Tendayi Bloom, Charlotte Galpin and Annalise Weckesser The symptoms associated with endometriosis, particularly excessively painful and/or heavy periods, are often dismissed [...]
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VIEWPOINT: If Representations of Endometriosis Are Not Intersectional, They are Damaging and Inaccurate
Nikita Aashi Chadha Representations of endometriosis within the media, society and even decision-making rooms within Parliament, unsettles me as a working [...]
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ON THE FRONTLINE: Bleeding Hell – My personal, professional, artistic and academic relationship with endometriosis
Amy Bonsall In her book, 'Living a Feminist Life,' Sara Ahmed says ‘ feminist movement is built from many moments of [...]
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Policy and Politics: Are responses to official consultations and stakeholder surveys reliable guides to policy actors’ positions?
Karin Ingold, Frédéric Varone, Marlene Kammerer, Florence Metz, Lorenz Kammermann, and Chantal Strotz This section of Discover Society is provided in [...]
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Quality of life measurement in women living with endometriosis: Observations from the use of the Endometriosis Health Profile around the world
Georgina L Jones, Kirsty M Budds, Francesca Taylor, and Crispin Jenkinson 2021 will mark the twenty-year anniversary since the Endometriosis Health [...]
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‘It’s a challenge’: Doctors’ Perspectives on Diagnosing Endometriosis and Improving Care
Annalise Weckesser In 2018, I carried out a study on women’s endometriosis medical treatment experiences with Professor Elaine Denny, the [...]
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Endometriosis and Work: Clashing Realities Remodelled
Victoria Williams Ten years ago, I had just graduated and landed myself a job in the beating heart of a London [...]
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Do Endometriosis Patients Suffer an ‘Epistemic Injustice’?
Andrew Reid One of the reasons for the ongoing Parliamentary Inquiry into endometriosis, to which this series responds, is the persistent [...]
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Endometriosis and Noncitizenship: What makes Suffering Relevant?
Tendayi Bloom Endometriosis provides a natural experiment for examining the politics of suffering for two main reasons. First, the condition is [...]
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Post-truth, populism and endometriosis: what can we learn from women who are not believed?
Charlotte Galpin About a year ago, I came home from an appointment with a new consultant gynaecologist and was frustrated. I [...]
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