SELLEST OSAST
Dr. Sarah Hill explores the role that social media plays in the lives of young disabled women and addresses common discourses related to disability and social media.
This podcast series is a companion piece to the book “Disrupted Knowledge: Scholarship in Time of Change” published by Brill and Haymarket Books. Funding for this podcast is provided by the Institute for Social Science at Newcastle University.
Produced by Karl Birrane. Music by Anna Heslop.
Special thanks to the Culture Lab at Newcastle University
Further Reading
Hale, C., Brough, J., Allam, A., Lydiard, S., Springfield, F., Fixter, A., Wright, N., Clutton, V., Bole, K. (2021) Submission to the department of health and social care’s inquiry into women’s health and wellbeing in England, Chronic Illness Inclusion, June, Available from https://chronicillnessinclusion.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/CII.DHSC- Womens-Health-England-June-2021.pdf
Hill, S. (2017). Exploring disabled girls’ self-representation practices online. Girlhood Studies, 10(2), 114–130. https://doi. org/10.3167/ghs.2017.100209
Hill, S. (2023) Navigating visibility and risk: disabled young women’s self-presentation practices on social media, Journal of Gender Studies, DOI: 10.1080/09589236.2023.2219971
Todd, A. (2018). Virtual (dis)orientations and the luminosity of disabled girlhood. Girlhood Studies, 11(3), 34–49. https:// doi.org/10.3167/ghs.2018.110305
