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Unwell Women: A Journey Through Medicine and Myth in a Man-Made World by Elinor Cleghorn
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dark
informative
medium-paced
5.0
Wow. This book was so much to take in, and I'm so impressed by how readable it also was. Such a broad scope of history and yet still retains a really personal touch throughout. It filled me with quiet rage, and incredulity at how recent some of our meagre progress has been - it put everything into easy-to-understand context and historical framing with so many examples and a strong narrative voice.
The final chapters made me cry and also want to vomit.
Approach with caution - triggers abound.
An excellent, enraging read.
The final chapters made me cry and also want to vomit.
Approach with caution - triggers abound.
An excellent, enraging read.
Graphic: Body shaming, Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, Slavery, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Abortion, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail
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