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Bigger on the Inside
Bigger on the Inside is a neuroqueer imaginary of Timelords, psychologists, octopuses, sparkly things and mushrooms. Kate Fox travels through time and space in search of solutions to the Double Empathy Problem. Along the way she encounters monotropists, labels, stigmas and people with differently wired brains. In this poetic exploration of neurodiversity, terms like Autism and ADHD can be bestowed, refused, fought for, resisted, queered or overturned. As the Doctor once said, ‘a straight line may be the shortest distance between two points, but it is by no means the most interesting…’
- GenresPoetry
88 pages, Paperback
Published January 1, 2024
About the author
Kate Fox
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Kate Fox is a social anthropologist and Public Relations director. She is the director of the Social Issues Research Centre (SIRC).
Fox is the daughter of an anthropologist Robin Fox (not to be confused with the famous historian Robin Lane Fox). As a child she lived in the UK, the United States, France and Ireland. She studied for an undergraduate degree in anthropology and philosophy at Cambridge University. After a period in publishing and marketing in 1989 she became a co-director of MCM Research, a PR and marketing firm. She is now a director of the Social Issues Research Centre, which is a PR front group, that is funded by the marketing company MCM Research based in Oxford, England.
Kate Fox is a social anthropologist and Public Relations director. She is the director of the Social Issues Research Centre (SIRC).
Fox is the daughter of an anthropologist Robin Fox (not to be confused with the famous historian Robin Lane Fox). As a child she lived in the UK, the United States, France and Ireland. She studied for an undergraduate degree in anthropology and philosophy at Cambridge University. After a period in publishing and marketing in 1989 she became a co-director of MCM Research, a PR and marketing firm. She is now a director of the Social Issues Research Centre, which is a PR front group, that is funded by the marketing company MCM Research based in Oxford, England.
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September 9, 2025
A book brimming with autistic and Whovian pride.
Though the title suggests that this is a collection of verse about Doctor Who, Fox actually uses the TV show as a jumping off point to address a much grander topic: neurodiversity. Through poetry, she shares her personal experiences and also psychological research into this key part of her identity.
I found it quite educational, teaching me concepts such as monotropic thinking (intense focus often at the expense of other things) and the double empathy problem (a mutual failure to understand feelings and reaction between a neurotypical and neurodiverse person). Also it gave me a small but moving insight into how Fox has been handling her autism from childhood to present day.
While I would have liked a few more references to Doctor Who, I appreciate that Bigger on the Inside is first and foremost a poetic celebration of being on the spectrum and a way to publicly address why people mask their conditions and how.
I recommend Bigger on the Inside to the rare trifecta of readers who are drawn to poetry, Doctor Who and autism.
Notable Poems
• Attention Tunnel - a rhyming encapsulation of monotropism with some witty examples.
• We Are (Definitely) Not Daleks - a call to arms artfully utilising the monsters' famed outcry.
• Double Empathy - an inspired thought experiment about AI's capacity for social niceties.
Though the title suggests that this is a collection of verse about Doctor Who, Fox actually uses the TV show as a jumping off point to address a much grander topic: neurodiversity. Through poetry, she shares her personal experiences and also psychological research into this key part of her identity.
I found it quite educational, teaching me concepts such as monotropic thinking (intense focus often at the expense of other things) and the double empathy problem (a mutual failure to understand feelings and reaction between a neurotypical and neurodiverse person). Also it gave me a small but moving insight into how Fox has been handling her autism from childhood to present day.
While I would have liked a few more references to Doctor Who, I appreciate that Bigger on the Inside is first and foremost a poetic celebration of being on the spectrum and a way to publicly address why people mask their conditions and how.
I recommend Bigger on the Inside to the rare trifecta of readers who are drawn to poetry, Doctor Who and autism.
Notable Poems
• Attention Tunnel - a rhyming encapsulation of monotropism with some witty examples.
• We Are (Definitely) Not Daleks - a call to arms artfully utilising the monsters' famed outcry.
• Double Empathy - an inspired thought experiment about AI's capacity for social niceties.
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