Disturbing The Body II: Feminism & disability with Five Leaves Bookshop

Part II of the Disturbing the Body, hosted by Five Leaves Bookshop, talking about feminism and disability with Louise Kenward and Laura Elliott.

Watch Part I, hosted by Lighthouse HERE and Part II, hosted by Housmans HERE.

Laura Elliott is a twenty-something disabled writer and journalist. Her short fiction has been published by 'Strix Magazine', 'STORGY', and others, and she has an essay in Monstrous Regiment’s 'So Hormonal' anthology. You can find her screaming into the void on Twitter at @TinyWriterLaura.

References from Laura:

-Charlotte Perkins Gilman The Yellow Wallpaper

- Karen Havelin Please Read This Leaflet Carefully (on chronic pain)

-Jenn Ashworth Notes Made While Falling (women/motherhood and art and illness)

-Maya Dusenberry - Doing Harm (a more in-depth look at healthcare bias)

​Louise Kenward is a writer, artist and psychologist. Louise left the NHS in 2013 and now runs and collaborates on freelance projects, often combining arts and health. She has an MA in Fine Art (2011) from London Metropolitan University and an MSc in Criminological Psychology (1997) from Birmingham University. She is currently writing her first book 'A Trail of Breadcrumbs'.

References and links from Louise:

- Sinéad Gleason Constellations

- Sonya Huber Pain Woman Takes Your Keys

- Abi Palmer Sanatorium

- Susan Sontag - Metaphors of Illness

-Sarah Ramey - The Lady’s Handbook to her Mysterious Illness

-Kate Davis - The Girl Who Forgets How to Walk

Louise's work-in-progress project: http://www.zebrapsych.wordpress.com​ Florence Nightingale’s letters are digitised at http://archives.bu.edu/web/florence-n...