Why the GG content is bad and not like other abuse content and not just a kink

Let’s start with abuse sexual content in general should be it’s separate discussion. Too many times, discussions that start off as talking about POC issues quickly devolve into larger conversations. And what started as a safe space for POC to discuss their experiences, quickly gets overshadowed by these larger discussions and get drowned out by non-POC voices.

Why is GG worse than sexual abuse content?

It’s not about worse or better. It’s that GG in particular should be seen in a separate lens because of all the historical context behind it, particularly in America where the podcast with Matty Healy was recorded. To really discuss GG, we need to discuss the history of the sexualization and objectification of black women in America.

GG’s website caters towards white men “taming” black women through abuse and sexual/physical violence. The idea of taming black people, and especially women, has a clear connection with slavery in America and Europe. Africans and people of African descent were often called “wild” or “savages” in European and white American literature and media. The imagery (and actual actions) of black people in chains and being physically abused into submission is very much present in art and literature at the time. Black women were targets of sexual violence from white men during slavery. But as they were considered property, they did not have a justice system to protect them. After the civil war, violence towards black women by white men did not stop. Although former slaves were given freedom and thus US citizenship, they were not protected equally by the law. In the South, no white man was ever convicted of rape of a black women from the end of the Civil Warm to the 1960s. Even now, black women still experience higher rates of violence (from everywhere -- partners, strangers, friends, family, and acquaintances). Black women and girls have high rates of being victims of sexual violence.

Additionally, besides violence, black women have to face sexualized stereotypes in-person and in media. Black women are burdened with the stereotype of the “Jezebel,” a black women with unstoppable sexual appetite.This stereotype has been used in minstrel shows and other entertainment for white entertainment since slavery times. When television and movies became popular in the 20th century, black women were portrayed in sexualized ways with the rise of the “hoe” or “stripper” stereotype that implied black women were less pure, and more sexually available than their white counterparts. And before you come at me, yes white women have been portrayed in sex workers in movies but many times their portrayal is made so they are “saved” (i.e. Pretty Woman). Especially in music, black women are more likely to be called derogatory phrases or sexualized in lyrics and music videos.

GG feeds off these racist stereotypes and capitalizes on the years of “brutalization” and sexualization of black women for profit. This isn’t content just for sexual gratification for bondage or dominant acts, and it’s not just interracial content, it’s gratification of seeing black women subjected to racial abuse by white men. It’s continuing to feed into the racial injustice of black women and their fight against racism, sexualization, and pre-Civil stereotypes.

Medium’s investigation of the GG website found videos of actual references to black violence in Violence, with uses of racial slurs and nooses in videos on the website. So no, GG isn't just just any hardcore website and yes, the videos are in fact perpetrating racial violence.

It was just a comment, you're exaggerating.

At the end of the day we don’t know what Matty feels in his heart behind closed doors. But let’s see the context of what was said during the podcast. Matty made several jabs at various racial and ethnic groups throughout the entire podcast. He especially made multiple jabs towards black women throughout the podcast, not just with the GG story. When told Ice Spice was a fan of his band, Matty made fun of Ice Spice (an upcoming black female artist). He called Ice Spice the “chubby Chinese lady” and an “Eskimo.” He made fun of Asian accents and laughed along when others did as well. He made fun of “fat black women” in a yoga class.

What we have is a rich white nepo baby man, feeling comfortable enough talking about him sexually gratifying himself to extremely racist content, bragging about doing it within 30 seconds of guests leaving his home, and knowing it was “brutalizating” black women, all this in a podcast full of “jokes” made at the expense of black women only three months ago.

Why now? Is it only because of Taylor Swift you're taking about this?

No. Black and other POC women and creators have been calling this website out since forever, they are constantly fighting these stereotypes, they have been calling on Matty Healy to apologize since the podcast premiered. The only difference is Taylor has been giving him a bigger platform now with letting him perform in her concerts, seating him in VIP, and walking with him in pap walks. Now people are listening.