Let’s Talk About Women’s Health

Second-wave feminism brought about great strides in many areas in the late 1960s and 70s, yet no wave of feminism has managed to improve women’s healthcare. As “Everything Below the Waist” shows, many “treatments” women undergo aren’t as helpful or safe as the patriarchal medical system wants us to believe. Block’s book is revealing and could be the spark needed to ignite the feminist healthcare revolution.

Trauma has become a common thread for so many, from the collective trauma of racism, climate change, and a global pandemic to more personal, private traumas not making headlines. Gay’s trauma has shaped her life and work, including her 2017 memoir about her own sexual assault, “Hunger.” In her Scribd Original, “Writing into the Wound,” Gay unpacks the aftermath of “Hunger,” exploring the public reaction that reopened her wounds once more. The result is a skillful guide to sharing, processing, and healing from trauma through writing. “To change the world, we need to face what has become of it,” she writes. “To heal from a trauma, we need to understand the extent of it.”

“I’m tired and scared and anxious and unmotivated and proud and grateful and desperately sad and hopeless,” says one of the many mothers interviewed by culture writer Petersen (“Can’t Even”) for this Scribd Original. The raw stories these moms share about their experiences raising children during the chaos of the pandemic and more are eye-opening, moving, and reassuring.

Ob-gyn Dr. Gunter breaks through the silence, stigma, and misogyny shrouding menopause. She busts misinformation and medical myths, as well as offering science-based tips to deal with this normal, biological stage of life. This empowering guide goes beyond hot flashes and stereotypes, delivering essential information on everything from perimenopause to sex to mood changes, and more.