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Period Symptoms Your Doctor Shouldn’t Ignore

July 17, 2019July 15, 2019 | Sarah Graham

Guest post by Hollie Jones

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Hormonal: ‘You’re being hysterical’ is the ultimate ‘shut up’

July 11, 2019September 25, 2019 | Sarah Graham

Q&A with Eleanor Morgan, author of Hormonal: A Conversation About Women’s Bodies, Mental Health and Why We Need to Be Heard

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Period Power: ‘There’s such a binary view of our experience of the hormone cycle’

June 19, 2019September 25, 2019 | Sarah Graham

Q&A with Maisie Hill, author of Period Power: Harness Your Hormones and Get Your Cycle Working For You

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‘Vindicated by proving it’s not all in my head’: the journey to an endometriosis diagnosis

June 5, 2019June 5, 2019 | Sarah Graham

Guest post by Hilary Webb

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‘This isn’t just something all women go through, like starting your period or having a zit on prom night’: living with PMDD

April 10, 2019April 9, 2019 | Sarah Graham

Guest post by Elaina Moscato

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Ask Me About My Uterus: ‘If I’d had more resources and support, I would have had a different outcome’

March 28, 2019September 25, 2019 | Sarah Graham

Q&A with Abby Norman, author of Ask Me About My Uterus: A Quest To Make Doctors Believe In Women’s Pain

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Oblivi-osis: A poem to my endo surgeon

March 20, 2019March 9, 2019 | Sarah Graham

Guest post by Bridie Apple

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‘Some girls just have bad periods’: a 15 year wait to be diagnosed with endometriosis

March 13, 2019March 13, 2019 | Sarah Graham

Guest post by illustrator Kaye Sedgwick-Jones

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

March 5, 2019March 29, 2019 | Sarah Graham

Guest post by Saschan Fearon-Josephs, founder of The Womb Room

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Hysterical Women is a feminist blog founded by freelance health journalist Sarah Graham, to explore the sexism, paternalism, dismissal and disbelief surrounding women’s healthcare.

“Hysteria”, from the Greek word for uterus, hystera (ὑστέρα), was historically used to describe a range of emotional, mental, physical and sexual symptoms in women.

It’s no longer an accepted medical diagnosis, but the idea of ‘hysteria’ lives on. Often used interchangeably with ‘hormonal’, the word ‘hysterical’ is used to dismiss women as overly emotional or irrationally upset.

Ovary-acting, if you will.

But how much are our hormones really calling the shots, and how much is just plain old-fashioned sexism?

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