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Rachel is a Youtuber, Poet, and Photographer originally from South Yorkshire. She has lived all over the UK including London, Brighton, Oxford and Leamington Spa and now lives in Leeds, West Yorkshire.
Rachel began making Youtube videos around 6 years ago and has now amassed over 327,000 subscribers, over 46.8 million channel views and continues to grow rapidly as she makes entertaining but educational videos covering books, poetry, science and social issues she cares about like feminism, pro-LGBTQ+ topics, being childfree by choice, and her own journey with autism.
In recent years Rachel has been writing and performing her own poetry. Her short parody poetry book, Doggolescence, was written from the perspective of her dog, Kyra, to raise money for Battersea Dogs and Cats home and has been described as: “an adorable book”, and “This really exceeded my expectations for a parody poetry book. It's funny, sweet, and heartfelt.”
She recently performed her latest spoken word poem, Romb, a piece about women and AFAB people’s reproductive rights and her own choice to remain childfree, at Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts 2022 as part of Heard Collective.
She is currently performing her poetry at small venues in North and West Yorkshire, is writing a non-fiction book about poetry with the working title ‘Anyone Can Read Poetry’. Her first poetry pamphlet, ‘Reflections on Healing: poems’ is available now and has been described as ‘beautifully written and beautifully put together’.
She is currently available for poetry performances, interviews, and other projects.
“[a] multi-talented content creator, eclectic artist, dog-mum and now poet”
Shen Friebe, Poetry Cove Magazine (2022)
“The way Rachel Oates talks about the poems she disliked and the way she addresses her arguments are so passionate that she sowed doubts in my mind. She made me question everything.
I truly value her opinions. She helps me to grow as a writer.”
Julia Appa, The Brave Writer (2021)
“Rachel Oates' first poetry pamphlet is beautifully written and beautifully put together. Each of the seventeen poems is well worth diving in to and the photographs included are a lovely bonus.”
“I think the poems in this book really seek to soothe one's inner child. Speaking directly to the wounds within and the unhealed parts of you not ready to be addressed- Oates writes about these themes in a way that is both gentle and thoughtful.”
Reflections on Healing Reviews
“These were cute, witty little poems that I think anyone can enjoy whether you are a dog lover or not.”
“I truly loved this, it was really cute and wonderful and lovely and the photos were the cherry on top of the cute little poetry book that this is!”
“I love the way ‘Kyra’s’ voice shine through. There are also some sweet, emotional poems that really compliment the goofier ones.”
Doggolescence Reviews
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