(by Patrizia Vacalebri) (ANSA) – ROME, NOV 15 – CHANNEL KINDNESS – HISTORY OF KINDNESS AND COMMUNITY, WITH FOREWORD AND ADVICE FROM LADY GAGA (De Agostini, 288 pp, euro 19.90) – “Our book reflects the opinions and the privileged point of view of young people from all over the United States, and highlights the spontaneous acts of kindness, offered and received by strangers during times of suffering, bereavement, loneliness, and hardship. It is a book that emphasizes the importance of the bonds and tenderness that goes with true friendship. And it’s a gentle way to remind us that we all have a potential for kindness and love to share with others. ” This is the thesis espoused by Lady Gaga, who has elected kindness to medicine that can heal everything, even youth trauma and bullying. Like those suffered by her, the chronicles recall, when at 19, as she revealed for the first time in public in an interview with The Horward Stern Show, she was subjected to sexual violence. That violence also inspired a song, ‘Til It Happens To You’. The song also became part of the documentary ‘The Hunting Ground’, on the theme of sexual violence on university campuses.
But this is part of Lady Gaga’s biography. Now, the pop icon wanted to dedicate a book, written with the support of her mother, Cynthia Germanotta, to “Kindness”, which helped her to overcome her bad experience. The book collects the stories of many young people and is called Channel Kindness – A Story of Kindness and Community. Foreword and advice are from Lady Gaga. Kindness is the driving force in everything Lady Gaga does. The artist has always believed in the importance of celebrating individuality, acting with empathy and being kind to oneself and to others. With this belief in mind and heart, she and her mother, Cynthia Germanotta, founded the “Born This Way Foundation” in 2012. Over the years, the two women have collected the stories of kindness, courage and resilience from young people around the world, proving that kindness is truly a universal language. Our. And now, the Foundation invites you to read the fifty-one stories of these young witnesses, celebrate their powerful voices, and join them in carrying on the mission of building a kinder and braver world, while exhibiting acts of kindness in turn. Kindness can save lives, build communities, connect us with each other, and the stories in this book are proof of that.
Kindness is inclusion, pride, courage, compassion, self-respect, and a guide that leads to love. As Lady Gaga always says, “Kindness heals. Kindness heals people, heals the world and is what unites us.”
Lady Gaga is the winner of an Academy Award, two Golden Globes and eleven Grammy Awards. Over the course of her career she has achieved 35 million albums sold worldwide, 32 billion streams and 275 million song downloads, making her one of the best-selling musicians of all time. But besides being an incredible artist, she is also an undisputed pioneer in fashion, beauty and philanthropy. “Born This Way Foundation” is a non-profit organization that is dedicated to the young, the acceptance of differences and the profession of kindness and courage. Lady Gaga is also an activist and advocate on many important issues, including mental health, LGBTQ + rights, HIV / AIDS awareness and body positivity. (HANDLE).
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