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Wellness
How Can We Know So Little About Clitorises?
Sarah Graham
30 Jan 2021
Wellness
I Have A Chronic Illness – But Doctors Told Me It Was Anxiety
Sadhbh O'Sullivan
19 Jan 2021
Wellness
My GP Dismissed My Endometriosis Pain Because I Don’t Want A Baby Yet
Bethany Dawson
16 Nov 2020
Wellness
Are Metaphors Key To Understanding Women’s Pain?
There is an unforgettable line in Diane Hoffmann and Anita Tarzian’s 2001 study, “The Girl Who Cried Pain: A Bias Against Women in the Treatment of
by
Vicky Spratt
Uncharted Bodies
It Now Takes
Even
Longer To Get An Endometriosis Diagnosis
When she was 19, Brittnee started to experience painful sex. “That’s when my endometriosis started impacting my daily life and relationships, thoug
by
Vicky Spratt
Wellness
I Had A Stroke At 20 Because Of The Pill
It’s time we all had a frank conversation about hormonal contraception. At present, around 3 million women in England are taking the combined contracepti
by
Jessica Phillips
Uncharted Bodies
How Can We Know More About Erectile Dysfunction Than PMS?
“It’s just sort of like a folklore thing, PMS,” says Charlie. “It’s like, your mother had PMS, and her mother had PMS, and all these
by
Natasha Preskey
Uncharted Bodies
I Was Told My PMDD Was Bipolar & Nearly Lost My Life Because Of It
Warning: This article includes descriptions of suicidal ideation. “I wouldn’t have made it until my next birthday,” Hannah* tells Refinery29.
by
Jess Commons
Uncharted Bodies
What Causes PMDD? Yeah, They Don’t Know
Disrupted sleep, anxiety, tearfulness, irritability, breast tenderness, food cravings, fatigue, bloating, headaches, brain fog, clumsiness: these are just
by
Eleanor Morgan
Uncharted Bodies
I Was Told To Keep My PCOS Secret Because No Man Would Marry Me
Thirty-one-year-old Neelam Heera is the founder of Cysters, a Birmingham-based group dedicated to supporting individuals and improving the health, educatio
by
Neelam Hera
Uncharted Bodies
Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Fuelled My Eating Disorder
Zoe Bennett, 28, was in intensive therapy for an eating disorder and sincerely trying to recover when some reservations began to arise about her weight gai
by
Sadhbh O'Sullivan
Uncharted Bodies
Hysterical Women: Why Is Hormonal Contraception Still Failing Us?
Reproductive autonomy as we know it today began on 15th October 1951 with a Mexican wild yam root. Dr Carl Djerassi (also known as the father of the pill)
by
Vicky Spratt
Uncharted Bodies
Will I Ever Know Why I React So Badly To The Pill?
Warning: This article includes descriptions of suicidal ideation. I was sitting still on the sofa but everything around me was moving. I couldn’t make it
by
Vicky Spratt
Uncharted Bodies
“Have You Tried Wine?” Why Doctors Urgently Need Vagi...
In 2018, The Week ran an essay that went viral. Its argument was that we live in a culture “that sees female pain as normal and male pleasure as a ri
by
Kate Lloyd
Uncharted Bodies
Vaginismus: I Was Passed From Doctor To Doctor Before Being Diagn...
Like many juicy stories, this one starts with a hook-up. I was very, very drunk and had gone back to a guy’s house. When he tried to put his penis inside
by
Kate Lloyd
Uncharted Bodies
How Can We Not Know What Causes Endometriosis?
In December 2009, two years after I was sexually assaulted in a bathroom stall on a night out, I was hospitalised for acute abdominal pain associated with
by
Lucia Osborne-Cro...
Uncharted Bodies
What It’s Like To Have Endometriosis Surgery
I never imagined I could be excited about having an operation. Hanging about a cold hospital in paper knickers before waking up to a sore stomach full of s
by
RACHEL ENGLAND
Uncharted Bodies
Uncharted Bodies: Why We’re Exploring The Gender Health Gap
It was a damp but tepid morning in early March as winter gave way to spring. Coronavirus dominated the headlines and news broadcasts but the overriding mes
by
Vicky Spratt