A review by a_violentfemme
Unwell Women: A Journey Through Medicine and Myth in a Man-Made World by Elinor Cleghorn

challenging dark emotional informative reflective slow-paced

4.25

I didn't quite know what to expect going into this has I hadn't read much about it apart from the blurb but I was pleasantly surprised. I was expecting an overly "white feminist" take on the subject however, the author does a great job at acknowledging the issues of systemic racism in the medical field. 
I found the middle of the book most interesting and in particular the legacy of eugenics and birth control. 
I would however liked to have seen more on LGBTQ+ women and bodies but I suspect that is entirely its own study. As a sufferer of endometriosis, I am too familiar with the gender bias in medicine and found this to be a must read.
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