THE HEALTHCARE GENDER BIAS
With guests physician-activist Dr. Dara Kass and actress Jenny Allen.
A little theatre, a lot of action!
Jenny Allen will perform her acclaimed one-woman show
I Got Sick and Then I Got Better:
One woman’s adventures after falling down the medical rabbit hole. Writer and performer Jenny Allen tells her story of the harrowing tailspin she took following her ovarian cancer diagnosis, combining biting humor with searing emotion in a witty, bittersweet monologue that illuminates the personal and family collateral damage a life-threatening illness brings. Dr. Dara Kass will speak to these issues and more:The lack of research specifically for women.The collateral damage of politicizing abortion against all women’s healthcare.Maternal mortality, which disproportionally affects low-income women and women of color.The differential treatment of women’s pain vs men’s, which delays diagnoses like cancer.
Thursday, March 12th 7pm
46 Barrow Street
