EP.158 - It's Good To Gup Shup - "Safety Isn't Declared. It's Practiced"

About this episode

The episode explores the concept of safe spaces and the responsibilities associated with them.

Safe space. You’ve heard the term everywhere lately — but what does it actually mean? Who is responsible for the 'safety' part of the space? In this gup shup, we sit with a phrase that shows up everywhere lately: safe space. From social media to wellness circles to community conversations, the language is everywhere — but the experience doesn’t always match the label. Looking at the roots of safe spaces in Black civil rights organizing, feminist consciousness-raising groups, and queer and t...

People in this episode

Host: Kiran Randhawa

Topics covered

• safe space
• social media
• wellness
• community conversations
• civil rights
• feminism
• queer

Keywords

• safe space
• gup shup
• civil rights
• feminism
• queer
• community
• wellness

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