Sarah Sharp (FRSA) is a PhD researcher of popular music and mental ill-health at University of East Anglia. She is currently researching representations of popular female musicians, including Lily Allen, Amy Winehouse, Britney Spears, Mariah Carey, Halsey and Demi Lovato. She illuminates her findings and interweaves this through a candid reflection of her own life history, including her experiences of psychiatric care, misogyny and emotional, domestic abuse.

Sarah's blog post for Tonic Music for Mental Health: https://www.tonicmusic.co.uk/post/sarah-sharp

Contact Sarah:

BlueSky: [email protected].

LinkedIn: Sarah Sharp FRSA

Facebook: Sarah Richarda Marie Sharp

Research Profile: https://research-portal.uea.ac.uk/en/persons/sarah-sharp

Email: [email protected]

Twitter/X and Bluesky: @SoundAffectsPod

Instagram: sound_affects_podcast

Helplines and support:

Refuge: https://refuge.org.uk/

Women's Aid: https://www.womensaid.org.uk/

Rape Crisis: https://rapecrisis.org.uk/get-help/want-to-talk/

Mind: https://www.mind.org.uk/

Samaritans: https://www.samaritans.org/how-we-can-help/contact-samaritan/

Amy Winehouse Foundation: https://amywinehousefoundation.org/

Face The Music Now Foundation, by and for survivors of abuse in the music industry:

https://facethemusicnow.com/

Women and Girls network: https://www.wgn.org.uk/

Beat (eating disorders): https://www.beateatingdisorders.org.uk/

OWHL: https://www.owhl.co.uk/

Misogyny in music inquiry: https://committees.parliament.uk/work/6736/misogyny-in-music/

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/police-crime-sentencing-and-courts-bill-2021-factsheets/police-crime-sentencing-and-courts-bill-2021-making-misogyny-a-hate-crime-factsheet