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Invisible : how young women with serious health issues navigate work, relationships, and the pressure to seem just fine / Michele Lent Hirsch. by Hirsch, Michele Lent. Beacon Press, 2018. Call #: 305.9087 H669i Subjects Sick -- Social conditions.   Sick -- Psychology.   Young women -- Social conditions.   Young women -- Psychology.   Women -- Social conditions.   Women -- Psychology. ISBN:  9780807023952 (hc.) Description:  x, 230 pages ; 24 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents:  Could someone love this body of mine -- The foggy glass ceiling and the wall -- It's cool guys I'm totally fine -- Why don't they believe me or, the case of the lady lab rat -- To raise small humans or not -- Sick like Miss America. Summary:  "An exploration of women navigating serious health issues at an age where they're expected to be healthy, dating, having careers and children. Miriam's doctor didn't believe she had breast cancer. She did. Sophie navigates being the only black scientist in her lab while studying the very disease, HIV, that she hides from her coworkers. For Victoria, coming out as a transgender woman was less difficult than coming out as bipolar. Author Michele Lent Hirsch knew she couldn't be the only woman who's faced serious health issues at a young age, as well as the resulting effects on her career, her relationships, and her sense of self. What she found while researching Invisible was a surprisingly large and overlooked population with important stories to tell. Though young women with serious illness tend to be seen as outliers, young female patients are in fact the primary demographic for many illnesses. They are also one of the most ignored groups in our medical system - a system where young women, especially women of color and trans women, are invisible. Young women with health issues must often deal with bias in their careers and personal lives. Not only do they feel pressured to seem perfect and youthful, they also find themselves amid labyrinthine obstacles in a culture that has one narrow idea of womanhood. Lent Hirsch weaves her own harrowing experiences together with stories from other women, perspectives from sociologists on structural inequality, and insights from neuroscientists on misogyny in health research. Michele Lent Hirsch has taught journalism at Manhattanville College"--Provided by publisher. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Alderney Gate Public Library Adult Nonfiction 305.9087 H669i Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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