Kaitlyn Regehr is a scholar of digital and modern culture, who researches gender politics and relationship cultures in the age of Web 2.0. She is best known for presenting programs on Canada’s the Slice Network and as a topic specialist for BBC Three. Regehr's work explores digital intimacy and the consequences of new technology. Her projects include a documentary on digital “INCEL” communities ; and a commission from the Mayor of London with Professor Jessica Ringrose, which used digital storytelling and a survey of 2000 Londoners. Regehr serves as a lecturer at the University of Kent. Regehr’s current project examines contemporary sex and relationship education and considers the complex web of image exchange, pornography, consent and safe digital practices for youth in the techno-facilitated era. Regehr’s book with photographer Matilda Temperley, on one of the first sex worker unions in America, The League of Exotic Dancers was released in 2017.
Early life and work
Regehr was born in Toronto, Canada. Her mother, Cheryl Regehr is Provost of the University of Toronto. Her Father is British born psychiatrist, Graham Glancy who has worked on notable cases including the Paul Bernardo case, and has served as president of both the Canadian and American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law. Regehr served as a presenter on the popular Slice Network and Bio Network television series Re-Vamped, which examined women's physical empowerment, historic forms of beauty and burlesque. Regehr holds a doctorate from King's College London.
In 2015, Regehr reported an assault which occurred on a West London bus on social media. This heavily publicised incident sparked her recent publications with Jessica Ringrose surrounding contemporary digital feminism, social media campaigns responding to sexual assault and the MeToo movement. Regehr has gone on to serve as a topic specialist for BBC World on these themes. Regehr has spoken out about digital cultures, online abuse and the consequences of the digital age. She also integrated this work into her teaching at the University of Kent, where she has developed programming on digital storytelling and social media and participatory culture.
