Rebecca is an interdisciplinary PhD researcher exploring the intersections between reproductive rights and contemporary media.
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Rebecca’s research interest in cultural studies of reproduction began during her Natural Sciences integrated Master’s degree at the University of Cambridge; she specialised in History and Philosophy of Science, with a focus on the history and politics of reproduction. Her Master’s thesis examined how the language of eugenics appeared in digital media discourses about overpopulation.
In 2025, she was awarded a Vice Chancellor’s Scholarship to undertake PhD research into gender-based violence and media at ARU, supervised by Dr Tanya Horeck and Dr Tina Kendall. The working title for her thesis is ‘Investigating Reproductive Abuse as a Form of Rape Culture in Contemporary Media’.
Siddall, R. (2022). 'It’s Easier to Kill a Guerilla in the Womb than in the Mountains”: Examining 1970s Science for the People Articles about Population Control’, Cambridge Journal of Human Behaviour, 1(1), pp. 59–66.
November 2025: ‘Population Panic and the Feminised Reproductive Body in the Digital Age’, Reproduction and Sustainability symposium, University of Cambridge, UK (invited talk).
June 2025: ‘Investigating Reproductive Abuse as a Form of Rape Culture in Contemporary Media’, AHESS Faculty Research Conference, Anglia Ruskin University, UK (conference poster).
March 2023: ‘“It’s Easier to Kill a Guerilla in the Womb than in the Mountains”: Examining 1970s Science for the People Articles about Population Control’, Science, Technology, Medicine and Society (STMS) Conference, University of Toronto, Canada (conference paper).