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Content Creator as #CreatorsforChange

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Have you ever felt ‘fenced’ to explore yourself, merely because of society’s perspective of what’s acceptable? For example, you can’t be a weight lifter because of what you wear or you can’t explore yourself because people think what you’re doing is too weird. These situations can be found in any corner of the world and that’s why YouTube initiated a program called #CreatorsforChange. The programs’ objective is to raise awareness of social issues in the creators’ community through their YouTube channel. Two of them have caught my eye; you may find their YouTube channel under the name of Dina Tokio and Gita Savitri. They wanted to shed the light to those who are courageous enough to be the fish out of water. Dina Torkia is a half-English and half-Egyptian Muslim fashion blogger who is appointed as one of the ambassadors for this global initiative. Her series titled #YourAverageMuslim intends to inspire people, especially young Muslim girls that they can pursue anything they want to