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The Feminist Lecture Program welcomes back Alekszandra Rokvity to look at the creative wave of endometriosis advocacy and activism.

Endometriosis is dubbed the invisible illness. This nickname has double meaning on the one hand, it refers to invisibility in the medical sense (endometriosis is difficult to recognize and diagnose); on the other hand, it refers to the social invisibility of endometriosis-patients. Realizing that poor care is a consequence of systemic gender-bias, patients have started creating a range of activist art across disciplines, calling attention to problems surrounding endometriosis-treatment. In this class, we will take a look at literature, visual art, and social media content created by patients with the goal of analyzing the creative wave of endometriosis advocacy and activism.

ABOUT OUR LECTURER

Alekszandra Rokvity is a PhD candidate at the University of Graz, Austria, writing her dissertation in the field of narrative medicine with a focus on endometriosis. She's currently working on a research project entitled "In/Visible Endometriosis: Menstruation, Menopause, and Narrative Medicine".

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Alekzsandra Rokvity

Endometriosis Activism: Making the Invisible Visible

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