We’re back from hiatus! It’s Season Two! Welcome to Vulvageddon!

After the flu, a cross-county move, and a nasty case of Covid, Annie & Elle reunite for a very belated and very special Women’s Month episode. 

Unnecessary Medical Procedures! Shitty Doctors! Pap Smears! Biopsies! Waterfalls of blood! Medical Gaslighting! STDS! Perimenopause! 

We discuss it all plus the pressure of advocating for yourself in a biased medical industry run amok.

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This episode discusses some serious issues such as medical trauma and sexual violence. If you’re not in a place where this sounds like a good or safe time for you, feel free to skip this episode. 

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Credits

We would like to give a shout out to Don Hertzfeldt, whom we love, and whose puffball we borrowed from his Rejected cartoons. Likewise, we’d like to shout out GWAR and Lzzy Hale. If you haven’t seen the full video for The Cutter, we recommend checking it out. 

Show Notes:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6780820/

https://www.forbes.com/sites/kimelsesser/2022/04/19/heres-the-current-thinking-on-hormone-therapy-its-not-what-you-heard-20-years-ago/?sh=789659b34787

https://www.aarp.org/health/conditions-treatments/info-2018/menopause-symptoms-doctors-relief-treatment.html

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/menopause-is-ubiquitous-so-why-is-it-often-stigmatized-and-ignored

https://www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/2024/01/12/perimenopause-not-feeling-like-myself/

https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/perimenopause/symptoms-causes/syc-20354666

https://www.today.com/health/medical-weight-bias-causes-misdiagnosis-pain-depression-t153840

https://www.npr.org/2022/06/23/1107166691/medical-bias-against-obesity-is-preventing-patients-from-receiving-proper-care

https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/issue-briefs/2023/jan/us-health-care-global-perspective-2022

https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hestat/maternal-mortality/2021/maternal-mortality-rates-2021.htm

https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/sosmap/infant_mortality_rates/infant_mortality.htm

https://ncrc.org/the-new-york-times-why-americas-black-mothers-and-babies-are-in-a-life-or-death-crisis/?gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjw8pKxBhD_ARIsAPrG45k-hsIDwU3Oue1LWxkh8-aC_7lZv9ZiImWED4t4oOvbwlatiEmI4gIaAhR2EALw_wcB

https://www.propublica.org/article/stillbirths-pregnancy-mothers-parents-racial-disparities

https://hr.nih.gov/benefits/leave/paid-parental-leave-ppl/nih-guide-parental-leave#:~:text=Requires%20supervisory%20approval.-,Sick%20Leave,notified%20otherwise%20by%20a%20physician.

https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/WHD/legacy/files/FMLA-32.pdf

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/997872?form=fpf

https://www.ohsu.edu/womens-health/closing-gender-pain-gap-your-gynecologist-has-pain-control-options