![]() It’s only natural that they would evolve into the digital world.īut female spaces have come under attack in recent years due to ideological pressure. Whether it’s bonding with strangers in the bathroom of a bar or sharing her deepest secrets with a group of girlfriends. ![]() Most women have memories that make them smile from female spaces. But they’re also just very fun and relaxing. Female spaces are necessary for many important reasons that can never be minimised. We soft-launched Giggle on the the App Store and Google Play at the beginning of 2020.įemale spaces are a place for women & girls to feel safe, secure, enjoy privacy and connect in a way that isn’t always on offer in “the real world”. We can’t wait to create new additions to Giggle, continue with work with the women who love the app and to watch the community grow. I genuinely feel like everything I have worked for and achieved so far has led to my commitment to female spaces and to Giggle. What started as a conversation was turning into a real, live app.Ĭreating the Giggle app with my mum has been the honour of my life. Within eight months we had a working prototype and a development team ready to create Giggle. He began researching what was involved to turn this new dream of supporting women into a reality. We thought it would be easy… Ha! But my Dad was the first person to take us seriously. ![]() So Mum said, “Let’s create one!” We decided to create an app for women, so every woman could have a strong female support network in the palm of her hand. I realized how much better – easier, even – my life would have been in Hollywood with a strong female support network. Eventually, Mum said, “We should do something to help women, to keep women safe.” We thought of all the positive times in our lives and they all involved having a strong female support network around us, because women listen. We spoke about how exhausting it can be navigating the big wide world as a woman, how women have to be careful of what we say, do and dream. She was shocked and devastated by what I had experienced, as any mother would be. Mum and I spent many nights talking about this. I needed there to be just one area of my life where sexual harassment, sexual assault and misogyny wasn’t present but I couldn’t find it. But when looking for a room to rent on the existing rental websites and apps, too many men used what should be a completely mundane task as an opportunity for sex. Eventually, I left LA for New York, hoping I could keep my dream alive outside of the toxicity of Hollywood. I was on a different page and just wanted to write. There was much innuendo, invitations to “get a drink later…” and, eventually, uninvited groping. It was pre #MeToo and many powerful men used professional situations as an opportunity for sex. But trying to achieve this dream was, in reality, a nightmare. I was opinionated, educated and determined. I wrote movies about strong yet flawed women, romantic comedies where she didn’t always get the guy but she found herself. I had arrived home to Australia after almost 10 years in America, where I was pursuing my dream in Hollywood to write movies. Giggle started as a conversation between mother and daughter… ![]() ![]() However, all the detractors have done is helped prove the need for a female space like Giggle where women can connect, talk freely and be heard. Giggle has experienced its fair share of this. Groups are always ready to silence women, “cancel” women and discredit women. When women set out to do something for women – aka ourselves – there are many objectors. In 2020, author JK Rowling said, “We’re living through the most misogynistic period I’ve experienced” and she’s not wrong. Launching a start-up is hard for anyone, but launching a start-up for women has extra challenges. ![]()
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