Ep. 3: Lynn Enright on pain, periods and awkward hymens

In her book, Vagina: A Re-Education, Irish-born author and journalist Lynn Enright busts a range of myths surrounding the vagina and vulva in an aim to educate and empower readers and shed light on the sometimes shocking, enraging reality of living with a womb and navigating the healthcare system while doing so. In this episode of Bits of Me, I talk to Lynn about facing periods as a young woman raised in Ireland, where she was told in school not to use tampons; about having her experience of pain minimised by healthcare practitioners when she went in for a hysteroscopy in London; about awkward hymens and the myths surrounding this piece of tissue, and much more.  The book Lynn mentions in this episode is Alyson J. McGregor's Sex Matters: How Male-Centric Medicine Endangers Women's Health — and What We Can Do About It. You can follow Lynn on @lynnenright on Instagram or the same on Twitter, and read more about her work on www.lynnenright.com.  You can help to spread the word about Bits of Me by rating, reviewing and subscribing on your choice of podcast platform, and of course by sharing it and telling other people about it. Follow the podcast on @bitsofme_podcast on Instagram or @bitsofme_pod on Twitter. Music: Ice and Snow by Icreage, licensed by Soundstripe. #bitsofmepod #periodpain #pelvicpain #hymens #hymen #vaginaareeducation #lynnenright #womenshealth #womensbodies #womenspain #femalepain #vulva #vagina #feminism

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