Quote from: HongKongGoolagong on January 03, 2017, 11:38:44 PM
U.K. XE secret show attended by three people in a rehearsal room and unadvertised fits every single fucking criteria for the term safe space. Same as a sex club or dungeon would.
Would it? What are the criteria?
As far as I've understood, what "safe-space" meant, is place where anti-LGBT violence, harassment or hate speech were not allowed, therefore "creating a safe place for all lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people". Has been extended to refer to a space for individuals who
feel marginalized to come together to communicate regarding their
experiences with marginalization. Which now probably means mostly just
women...
If any meeting of like-minded people, what excludes unwanted people or is private nature, is called "safe-space", term probably loses its entire meaning. I would tend to think, that there is a vast difference of meetings, that is "sexual minority who feels marginalized, talking experience of being marginalized" vs. for example groups of fags meeting in dungeon, to do what they like to do.
Most often, private live show ain't "safe space". There hardly ever are codes and rules what and how one is allowed to talk etc.
Who you can look at, and how long time. Indeed, over here too, in Finland, there are safe-space gigs. Where they endorse such a strict rules on social behavior it becomes absolute humor. Going to level how long you are allowed to
look at females so you don't harass them etc. Or that you need to be sure short or handicapped people see punk gig behind your white fat ass. haha.. Jesus. It appears as humor, but is deadly serious. Of course, one may try to extend "experience of being marginalized" to be about people who listen slightly unpopular music? I'd rather see it simply in old fashioned
guys doing what they like to do. It's nearly opposite of entire safe-space foolishness, isn't it?
I think private live shows, whatever the music style or approach is a great thing. There are way more relevant angles to approach phenomena than via latest twitter buzzwords.
