Kate Fox
(she/her)Stand-up Poet and Neurodiversity Activist
Writing and performing spaces should become neurodivergent affirming, rooted in authenticity and collective care where neurodivergent ways of being are understood and affirmed. We desperately need more of these. They're transformative. We also need to go beyond medical deficit models and even beyond "neurodiversity-lite" affirmations towards radical acceptance of non-normative ways of being, now more than ever.
Kate Fox is a stand-up poet, spoken word artist and broadcaster. She is a regular contributor to Radio 4's spoken word cabaret The Verb, has made two comedy series for Radio 4, been Poet in Residence for the Glastonbury Festival and the Great North Run, and completed a PhD in stand-up comedy. She is the author of Where There’s Muck There’s Bras: True Stories of the North of England’s Women published by Harper North, and poetry collections including On Sycamore Gap (Harper North, 2024), Bigger On the Inside (Smokestack Books, 2024) and The Oscillations (Nine Arches Press, 2021). She is also a neurodivergent advocate whose latest show Bigger on the Inside explores neurodiversity through the lens of Doctor Who.