Samantha Renke on Disabled Body Image & Fame

What's the difference between being a disabled child and disabled adult? How do you love your disabled body? Does being a public figure "solve" disability?

In this episode, Samantha and Poppy discuss the journey of identifying as disabled when born with a disability; as well as the transition of disabled child to disabled adult.

Sam talks about the assumptions of being visibly disabled to society, biased perceptions that come with it, and being a disabled public figure.

Sharing her experience with body image, loving her body, and how this intersects with her love of fashion.

Poppy and Sam touch on how they met, and the impact Sam's identity had on Poppy finding her own disabled identity.

Call Me Disabled aims to give tangible takeaways and tools for everyone, disabled and non-disabled.

Samantha Renke (she/her) is an actress, presenter, and disability rights campaigner, number 3 on the Shaw Trust Power 100 list of 2020, the UK's most influential list of disabled people. Sam's new book, You Are The Best Thing Since Sliced Bread is out now.

Poppy Field (she/her) is your host, a disabled and chronically ill woman from the UK. Outside of Call Me Disabled, she advocates for and specialises in accessibility, adaptive fashion, and accessible gaming/tech. Please, call us disabled.

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Special thanks to Eliza Lomas, co-producer. A collaboration with Acast Amplifier, CC Co, and Crack Magazine.

Music Designed by Elle Chante. Illustration by Hatiye Garip. Thank you to Emily Geddess of Acast.

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