Ms Informed Newsletter | Menopause, Perimenopause, and Period tracking apps
Everything you need to know about big hormonal changes on the horizon, from an intersectional feminist perspective.
This Week's Show
Show Notes
The Huffington Post on the history of menopause
PenMed on 5 myths about Menopause
Radio Times on myths around Menopause
Vox on period tracking apps and Femtech
Medical News Today on the truth about Menopause
What women need to know about Menopause
UK Menopause Guidelines
The New York Times of Endometriosis
Menopause and Osteoporosis
Does Menopause cause divorce?
Book: Hormone repair after 40
Book: Perimenopause Power
This week’s distraction
This week’s distraction is the ongoing issue in East Jerusalem. In the occupied neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah in East Jerusalem, Israeli authorities are currently force evicting Palestinians from their homes. The United Nations urged Israel on Friday to call off any forced evictions in Israeli-annexed East Jerusalem, warning its actions could amount to “war crimes”.
“We call on Israel to immediately call off all forced evictions,” UN rights office spokesman Rupert Colville told reporters in Geneva.
The second straight night of arrests in the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood was fuelled by a years-long land dispute between Palestinian refugees and Jewish settlers in the strategic district near Jerusalem’s Old City. The dispute over this area dates back to before the establishment of the two-state solution or even Israel when the neighbourhood was seized by the Jordanian government as it occupied Jerusalem.
Read more here and here.
This week Madhvi has been listening to
A podcast called This Jungian Life. Three friends and Jungian analysts (a psychotherapeutic approach that relies heavily on exploring the subconscious) talk about life and dreams. I studied literature, write fiction and have weird dreams, so this is right up my street. However, I think the biggest attraction of this podcast is the soothing sound of that ‘analyst’ voice. Don’t know what I mean? Check it out here.
This week Rina has been reading
This week Rina started reading ‘Celestial Bodies’ by Jokha Alharthi. This novel won the International Man Booker prize in 2019 and was the first Arabic novel to do so! I picked up this book solely because of the pretty colours on the cover and I sure am glad I did. 10/10 would recommend! Give it a read!!
Read more in the New York Times here and on Goodreads here
This week Inspiration
This week’s inspiration is the wonderful online community called International Women Berlin — if you are international, and identify as a woman, based in Berlin — this is a wonderful supportive group of almost 24 thousand people who will help you out with everything from shopping tips to personal advice. Plus it’s very well moderated. We asked this community about their menopause insights, and got many open, honest and informative answers. You can join here.
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