Cycles and Seasons

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Episode 42: Don't Be an Athena; Medical Gaslighting and Silent Endurance

Episode 42: Don't Be an Athena; Medical Gaslighting and Silent Endurance17 jun41 min

In this episode Jennifer talks with Kayla Branstetter about the Greek myth of Medusa and Athena as a lens for understanding medical gaslighting, reproductive trauma and the cultural expectation that women endure their pain in silence. Kayla is an English instructor at Crowder College, where she teaches literature, creative nonfiction, and composition. She is a published writer whose work has appeared in more than 40 journals worldwide, and the author of the creative nonfiction book Off ...