Aranya Johar (born September 7, 1998) is an Indian poet and a feminist.
She uses social media to address issues like gender equality, mental health and body positivity.
She uses slam poetry to confront beauty standards.
Aranyaâs first released piece, âA Brown Girlsâs Guide to Genderâ became a viral sensation and hit 1 million views within two days of its upload.
She integrated spoken word in Bollywood for the first time through her collaboration with Akshay Kumar for the movie âPadmanâ.
Aranya has been a speaker at TEDxICTMumbai in April 2017.
She has been invited and praised by various poets and foundations.
She is recommended among the list of 10 women one must follow on social media along with Michelle Obama and Ashley Graham.