Spring 2023
The Pain Gap: How Sexism and Racism in Healthcare Kill Women by ISBN: 9781982177782Publication Date: 2021Explore real women's tales of healthcare trauma and medical misogyny with this "masterfully written" (Sophia A. Nelson, bestselling author of The Woman Code and Black Woman Redefined), meticulously researched, in-depth examination of the women's health crisis in America--and what we can do about it.
More on this topic and on the author.
- Why Are Women's Health Concerns Dismissed So Often?
January 4, 2023 - NPR
Practicing OB/GYN and CEO of Power to Decide Dr. Raegan McDonald-Mosley, author of "The Pain Gap: How Sexism and Racism in Healthcare Kill Women" Anushay Hossain, and University of Nebraska-Lincoln professor and author of "Medical Bondage" Deirdre Cooper Owens join us for the conversation. - Anushay's website
Anushay Hossain is an author and political analyst whose work is featured on CNN, MSNBC, PBS, and more. Her writings on politics, gender, race, immigration, and being Muslim in America are published on Forbes, CNN, USA Today, and Newsweek. - After Nearly Dying in Childbirth, I Wanted to Understand: Why Didn’t I Speak Up?Vogue - October 19, 2021
"When it comes to our health and rights, the truth is women aren’t being hysterical enough."
Suggested sources from the group
The issues discussed in the book are many, below are some resources that were recommended during our discussions.
- The global gag rule and reproductive health post Roe v. Wade:
- Doctors Warned her Pregnancy Could Kill Her. Then Tennessee Outlawed Abortion
- Maternal mortality ratio: Romania v. United States
- Global gag rule linked to abortion rise in African countries that accept US aid
- Global gag rule has caused harm to the people of Kenya
- Once again, the global gag rule increases maternal deaths
- Better communication in health care: Shared Decision Making
- Healthy birth practices: Avoid giving birth on your back
- Book recommendations:
- This is Your Brain on Birth Control, by Sarah E. Hill, PhD
- The Wisdom of Whores, by Elizabeth Pisani
- The Invisible Kingdom - Reimagining Chronic Illness, by Meghan O'Rourke
- Social media recommendations: TikTok 'girl with the list' (this is a link to an NBC news article about the posts, but you can find the TikTok links embedded in the article)
- Podcast Maintenance Phase
Additional resources
- Reproductive Equity NowIn the late 1960s, a group of activists came together to make abortion legal in Massachusetts under the banner of the Massachusetts Organization to Repeal Abortion Laws or MORAL....
- Lizz WInsteadUsing comedy for political action