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Dr Francesca Sobande
Sobande is a writer and reader in digital media studies at Cardiff University. She enjoys drawing, photography, and bringing words and images together. Her books include The Digital Lives of Black Women in Britain (Palgrave Macmillan, 2020), Consuming Crisis (SAGE, 2022), and Big Brands Are Watching You (University of California Press, 2024). Sobande is co-author of Look, Don’t Touch: Reflections on the Freedom to Feel (404 Ink, 2025) and Black Oot Here: Black Lives in Scotland (Bloomsbury, 2022), as well as the free self-published graphic novel, Black Oot Here: Dreams O Us (2023). Her recent work includes the free self-published zine, Black Life in / and "Alt" Music Subcultures, and essays on “Echoes: Soft Space and Solidarity in the Legacy of Hardcore Punk” (Folding Rock) and “The Inhale and Exhale of Art” (Shuddhashar). Sobande is currently working on a self-published comic, Balsamic Night, and illustrated poetry collection, Haar.
Biography
Sobande is a writer and reader in digital media studies at Cardiff University. She enjoys drawing, photography, and bringing words and images together. Her books include The Digital Lives of Black Women in Britain (Palgrave Macmillan, 2020), Consuming Crisis (SAGE, 2022), and Big Brands Are Watching You (University of California Press, 2024). Sobande is co-author of Look, Don’t Touch: Reflections on the Freedom to Feel (404 Ink, 2025) and Black Oot Here: Black Lives in Scotland (Bloomsbury, 2022), as well as the free self-published graphic novel, Black Oot Here: Dreams O Us (2023). Her recent work includes the free self-published zine, Black Life in / and "Alt" Music Subcultures, and essays on “Echoes: Soft Space and Solidarity in the Legacy of Hardcore Punk” (Folding Rock) and “The Inhale and Exhale of Art” (Shuddhashar). Sobande is currently working on a self-published comic, Balsamic Night, and illustrated poetry collection, Haar.