Welcome To The Disabled Feminist, a Substack newsletter written at the intersection of disability and fourth wave feminism from journalist Lydia Wilkins.
What You Can Expect From This Newsletter
Regular essays from Lydia Wilkins across a wide range of themes at the intersection of disability and fourth wave feminism.
Interviews with interesting individuals such as author
and journalist Sophia Smith Galer.Lists of media releases to be aware of in the disability space - such as when it comes to new books, TV series’, and more.
And for paywall subscribers: each month there will be an extra email with reading recommendations to assist in becoming an anti ableist and ally to disabled individuals alike.
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What’s In A Name?
The Disabled Feminist began from a joke sobriquet given to Lydia Wilkins in December 2022 by a columnist for The Canary, Rachel Charlton Dailey. A response to discussions at the time of bookshops not having a disability specific section (some prefer ‘disease’ instead), the nickname stuck.
Feminism has yet to consider disabled women; at times of crisis, disabled women are rarely platformed on the relevant issue. Isn’t it time we named the problem?
The Disabled Feminist newsletter has twice been a featured publication on Substack, including in 2024 - as chosen by the award winning novelist
.About Lydia Wilkins
Lydia Wilkins is an award-winning freelance journalist and editor who specialises in disability and social inequality issues. She is the current editor in chief of Disability Review Magazine, the UK’s largest disability title. She has contributed to a range of titles including Women’s Health, Stylist Magazine, The Independent, The Metro, and others. She is currently working on her forthcoming second book, Criminally Misunderstood.
