WindSoap is a space created by two people, Wind and Soap, to beĀ unapologetically unafraid and uncensored in the words we have to say. Weāre idealists whoāve had to learn firsthand the harsh realities of life and just want more for those who are in the same position as themselves and their former selves.
It started out as an idea for a podcast; it came from the deepest of deep conversations we would have, on topics from life (living it and wanting to end it), self-identity, boys, and even the parts of the female body weāve all universally never been taught about and have to search outside of ourselves to find out more about. We would talk for hours ā and to this day still do ā about things that so many people are too afraid to, especially because it comes from two unique perspectives.
WindSoap is exactly that, Wind and Soap; we met as international students in Beijing who during the first years of study didnāt know much of each other besides the others existence, and it wasnāt until a mutual friend and the strange circumstance of the God awful cram week for finals in a coffee shop really brought us together. We couldnāt honestly tell you the exact point when we became friends, but what we can say is that seemingly overnight we went from being virtual strangers to the purest of confidants, how we became close friends, none of us can recall. Which is the best way to become friends with someone, not the fickle attitude of hating someone you donāt know just because itās the norm until you somehow get to know them and realise how wrong you were, but thatās something for another day. The greatest thing with us is weāre the comical odd pair, the best of friends to the point of being sisters despite this great divide separating us (distance), and the obvious telling us apart. Short and tall, Indonesian and Zimbabwean, our differences in culture, rich history, race and social standing are what could have stopped us from becoming what we are now and our similarities in love, life, and experience are what has prompted us to create something not just for us, but for someone out there who really needs it.
I think that WindSoap is something that came from an idea birthed by two people who found comfort, safety and acceptance in themselves. Two people who managed to shoulder the weight of their childhood, adulthood, and its scars on their own for so long, they didnāt know it could be possible to find someone who would always be there for them; on their darkest days while crying heavily into the phone or on their dumbest days while one disways the other from shaving their head but ends up praising them for it in the end because thatās what friendship is all about.
The night we came up with our podcast idea we went all in, came up with the name āWindSoapā, the tagline and more or less the basis of what it would be about. But with toying with the idea of starting a podcast and having certain entails in place isĀ now an idea thatās been shelved indefinitely. But, from it sparked the idea to rather start a blog together, with both of us so far apart, it seems like a better alternative. The same name and tagline as well as content, but instead of it being a spoken conversation one could feel like their listening in on or are a part of, itās a written one.
Even after taking the first steps towards it we both got caught up in our own lives away from the blog, but its always been something on the backburner, and now after all this time is something weāre ready to give to the world; no excuses.
Welcome to WindSoap, the inner vaginal monologue. A blog thatās simply a conversation about all the things you have late night conversations about, and all the things youāre also too afraid to say out loud and just generally, want to know so much more about. Its a conversation and a place where weāll be able to explore and share our views and interest with freedom and no judgment. It may be brutal, and it will be honest, it may even be a bit graphic but its here, and weāre happy to share this with you and start this journey.
