In FLOW episode 11, Jessica and Christie host a panel conversation on sexism. Panelists Sara, Jean, and Dr. Weyand share openly about their experiences of extreme menstruation - from both the patient and provider perspective - and how sexism has affected their ability to receive or deliver treatment. The episode addresses internalized and externalized sexism, medical hierarchy, disparity of opportunity to enter medicine - and collective endured pain and trauma - - grab your RBG doll, everyone! Program Notes: Recommended articles and resource-links mentioned in the episode: Learn More About The Shematologist Dr. Weyand https://twitter.com/acweyand Advocacy Organizations mentioned in this episode: The Period Movement https://period.org/ Endofound https://www.endofound.org/ Book Recommendations Unwell Women: Misdiagnosis and Myth in a Man-Made World by Elinor Cleghorn Doing Harm: The Truth About How Bad Medicine and Lazy Science Leave Women Dismissed, Misdiagnosed, and Sick by Maya Dusenbery The Doctors Blackwell: How Two Pioneering Sisters Brought Medicine to Women and Women to Medicine Hardcover  by Janice P. Nimura   "You're Not Crazy" Article: Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/elizabeth-blackwell-becomes-the-first-woman-doctor-in-the-united-states Find our Hosts on Instagram:  @jessicalaurenrichmond @christie_publichealth FLOW is sponsored by Takeda, the manufacturer of a treatment for adults with von Willebrand disease. To see if this treatment might be right for you and your needs, visit: https://ssshare.it/WT2t 

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