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Hey world, be woke

Shafali Chadha of That Woke Ladki just wants you to sit up, pay attention, and then try and make a change

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Dr Priyakshi Chaudhry

Dr Priyakshi Chaudhry

The post that made us notice the Instagram account, That Woke Ladki (TWL), was titled, Why Sex Hurts (For People with Penis). On the post, Dr Priyakshi Chaudhry, in collaboration with TWL, explains why men suffer from pain in their genital area, the psychological and medical causes behind it and treatments for the same. Other posts on the page deal with misconceptions about sex, LGBTQ dilemmas, body positivity talk, and issues related to gender and women safety. In short, everything that one should know about and understand, in the hope of being 'woke'.

The young woman behind the page is 21-year-old Shafali Chadha. A student of B.El.Ed (Bachelor's in Elementary Education) at Shyama Prasad Mukherji College in New Delhi, she started the page three years ago with the name @iteachlearning, on which she used to upload educational blogs. "I was six months into my teacher training course and I wanted to share whatever I was learning there," she says. However, due to a tough time in her personal life, she left the page mid-way, only to come back stronger last year, and to fittingly then call it That Woke Ladki. "It started out as an outlet for me, but eventually became a platform I could use to spread causes I feel for. I remember reading Making Wisdom go Viral on [host and motivational speaker] Jay Shetty's YouTube channel, and I think that's how I'd put it — I want to make being 'woke' go viral."

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