didn’t insinuate privilege at all… 2. yes there is a small amount of sudanese/african models but of the percentage of african/african american models, the majority are african “looking” and that was his point.
2025-08-31 20:25:58
5
cheryllll :
i agree that being a model can absolutely enter forms of dehumanization, but i also think it’s worth talking about differences in how west africans and east africans are perceived in terms of attractiveness. it’s not a coincidence that they took slaves from the west and resultantly formed beauty standards around/against and defined blackness/ugliness around west african features specifically. west africans are still the group that does not get considered for a career based on looks today bc their features have been classed as ugly for centuries. fetishization is still a form of othering and dehumanization, yes, but it’s still worth discussing who gets fetishized and who gets villainized and classed as hideous.
2025-09-06 13:32:45
10
meta.ang_el :
All of you guys are doing important work verbalizing and explaining this issue. Thank you!
2025-08-30 17:32:26
41
Clarke :
People understand this but they don't understand how it applies to lightskin and mixed people
2025-08-30 18:23:16
16
schribbl3 :
So often even their faces are shadowed/covered/turned away. And the models scouted from refugee camps are touted as “rags to riches” success stories, it’s so horrific
2025-08-31 17:40:32
14
To see more videos from user @furahameansjoy, please go to the Tikwm
homepage.
