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A review by arachan
Unwell Women by Elinor Cleghorn
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
inspiring
sad
slow-paced
5.0
I had to read this book in chunks. It's a very honest, very thorough look at the way medicine has persistently failed women and people with uteruses. (Note on that: Cleghorn does not discount trans experience but given the historical record and medicine have been framed through the binary, women is the term used.)
This is a book that baffles and outrages me. So much that could have been done differently, if the dominant culture was willing to value women and so much of what women got diagnosed was 'I can't be bothered'.
This is a book that baffles and outrages me. So much that could have been done differently, if the dominant culture was willing to value women and so much of what women got diagnosed was 'I can't be bothered'.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexism, Terminal illness, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Gaslighting, Racism, and Medical content