All too often, the health concerns of women and gender diverse people are ignored or dismissed. This podcast gives a platform for us to tell our stories, helping each other to feel less alone in our health journeys, with the hope of effecting positive changes in global healthcare systems.
Abiding Hysteria
Claim This Podcastby Rachael Woodard
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11 episodes
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All too often, the health concerns of women and gender diverse people are ignored or dismissed. This podcast gives a platform for us to tell our stories, helping each other to feel less alone in our health journeys, with the hope of effecting positive changes in global healthcare systems.
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Recent Episodes
February 3, 2026
Invisible Illness with Emily Mendenhall
<p>In our second episode of the season, I have the pleasure of interviewing Emily Mendenhall, who is anthropologist, Guggenheim Fellow, and Professor in the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. She has authored six books, including <a href="https://www.routledge.com/Syndemic-Suffering-Social-Distress-Depression-and-Diabetes-among-Mexican/Mendenhall/p/book/9781611321425" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Syndemic Suffering</a> (2012), <a href="https://www.routledge.com/Global-Mental-Health-Anthropological-Perspectives-1st-Edition/Kohrt-Mendenhall/p/book/9781611329247" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Global Mental Health</a> ( 2015), <a href="https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501738432/rethinking-diabetes/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Rethinking Diabetes</a> (2019), <a href="http://vanderbi.lt/unmasked" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Unmasked</a> (2022), <a href="https://utppublishing.com/doi/book/10.3138/9781487565701" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Savoring Care</a> (2025) and <a href="https://www.ucpress.edu/books/invisible-illness/hardcover" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Invisible Illness</a> (2026). She serves as Editor-in-Chief of a new publication, <a href="http://sciencepolitics.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Science Politics</a>, and has written for Scientific American, Vox, and Psychology Today. </p><p>In this episode we discuss her newest book, invisible illnesses, how power plays into medicine, and more. Please join me in welcoming Emily Mendenhall to the show!</p><p><br></p><p>website: <a href="http://www.emilymendenhall.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.emilymendenhall.com</a></p><p>book: I<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Invisible-Illness-History-Hysteria-COVID/dp/0520421523/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2A1MLAYU9FAVN&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.7f3qbq11Ipc-kzadkQH76JFdhpv4PI_U7tDNFGbyNes5rlrxflUmQnwL3d537Jw6BYUVjaA_Z2BfUOFAW1PZjbnNCYVpWPisQGuhkyF3nVrX8N-rVRl9F391thuXuVnXxfwxfnnEnStw0dxE1TlbOw.OpNwJVQCV0-BPmcv_3xGgyQAS3o3nrwDR7zCnq3Zrxg&dib_tag=se&keywords=invisible+illness+mendenhall&qid=1768412096&sprefix=invisible+illness+mendenhall%2Caps%2C111&sr=8-1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">nvisible Illness: A History, from Hysteria to Long Covid</a></p><p><a href="https://substack.com/@emilymendenhall" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Find Emily on Substack!</a></p><p><a href="https://www.c-span.org/program/book-tv/emily-mendenhall-invisible-illness-a-history-from-hysteria-to-long-covid/671918" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Book launch on CSPAN!</a></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><a href="https://discord.gg/meqbZn6y" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Join us on Discord!</a></p><p>Find us on Social Media: @abidinghysteria on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/abidinghysteria" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Facebook</a>, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/abidinghysteria/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Instagram</a>, <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@abidinghysteria" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">TikTok</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@AbidingHysteria" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">YouTube</a>, <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/abidinghysteria.bsky.social" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Bluesky</a>, and <a href="https://www.threads.com/@abidinghysteria" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Threads</a>!</p><p><br></p><p><a href="https://www.patreon.com/c/AbidingHysteria" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Become a Patron today for only $5 a month by clicking here!</a></p>
January 11, 2026
Chiari & Creativity with Author & Artist Rue Sparks
<p>In our premier episode of Season 2, I wanted to feature someone who is a longtime friend with a creative mind on just another level, Author and Artist Rue Sparks. Together we talk about their health story, Chiari malformation, their career, and more. I cannot recommend enough listening to the audiobook of their most recent novel, The Fable of Wren, as well as their other masterfully written and thoughtful works.</p><p>According to their bio on <a href="https://ruesparks.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://ruesparks.com</a>, "Rue Sparks is a composite of neurosis and nonsense held together by duct tape and sheer stubbornness. They are at the conjunction of queer, disabled, and neurospicy identities with a background in illustration, digital media, and book publishing. </p><p>There are common themes that tie their work together: found family, grief, queerness, mental health. They live in a rural Michigan town surrounded by forest on all sides so that they can opt out of humanity at will."</p><p>Rue Sparks' Links from the show:</p><p>Website: <u><a href="https://www.ruesparks.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.ruesparks.com/</a></u> </p><p>BlueSky: <u><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/ruesparks.bsky.social" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://bsky.app/profile/ruesparks.bsky.social</a></u> </p><p>Etsy: <u><a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/ruesparks" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.etsy.com/shop/ruesparks</a></u> </p><p>Archetype: <u><a href="https://www.patreon.com/cw/archetypeproject" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.patreon.com/cw/archetypeproject</a></u></p><p>Don't forget to join our Discord to find other cool humans and discuss episodes, learn about upcoming guests, and more! Join here: https://discord.gg/PqXhtJjz </p>
December 2, 2025
Welcome to Womanhood: A Story of Medical Neglect with Guest Alice
<p>What should have been a celebration became a horror story for this month's guest, Alice. Join host Rachael Woodard in a conversation about womanhood, medical neglect, surgery recovery, and Alice's hopes for the future in this month's episode of the Abiding Hysteria podcast. </p><p>Strong trigger warnings for the following: Graphic descriptions of wounds & healing; descriptions of the technicalities of gender confirmation surgery; body dysmorphia; discrimination; medical neglect, trauma, and gaslighting; major depression, and isolation.</p>
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