Invisible : how young women with serious health issues navigate work, relationships, and the pressure to seem just fine / Michelle Lent Hirsch

By:

Hirsch, Michelle Lent [author]

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Boston, Massachussetts : Beacon Press, c2018Description: x, 230 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmISBN:

9780807023952

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LOC classification:

RA 418.3 .H57 2018

Contents:

Author’s Note -- Part 1: Could Someone Love This Body of Mine -- Part 2: The (Foggy) Glass Ceiling and the Wall -- Part 3: It’s Cool Guys I’m Totally Fine -- Part 4: Why Don’t They Believe Me? or the Case of the Lady Lab Rat -- Part 5: To Raise Small Humans—or Not -- Part 6: Sick Like Miss America -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index.

Summary: "Lent Hirsch weaves her own experiences together with stories from other women, perspectives from sociologists on structural inequality and inequity, and insights from neuroscientists on misogyny in health research. She shows how health issues and disabilities amplify what women in general already confront: warped beauty standards, workplace sexism, worries about romantic partners, and mistrust of their own bodies. By shining a light on this hidden demographic, Lent Hirsch explores the challenges that all women face."

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Materials specified	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	NU Clark Circulation	Non-fiction	GC RA 418.3 .H57 2018 (Browse shelf(Opens below))		Available		NUCLA000001523

Includes index.

"Lent Hirsch weaves her own experiences together with stories from other women, perspectives from sociologists on structural inequality and inequity, and insights from neuroscientists on misogyny in health research. She shows how health issues and disabilities amplify what women in general already confront: warped beauty standards, workplace sexism, worries about romantic partners, and mistrust of their own bodies. By shining a light on this hidden demographic, Lent Hirsch explores the challenges that all women face."

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