CRAMPED

My friend and neighbor Emptea joins me for a conversation about menstruating while living outside the housing system, being visibly gender nonconforming in a gynecologist’s office, and getting an IUD removed by a provider you can tell doesn't like you. Along the way, we talk about the experiences that cracked our assumptions about how the world works, and what it means to take care of each other when institutions aren’t doing it. As always, it's a pretty short walk from talking about periods and healthcare to talking about capitalism and exploitative systems that aren't built for our benefit. Turns out...they're all connected!
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The more we learn about period pain, the less sense it makes that it's so under-researched and under-treated. Am I paranoid or is it almost...suspicious? I invited Cristen Conger of the Unladylike and Conspiracy, She Wrote podcasts to help me pull this thread. Who was in charge of our pain in the Middle Ages and the colonial era, and why did our care providers change? Why was menstrual pain seen as in important issue to address in the 1930s and 40s, and then dropped? Why were amphetamines first tested for dysmenorrhea?? And is there a shadowy cabal plotting to keep our uteruses hurting?

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Listen to Unladylike: https://www.unladylike.co/episodes and Conspiracy, She Wrote: https://www.conspiracyshewrote.com/

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Did Lizzie Borden get away with murdering her father and stepmother in 1892 partly because Victorian investigators were too squeamish about menstrual blood to examine a bucket of bloody rags found in her basement? This Halloween episode traces the surprisingly rich history of menstrual blood and crime, from French Revolution prisoners faking pregnancies to escape the guillotine to the current state of forensic science on distinguishing period blood from murder blood, which is more complicated than you might hope.
CRAMPED episodes are intended for informational and entertainment purposes only, and are not medical advice.
Thank you to Magic Wand for sponsoring CRAMPED this month! Visit magicwandoriginal.com to find where to buy. Legendary power since 1968!

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This whole year, I've been secretly working on a 6-episode audio series about the Magic Wand Study - and now it's out!
I teamed up with DB from Sex Ed with DB, and CRAMPED Season 1's sound designer Kelly, to make this deep dive into Magic Wand's 1000-person IRB-approved pleasure study, one of the biggest studies ever done on pleasure in people with vulvas.
Here's episode 1 for your aural pleasure - head over to the Pleasure People feed to listen to episode 2 (out now as well!) and subscribe to listen to whole series.

About Pleasure People:
Pleasure People is the series that uncovers the science of pleasure through real research and the people who lived it. A thousand people. Three weeks. One question science rarely asks outright: what does daily pleasure actually do for you?
In this 6-part limited audio series, hosted by veteran sex educator Danielle Bezalel, Pleasure People follows eight participants of a first-of-its-kind intervention study that tracked pleasure's impact on sleep, stress, relationship satisfaction, and so much more. You'll hear directly from these participants about what it was like to have pleasure assigned and the lasting impact the study had on their lives. The findings will surprise you.
Danielle is joined by Magic Wand study lead researcher Dr. Candice Hargons and legendary sex researcher Emily Nagoski, Ph.D. to unpack the layered effect pleasure has on quality of life, and why self-pleasure has gotten such a bad rap.
Listen to Episode 2 & the rest of the series here: https://pod.link/6819871177
Check out the Magic Wand Study here: https://magicwandstudy.com/

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Deb's story sounds like a lot of crampers' stories: she was on birth control, started having pain and GI issues, and sought answers from her doctor. Despite doing her research, she ended up getting a surgery that not only didn't help...it made her pain and other symptoms worse. After finally getting the help she needed, she created a resource to empower endo patients to choose an experienced excision specialist - the Wulf Women directory.
Wulf Women website: https://wulfwomen.com/
Deb's IG: https://www.instagram.com/wulfwomen/
Deb's Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@wulfwomen

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CRAMPED episodes are intended for informational and entertainment purposes only, and are not medical advice.
Want to participate in endometriosis research AND get paid to send your tampons in the mail?? Join the NextGen Jane study at https://www.nextgenjane.com/clinical-studies to get up to $500 over the course of the study, and tell them CRAMPED sent you!

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