Wednesday, Aug 17, 2022
English News
  • Hyderabad
  • Telangana
  • Andhra Pradesh
  • India
  • World
  • Entertainment
  • Science and Tech
  • Sport
  • Business
  • ...
    • NRI
    • View Point
    • cartoon
    • Columns
    • Reviews
    • Education Today
    • Property
    • Videos
    • Lifestyle
E-Paper
  • NRI
  • View Point
  • cartoon
  • Columns
  • Reviews
  • Education Today
  • Property
  • Videos
  • Lifestyle
Home | Hyderabad | Soapbox Simplifying Social Issues

‘Soapbox’ simplifying social issues

By Siddharth Rao
Published: Updated On - 12:10 AM, Sun - 13 June 21
‘Soapbox’ simplifying social issues
The unique platform was started by Hyderabad-based psychology graduate Medha K (Right) and her friend Padmini K in 2019. With a series of quick, short and informative posts, the Instagram handle strives to simplify social issues in a manner that today’s youth can easily understand

Hyderabad: Mental health, politics, casteism, women’s issues, LGBTQ+ issues and more are increasingly spoken about on social media but, a lot of the posts speaking about these issues are either bombastic or are filled with half-baked information or are unnecessarily complex. The same is the issue with political literacy as politics is usually seen as something boring and only restricted to news channels by the youth.

To address this and simplify various social concepts, Medha K, a city based psychology graduate and her friend Padmini K, started a unique platform on Instagram, called Soapbox. With a series of quick, short and informative posts, the Instagram handle strives to simplify social issues in a manner that today’s youth can easily understand.

“A lot of influencers talk about mental health and put up psychology related posts but there’s a lot of misinformation and also most of them are complicated. We wanted to make sure we post verified information and my friend Padmini and I started this Instagram handle in 2019 and since then, we have been actively posting information on various social issues,” says Medha.

She adds, “When I went to the United States to pursue a Master’s in Social Work, I was learning a lot of things as a part of the curriculum that I realised should be common knowledge. It took privilege to have access to that kind of learning but I felt everyone should have the same access.”

In addition to speaking out on social issues, the handle, _.soap.box._, features eye-catching content on what someone can do in various scenarios, like how to handle a person in grief or what one can do to be an LGBTQ+ ally and more. About this, Medha says, “We don’t want to just give out gyaan but we want to give out tangible information, something that a person would put to use in their daily lives as well and something that would enable a person to do their bit to solve social issues.”

About the information, Medha says that every post they put up is verified by subject matter experts, saying, “We don’t just Google things and randomly put it up. We talk to experts and take their inputs before making our posts.”


Now you can get handpicked stories from Telangana Today on Telegram everyday. Click the link to subscribe.

Click to follow Telangana Today Facebook page and Twitter .


 

  • Follow Us :
  • Tags
  • Casteism
  • Instagram handle
  • LGBTQ
  • Medha K

Related News

  • Gardening can promote better mental health: Study

    Gardening can promote better mental health: Study

  • Is travelling beneficial for your mental health? See what this study says

    Is travelling beneficial for your mental health? See what this study says

  • Feeling of detachment after trauma has worse impact on mental health, reveals study

    Feeling of detachment after trauma has worse impact on mental health, reveals study

  • French President Macron loses absolute majority in parliamentary elections

    French President Macron loses absolute majority in parliamentary elections

  • Modi eyes newer groups ahead of 2024 polls

    Modi eyes newer groups ahead of 2024 polls

  • Gun violence in US related to mental health of youth: Sadhguru

    Gun violence in US related to mental health of youth: Sadhguru

Latest News

  • Opinion: Powering Gati Shakti

    4 hours ago
  • Editorial: Dragon in the room

    4 hours ago
  • Hyderabad girl Pulakita Hasvi scales 2 European peaks in 24 hours

    4 hours ago
  • Short-term agri loans: NAFSCOB chairman welcomes Centre’s decision

    4 hours ago
  • Health and Tech: More power to the brain

    5 hours ago
  • Monkeypox may spread via close contact too: CDC

    4 hours ago
  • TRS tackled flouride issue: Minister Jagadish Reddy

    5 hours ago
  • Telangana High Court clears decks for Daggubati farm, others

    5 hours ago

company

  • Home
  • About Us
  • Contact Us

business

  • Subscribe

telangana today

  • Telangana
  • Hyderabad
  • Latest News
  • Entertainment
  • World
  • Andhra Pradesh
  • Science & Tech
  • Sport

follow us

© Copyrights 2022 TELANGANA PUBLICATIONS PVT. LTD. All rights reserved. Powered by Veegam