Let’s talk about disability and influencers! As a follow up episode to last week‘s instalment, we want to delve more into the world of being a disabled content creator. Cathy Reay is today’s guess; Cathy is a disabled, queer, polyamorous writer and speaker. You may well have seen her on Instagram; she covers topics such as disability justice, sex and dating, single motherhood and skincare. In today’s episode we talk about the topic of activism and the cost of emotional labour that comes with it, why journalism is an industry lacking in diversity and the accessibility barriers that come with that, ‘influencing‘ and more.
Join us next week for the final episode of series one of The Disabled Debrief Podcast With Conscious Being Magazine. We will be talking to the Barbellion Prize about representation in publishing and why it is important, barriers to being published, and more.
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Series 1 of The Disabled Debrief is sponsored by Diverse Educators. Co-founded by Bennie Kara and Hannah Wilson, #DiverseEd began as a grassroots movement that has the mission to celebrate the diversity, as well as to amplify the voices of those in education. It has evolved into a training provider for the school system on all things DEI. Find out more at diverseeducators.co.uk. Join the conversations on Twitter @DiverseEd2020 https://twitter.com/DiverseEd2020
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Further resources and things to read with reference to this episode:
Cathy’s Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/cathyreaywrites/
Cathy’s portfolio: https://muckrack.com/cathy-reay
The official Conscious Being Magazine website: https://www.consciousbeingmagazine.com/
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