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Nabela Noor on Representation: From Influencer to Business Owner

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Entrepreneurship, Business, Careers

4.41.9K Ratings

🗓️ 23 March 2021

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Puno talks to content creator, activist, and entrepreneur - Nabela Noor about building a platform on YouTube, TikTok, and Instragram driven by self-love and inclusion. Learn how Nabela’s brand is smashing beauty standards, uplifting marginalized voices, and celebrating moments of peace. We promised you resources on Cyberbullying. To learn more about laws related to cyberbullying and other resources to help you navigate these kinds of issues visit https://cyberbullying.org/ . This podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp and Girlboss Radio listeners get 10% off their first month at www.betterhelp.com/girlboss Usual Wines are wines designed for the modern drinker. get your first bottle on us with the code GIRLBOSS. https://usualwines.com/girlboss A course on Thinkific can help you reach millions of people worldwide. To help get you on the right track, we want to give you the complete step-by-step guide on how to create and sell an online course, go to: thinkific.com/girlboss Sign up here to get Girlboss Daily in your inbox each morning and follow us on Instagram @girlboss to discuss the episode. Looking for your dream job or dream employee? Transcription of this episode can be found here: https://www.girlboss.com/read/nabela-noor

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0:00.0

Hello, what's up, guys? It's Puno, and you're listening to Girlboss Radio.

0:13.3

Social media has totally changed the way we interact with each other online.

0:18.0

With just a few clicks, you can really easily communicate with up to, I don't know,

0:23.0

four billion users worldwide. That's more than half of the world's total population.

0:28.9

That's a lot of people. And with the positives, there also comes the negatives,

0:34.9

and mainstream beauty standards. Well, they just haven't disappeared.

0:39.9

And then, sometimes, social media reinforces these traditional standards of beauty,

0:45.5

and it pushes people to compare themselves to others. I mean, I've definitely compared myself to

0:51.2

others. I even compare myself to Instagram filters. You know when they don't catch your face,

0:56.0

and you're just like, oh, who, who's that? Oh, that's me. Yeah, that's me with dark circles.

1:02.0

That's my face. All of this comparing, it is just so exhausting, right? And it lowers our

1:11.4

self-esteem, but Nebela Noir has taken all of those questions inside her head and then

1:18.4

lift them upside down. She's built this community on TikTok, on Instagram, and on YouTube,

1:25.3

just by being herself. An unapologetic woman who doesn't just talk about body positivity,

1:32.6

but lives it. She even shares these relatable stories with her adorable, supportive husband,

1:39.1

Seth. We love you, Seth. And her family, as a first-generation Bangladesh-y American,

1:45.2

she gets you on her team just by being herself, and we love her for that.

1:50.8

Whether it's on social media or in fashion and beauty, Nebela has a way where she helps

1:57.2

her community feel seen and heard. Nebela has developed this like powerful connection with her

2:04.3

community. One example is this YouTube video. She was talking to a woman who was describing how

2:11.3

she was being harassed at work because of her weight. And then Nebela asked her to look at herself

2:19.2

in the mirror and tell herself that she's beautiful. And then she replied, I could say it, but

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