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The Pain Gap: How Sexism and Racism in Healthcare Kill Women

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Hossain, Anushay. New York: Tiller Press , 2021.
Material Type
Book
Call Number
REF NR 100 HOS 2021
Availability
1 copy, 1 available
When Anushay Hossain became pregnant in the US, she was so relieved. Growing up in Bangladesh in the 1980s, where the concept of women?s healthcare hardly existed, she understood how lucky she was to access the best in the world. But she couldn?t have been more wrong. Things started to go awry from…
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Author
Hossain, Anushay
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
Tiller Press
Publication Date
2021
Physical Description
279pp
Subjects
Anti-Racism
Diversity
Abstract
When Anushay Hossain became pregnant in the US, she was so relieved. Growing up in Bangladesh in the 1980s, where the concept of women?s healthcare hardly existed, she understood how lucky she was to access the best in the world. But she couldn?t have been more wrong. Things started to go awry from the minute she stepped in the hospital, and after thirty hours of labor (two of which she spent pushing), Hossain?s epidural slipped. Her pain was so severe that she ran a fever of 104 degrees, and as she shook and trembled uncontrollably, the doctors finally performed an emergency C-section.
Giving birth in the richest country on earth, Hossain never imagined she could die in labor. But she almost did. The experience put her on a journey to explore, understand, and share how women?especially women of color?are dismissed to death by systemic sexism in American healthcare.
Following in the footsteps of feminist manifestos such as The Feminine Mystique and Rage Becomes Her, The Pain Gap is an eye-opening and stirring call to arms that encourages women to flip their ?hysteria complex? on its head and use it to revolutionize women?s healthcare. This book tells the story of Hossain?s experiences?from growing up in South Asia surrounded by staggering maternal mortality rates to lobbying for global health legislation on Capitol Hill to nearly becoming a statistic herself. Along the way, she realized that a little fury might be just what the doctor ordered.
Meticulously researched and deeply reported, this book explores real women?s traumatic experiences with America?s healthcare system?and empowers everyone to use their experiences to bring about the healthcare revolution women need.
ISBN
9781-9821-77775
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Call Number
REF NR 100 HOS 2021

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Copy 1 BC Children's and Women's Study and Learning Commons REF Available
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White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism

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DiAngelo, Robin. Boston: Beacon Press , 2018.
Material Type
Book
Call Number
REF NR 100 DIA 2018
Availability
3 copies, 2 available
In this ?vital, necessary, and beautiful book? (Michael Eric Dyson), antiracist educator Robin DiAngelo deftly illuminates the phenomenon of white fragility and ?allows us to understand racism as a practice not restricted to ?bad people? (Claudia Rankine). Referring to the defensive moves that whit…
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Author
DiAngelo, Robin
Place of Publication
Boston
Publisher
Beacon Press
Publication Date
2018
Physical Description
168pp
Subjects
Anti-Racism
Diversity
Abstract
In this ?vital, necessary, and beautiful book? (Michael Eric Dyson), antiracist educator Robin DiAngelo deftly illuminates the phenomenon of white fragility and ?allows us to understand racism as a practice not restricted to ?bad people? (Claudia Rankine). Referring to the defensive moves that white people make when challenged racially, white fragility is characterized by emotions such as anger, fear, and guilt, and by behaviors including argumentation and silence. These behaviors, in turn, function to reinstate white racial equilibrium and prevent any meaningful cross-racial dialogue. In this in-depth exploration, DiAngelo examines how white fragility develops, how it protects racial inequality, and what we can do to engage more constructively.
ISBN
9780-8223-52365
Language
English
Material Type
Book
Call Number
REF NR 100 DIA 2018

Copies

Copy 1 BC Children's and Women's Study and Learning Commons REF On Loan, due Monday, February 19, 2024
Copy 2 BC Children's and Women's Study and Learning Commons REF Available
Copy 3 BC Children's and Women's Study and Learning Commons REF Available
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