My personal journey through the transition we dare not discuss compels me to break the silence around menopause.
Tag: Medical Sexism
When the System Keeps You Sick
Is this an essay about health and feminism? Yes and no.
#SummersDeceive: Protesting the Toxic Unknown of Summer’s Eve Products
Over 15,000 women are protesting Summer’s Eve—claiming its products promote manipulative marketing, include toxic products and have poor ingredient disclosure.
The Ms. Q&A: Sateria Venable Wants to Show the World the #FaceOfFibroids
The only thing more startling about rising uterine fibroid (UF) diagnosis rates—1 in 3 women will experience UF in their lifetime—may be the global silence about this women’s health crisis. Sateria Venable founded The Fibroid Foundation to break that silence.
What Women Want in Amsterdam (and Around the World)
I interviewed hundreds of women at the 22nd Annual AIDS Conference in Amsterdam—and discovered that, no matter where they are from, women everywhere want the same, universal things.
Racism, Research and Barriers to Better Health Outcomes for Women
Despite legislation passed over 20 years ago, women, and especially women of color, are still being left out of clinical trials. The health outcomes for women, and especially women of color, reflect this disparity.
We Can All Fight #DoctorSexAbuse
The American Medical Association has never addressed the topic of sexually abusive doctors—but Dr. Meg Edison is insisting they act.
The Fight that Follows Pain and Prejudice
The time to fight for women with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis—often called Chronic Fatigue Syndrome—who have been dismissed and ignored is now. Here’s how.
Pain and Prejudice
Women suffering from chronic fatigue syndrome remain undiagnosed and untreated, for a tangle of reasons with sexism at the core.
Women Less Likely to Receive CPR from Strangers—Because Breasts
A new study found that 39 percent of women suffering cardiac arrest in a public place were given CPR, compared to 45 percent of men—who were 23 percent more likely to survive.