With Tracey Lindeman, author of BLEED: Destroying Myths and Misogyny in Endometriosis Care. The link between discrimination and your health is undeniable. The World Health Organization describes social determinants of health as “non-medical factors that influence health outcomes”, the “conditions in which people are born, grow, work, live, and age, and the wider set of forces and systems shaping the conditions of daily life.” 

Discrimination based on gender and other connected factors like our race and ability impacts our health in so many ways. For example, we get treated differently based on our gender in heathcare settings. Our access to relevant health services and options differs wildly depending on our gender. Even the medical research that gets funded and acted on depends on our gender.  

May 28 is International Day of Action for Women's Health. For the next few episodes, we’ll focus on gender and health matters. 

Our guest Tracey Lindeman is a longtime freelance journalist. She’s published in The Guardian, the Associated Press, CBC, Fortune, and more. She is author of BLEED: Destroying Myths and Misogyny in Endometriosis Care. She is from Montreal and currently lives in western Quebec. 

A note about content: this episode addresses gender-based violence. 

Relevant Links: bleedthebook.com 

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