UNTAMED: How many people are
vary, we sometimes come up with a
behind Girls, man?
vision, a message, a decade, or even a color scheme. Other times, people
There are two people involved in Girls,
approach us with a creative vision,
man. Sol Helou and Natasha Austrich.
concept or aesthetic and we help execute it.
What prompted you to team up and create your Instagram account and
As a female myself, I experience
blog?
misogyny in my day-to-day life – it actually seems to be increasing again –
We have been friends since middle
Do you think we are currently taking a
school, and fell in love with analog
step back in history regarding the
photography when we were kids. We
woman’s role and rights in society?
realized that we shared similar artistic visions and complementing aesthetic
We think to say that society is taking a
preferences. It helps that we’re
step backwards negates the efforts of
roommates!
so many important woman from the past and present. We find that it is also
One thing that instantly drew me to
important to take a step back and
your content was the message behind
consider that there are many different
it. What principles does Girls, man
definitions of feminism, and not every
follow?
effort to further women’s rights will look the same.
The last few years has been an environment for change in society, and
We agree that there is room for
we found art to be the best outlet for
improvement and infinite steps
our voice. So we decided to create
forward that we can take. The
Girls, man. to break down the polarity
women’s rights movements is very
in society’s understanding of gender.
much prominent and the message is
Everything is masculine. Everything is
being said, it’s important to encourage
feminine.
those around you to keep challenging the current norm and advocating for
Could you describe the creative
women.
process behind your images? Do you believe the term “feminism” is In a world like today when we’re
outdated or misleading? From my
constantly being saturated with
experience a very common question
different forms of media, it’s not hard
we get asked is why we don’t call
to be inspired. The beginnings can
ourselves equalists or even humanists.
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