This Is Safe Place
Safe Place by Gucci Gang (via Konbini)
Safe places, hardly are they ever sought out; for they seem like a mystical dream. The days of a young woman’s life are unforeseen but never questioned. We’ve been so conditioned to think the female anatomy is the answer to reproduction and nothing more. We are seen as objects, some girls earlier than others. We become aware of the power we hold between our legs from a young age because we are reminded of this almost daily. Social media has flipped the perception of young people everywhere when it comes to dating and consent. The “Gucci Gang” are here to give women the chance to speak out against these seemingly common situations and lingering trauma.
This group of young women, having grown up in the social media generation create a ‘Safe Place’ for women everywhere to express their innermost feelings about their own story. A chance to be heard, accepted and loved through a special corner of the internet they created. There’s so much internet usage happening in this day and age; We have already accepted that this is our future, but social media isn't bad in all ways. It’s truly helpful and imaginative when the mind isn’t solely focused on wealth, glory and image. It can be a place of community and well-being, motivation and oneness. So why not create a space for women to talk about the actual struggles we go through? Why hasn’t this been done already? Why are we so afraid as a collective to acknowledge the fact that women everywhere are shamed at the beginning of their upbringing about their sexuality.
This group of women bring their artistic style to Instagram and just by one look, you are captured. They invite the rest of you who feel unheard and unacknowledged to share your stories or let someone with your best interests in mind. We do not have to stick with these “standards” and social conditioning that the world we live in today has prepared us for. There’s no indefinite laws on being yourself, but there is a stigma against speaking about the traumas of womanhood.
“Most of the stories that we get start from around 12-18 years old”
- Gucci Gang
“Why are women and girls so often the victims of violence? Unfortunately, there is no single answer to that question. However, when women and girls are repeatedly objectified and their bodies hyper-sexualized, the media contributes to harmful gender stereotypes that often trivialize violence against girls.”
- Unicef
The Gucci Gang has created a space for all taboo matters circling around womanhood. You, as a woman, are invited to share your story. Let’s help burn the bridge where stigma lies and start talking. After all, the future IS Female.
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