Just a post on a facebook group where dozens of posts are published every day, on a social constantly asking for your attention. But suddenly dozens of worried comments appeared: "Are you ok?", "What's wrong?", "Don't do a stupid thing". Even via Messenger people contacted the author of the post, asking if he needed help and telling him: "Do you need someone to talk to? I'm here". People from all over the world, only one thing in common: the passion for a singer, Lady Gaga. Still, they were there, ready to help, to make someone's life less hard.
"Remember that if one day you feel worthless don't you dare do something stupid, there are so many people to care and to listen ❤️😉" comments the author of the post while sharing the messages he has received. He adds: "Proud to be a little monster 🖤, it's not just a fan base, it's a life style". Again, only caring answers: "I'm glad it's all ok", "we are a family now".
Does this really have something to do with their favourite singer? Maybe. The Oscar-winning artist, in fact, co-founded the "Born This Way Foundation" in february 2012. As its name suggests, it is about accepting differences and difficulties. Its aim is "to support the wellness of young people and empowering them to create a kinder and braver world", as you can read on its site, https://bornthisway.foundation/about-the-foundation/.
"The world needs more kindness" is a sentence you will ofter hear from Mother Monster's mouth, and on her foundation's impact report too (https://bornthisway.foundation/research-survey/2016-impact-report/), where you can see the results of its investigation and how it tries to reach its three main objectives:
> to fight harassment, by funding students ideas to combat it;
> to spread kindness, by involving followers and politicians all over the world;
> to improve mental wellness, via research showing which are the best ways to make people feel better.
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| His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Lady Gaga at the 2016 Annual Conference of Mayors. More than two hundreds mayors attended the event. |
You can even ask for help on a specific page of the foundation site (here). Stefani Germanotta has described her non-profit organization as "a community worldwide that protects and nurtures others in the face of bullying and abandonment".
She has been awarded for her activist work. Through her words and her thoughts, maybe she'll make a difference in the social sphere; surely, some people are following her generous teachings by making social media, where symbolic violence is so used, better places.
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