The Effect of Social Media on Autistic People

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I can't bear to use certain words just because they're so cliched and there's certain forms of this kind of predetermined stock phrases and buzzwords that are not only expected but demanded of one to use. But I don't think people hear stuff if you don't use different language, she says. Her background is more in like autism awareness and and rights than anti-racist activism. She doesn't know what to do about social media organs which have been so powerful for us to meet each other yet destroying us at the same time.

Welcome to the Wintering Sessions with Katherine May.

Producer Note: You'll notice a slight change in Katherine's audio in the second half of the podcast. This is just due to a necessary 'source switch', where we had to change where her recording was coming from. Your ears will adjust very quickly but apologies for the ever so slight dip. Thank you!

This week Katherine talks to Emma Dabiri, author of Don’t Touch My Hair and What White People Can Do Next.

What begins as a conversation about Emma’s new-found commitment to appreciating all the seasons - not just summer - becomes something else entirely. Emma is one of our most agile thinkers and fearless speakers, and soon she is talking about everything from race and class to how we should think about the world right now. A thread of belonging runs through it all - how we seek and find it, how complicated our identities have become, and why it matters.

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