Oral History with Kayleigh Robinson, February 2020

Title of Oral History: Oral History with Kayleigh Robinson, February 2020
Abstract: Kayleigh Robinson (preferred pronouns she/her) grew up in Guelph, Ontario and is now a student at the University of Toronto Mississauga (UTM) living at the UTM Campus. Kayleigh speaks about her family relations and growing up queer in a French Canadian-Dutch Family. Furthermore, Kayleigh shares how social media, particularly Tumblr, shaped how she came to explore and understand queerness. By making connections between Capitalism and new social media policies, Kayleigh provides an insight into how she thinks social media has become commercialized and user policies have adapted to protect its connections with corporations while censuring queer creators.
Name of Narrator: Kayleigh Robinson
Names of Interviewer Team: Odalis Mairena, Interviewer; Odalis Mairena, Camera.
Date of Interview: 2020-02-28
Oral History Interview: Oral History Interview
Location that the Narrator is discussing: Mississauga and Guelph, ON, Canada
The time frame described in the interview.: 2012 - 2020.
file format: MP4
Length: 57 min
Copyright holder: The ArQuives and the University of Toronto Libraries and Archives
CC license: Kayleigh Robinson