Sally Wainwright
👤 Speaker
548
total appearances
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unPAUSED with Dr. Mary Claire Haver
Sally Wainwright on Riot Women, Identity Theft of Menopause, and Writing Real Female Characters
It was just her generation didn't acknowledge the menopause.
unPAUSED with Dr. Mary Claire Haver
Sally Wainwright on Riot Women, Identity Theft of Menopause, and Writing Real Female Characters
It's like, oh, that's not going to touch me.
unPAUSED with Dr. Mary Claire Haver
Sally Wainwright on Riot Women, Identity Theft of Menopause, and Writing Real Female Characters
I can deal with things and I'll deal with that.
unPAUSED with Dr. Mary Claire Haver
Sally Wainwright on Riot Women, Identity Theft of Menopause, and Writing Real Female Characters
So I just thought the menopause was your period stopped.
unPAUSED with Dr. Mary Claire Haver
Sally Wainwright on Riot Women, Identity Theft of Menopause, and Writing Real Female Characters
Good.
unPAUSED with Dr. Mary Claire Haver
Sally Wainwright on Riot Women, Identity Theft of Menopause, and Writing Real Female Characters
Tick.
unPAUSED with Dr. Mary Claire Haver
Sally Wainwright on Riot Women, Identity Theft of Menopause, and Writing Real Female Characters
And you laugh your way through it.
unPAUSED with Dr. Mary Claire Haver
Sally Wainwright on Riot Women, Identity Theft of Menopause, and Writing Real Female Characters
Good.
unPAUSED with Dr. Mary Claire Haver
Sally Wainwright on Riot Women, Identity Theft of Menopause, and Writing Real Female Characters
Tick.
unPAUSED with Dr. Mary Claire Haver
Sally Wainwright on Riot Women, Identity Theft of Menopause, and Writing Real Female Characters
So when these things started to happen to me, I didn't connect them.
unPAUSED with Dr. Mary Claire Haver
Sally Wainwright on Riot Women, Identity Theft of Menopause, and Writing Real Female Characters
I hadn't even heard of the perimenopause.
unPAUSED with Dr. Mary Claire Haver
Sally Wainwright on Riot Women, Identity Theft of Menopause, and Writing Real Female Characters
No coincidence.
unPAUSED with Dr. Mary Claire Haver
Sally Wainwright on Riot Women, Identity Theft of Menopause, and Writing Real Female Characters
Yeah.
unPAUSED with Dr. Mary Claire Haver
Sally Wainwright on Riot Women, Identity Theft of Menopause, and Writing Real Female Characters
I wanted them to rescue each other.
unPAUSED with Dr. Mary Claire Haver
Sally Wainwright on Riot Women, Identity Theft of Menopause, and Writing Real Female Characters
Basically, they can come to each other's rescue.
unPAUSED with Dr. Mary Claire Haver
Sally Wainwright on Riot Women, Identity Theft of Menopause, and Writing Real Female Characters
It's like these two very unlikely women.
unPAUSED with Dr. Mary Claire Haver
Sally Wainwright on Riot Women, Identity Theft of Menopause, and Writing Real Female Characters
You would never imagine being friends.
unPAUSED with Dr. Mary Claire Haver
Sally Wainwright on Riot Women, Identity Theft of Menopause, and Writing Real Female Characters
And they find this very unlikely connection.
unPAUSED with Dr. Mary Claire Haver
Sally Wainwright on Riot Women, Identity Theft of Menopause, and Writing Real Female Characters
And it becomes a very creative connection.
unPAUSED with Dr. Mary Claire Haver
Sally Wainwright on Riot Women, Identity Theft of Menopause, and Writing Real Female Characters
And then it becomes even more of a connection than they've realized.