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Talking of sex and sexuality is still taboo in our country; why talk shows like OK Tested dealing openly with this (along with many other things) are essential.
There’s no dearth of YouTube channels which showcase brilliant and meaningful content. One of my absolute favourite is OK Tested. Produced by ScoopWhoop, they have various entertaining episodes to their credit – Like rating certain food items based on their taste and cost, identifying the types of beverages without seeing them.
What I really admire about the crew is the no-frills way in which they talk about sex. I remember vividly an episode which revolved around finding out the flavours of the condom while being blindfolded. In fact, cast members like Tenzing and Rohit have openly talked about their sexual encounters.
A couple of days back, I chanced upon an episode on YouTube. It was part of an ongoing series titled ‘Out of Syllabus’.
This particular chapter #8 was about ‘The Things No One Told Us About S3X Ft. Dr Cuterus’. I sat through the entire duration of 30 minutes, spellbound, undergoing a myriad of emotions.
I can go on. But my intention is not to write a review on the episode.
There is more awareness now when it comes to sexuality. But as Dr Cuterus says, there’s no proper degree for doctors in ‘these matters’. Even now, people use terms like aisi baatein (these things) for such topics. No wonder shady quacks who offer gupt rog ke ilaj flourish in our country.
In a country of a burgeoning population, we need to up the ante and walk the talk. Prejudices must be driven away. For these very reasons, I admire OK Tested. I’m sure there must be other channels. Do let me know about your favourite channel.
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UP Boards Topper Prachi Nigam was trolled on social media for her facial hair; our obsession with appearance is harsh on young minds.
Prachi Nigam’s photo has been doing the rounds on social media for the right reasons. Well, scratch that- I wish the above statement were true. This 15-year-old girl should ideally be revelling in her spectacular achievement of scoring a whopping 98.05% and topping her tenth-grade boards. But oddly enough, along with her marks, it’s something else that garners more attention – her facial hair.
While the trolls are driving themselves giddy by mocking this girl who hasn’t even completed her school yet, the ones who are taking her side are going one step ahead – they are sharing her photoshopped pictures, sans the facial hair, looking nothing less than a celebrity with captions saying – “Prachi Nigam, ten years later”.
Doctors have already diagnosed her with PCOD in their comments, based on photographic evidence. While we have names for people shamed for their weight – body shaming, for their skin colour- racism, for their age- age shaming, for being a female- sexism, this category of shaming where one faces criticism for their appearance has no name. With that, it also has zero shame attached to it.
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