Modern Hysteria

<p>This week, we’re talking about reclaiming sexual pleasure after experiencing sexual violence or trauma.</p><p>The Taboo</p><p>The main taboo of this episode is the idea that survivors of sexual violence can—and...

<p>This week, we’re talking about trends in diet culture, rebranded as wellness.</p><p>The Taboo(s)</p><p>We’re unpacking why bloating isn’t a problem to fix, how colonics and cleanses became “wellness” scams, and why...

<p>This week, we’re talking about how having our pain believed no matter our sex or race isn’t just a reproductive justice issue, it’s our civil right.</p><p>The Taboo</p><p>Pain dismissal in women’s healthcare is so...

<p>This week, we’re talking about the intersection of fertility, nutrition, and diet culture. We cover:</p><p>* Why under-eating is more common than you think</p><p>* What your menstrual cycle is trying to tell...

<p>This week, friend of the pod and therapist Grace Bithell returns to talk about disorganized attachment, the least understood and most taboo of the attachment styles.</p><p>We talk about:</p><p>* What disorganized...

<p>In this episode of Pinkpilled, we cover The Gibson Girl, a fictitious 19th-century beauty icon who permanently informed our beauty standards.</p><p>The Gibson Girl was created and recreated by illustrator Charles...

<p>This week we’re exploring postpartum rage, or the experience of intense, dysregulated anger with no place to go.</p><p>We talk about:</p><p>* how rage is a reasonable response to an unreasonable setup</p><p>* why...

<p>Being pink-pilled is when you start to see the very real effects of sexism and patriarchy all around you. It’s like the red-pill-blue-pill concept from the movie The Matrix, where the blue pill keeps you ignorantly...

<p>In this episode we debunk myths about ADHD — attention deficit hyperactivity disorder — and how it presents in women, girls, and moms.</p><p>The Taboo</p><p>ADHD is still widely seen as a “little boy’s disorder,” so...

<p>The Taboo</p><p>Despite our cultural belief that birthgivers should return to their pre-pregnancy selves, postpartum bodies are not meant to "bounce back"—they are meant to heal, and forcing weight loss or rapid...

<p>Hi. It’s Micah from Modern Hysteria, your newsletter and podcast about the taboo topics of women’s health (available on Apple Podcasts and Spotify)</p><p>If you grew up in the United States between the 1960s and...

<p>Hi! It’s Micah from Modern Hysteria, your podcast and newsletter revealing the taboos of women’s brains and bodies (listen on Spotify and Apple Podcasts).</p><p>You may have had these body parts for all or most of...

<p>This week we welcome back friend of the pod, holistic therapist Megan Sherer to talk about the least-known trauma response: Fawning.</p><p>THE TABOO</p><p>Fawning is a trauma response just like fight and flight...

<p>This week, I am joined by the “Lube Fairy” herself, Cindy Scharkey, RN, BSN, to talk about a much-misunderstood, underrated, and “hard to find” body part: The clitoris.</p><p>What is it? Why doesn’t it get enough...

<p>This episode is about some **big** topics, but — I swear — I’ve never laughed so much or so hard as during this interview with Sonia Voldseth of Menopause & Misogyny.</p><p>Sonia and I are menopausal women with a...