The feminist health blog exploring patient experiences of dismissive, sexist and biased healthcare
News



Support Hysterical Women on Patreon

Hysterical Women’s Christmas gift guide 2020


Black Women’s Health Matters: What next?


Introducing Black Women’s Health Matters

Hysterical Women is back!







Call-out: women’s health photography project


Hysterical Women of The Week: 13 October

Hysterical Women of the Week: 6 October


Hysterical Women of The Week: 30 September

Hysterical Women of The Week: 22 September

Hysterical Women of The Fortnight: 14 September

Hysterical Women of The Month: August 19

Hysterical Women of The Week: 11 August

Hysterical Women of The Week: 21 July

Hysterical Women of The Week: 14 July

Hysterical Women of The Week: 7 July

Hysterical Women of the Week: 30 June

Hysterical Women of the Week: 23 June

Hysterical Women of the Week: 17 June

Hysterical Women of the Week: 9 June

Hysterical Women of the Fortnight: 2 June

Hysterical Women of the Week: MHAW19 special

Hysterical Women of the Week: 12 May

Hysterical Women of the Week: 7 May

Hysterical Women of the Fortnight: 28 April

Hysterical Women of the Fortnight: 14 April

Hysterical Women of the Week: 31 March

Hysterical Women of the Week: 24 March

Hysterical Women of the Week: 17 March

Hysterical Women of the Week: 10 March

Hysterical Women of the Week: 3 March

Hysterical Women of the Week: 24 February


Hysterical Women of the Week: 17 February

Hysterical Women of the Week: 10 February

What global health can learn from feminism

Hysterical Women of the Week: 6 January


Hysterical Women of the Week: 16 December

Hysterical Women of the Week: 8 December


Hysterical Women of the Week: 1 December

Hysterical Women of the Week: 25 November

Hysterical Women of the Week: 18 November

Hysterical Women of the Week: 11 November

Hysterical Women of the Week: 3 November

Hysterical Women of the Week: 28 October

Hysterical Women of the Week: 20 October

Hysterical Women of the Week: 13 October

A (wo)manifesto for Hysterical Women
Physical Health
Mental Health







World Mental Health Day 2019




Call for submissions: PMDD and mental health



Introducing the Women’s Mental Health Network



Mad Women In The Attic: World Mental Health Day 2018
Periods















Period Symptoms Your Doctor Shouldn’t Ignore






Oblivi-osis: A poem to my endo surgeon


‘Man’s broke, innit’: living with endometriosis

Bloody Shame


Motherhood
Book of the Month
Surgical Menopause: ‘Women so often have their experiences invalidated’
Q&A with Helen Kemp, editor of Surgical Menopause: Not Your Typical Menopause

Each month the Hysterical Women Book Club highlights a new book on women's health, as well as featuring a Q&A with its author. You can browse and buy all Book Club picks at Bookshop.org, supporting local independent bookshops and the future of the Hysterical Women blog.
Surgical Menopause: ‘Women so often have their experiences invalidated’
Q&A with Helen Kemp, editor of Surgical Menopause: Not Your Typical Menopause
PMDD: ‘By considering my viewpoint, and listening to me talk, my doctor validated my feelings’
Apr 12, 2021 | Menstrual Health
Guest post by Laura Teare-Jones, for PMDD Awareness Month
Medical weight stigma: ‘I almost died because medical professionals wouldn’t look past the size of my belly’
Apr 7, 2021 | Physical Health
Guest post by ly Kerr
‘Healthcare providers need to understand the impact of untreated endometriosis’
Mar 31, 2021 | #EndoMonth, Menstrual Health
Q&A with Dr Natalya Danilyants from the US
Endo Art: ‘Women do not even get the privilege of owning their pain’
Mar 29, 2021 | #EndoMonth, Menstrual Health
Guest post by women’s health artivist Alicja Pawluczuk
Endometriosis: ‘It pains me to say, but I knew I’d be taken more seriously now I could say sex was painful too’
Mar 26, 2021 | #EndoMonth, Menstrual Health
Guest post by Dominique from Switzerland
