Loud by Drew Afualo
Throughout the book, I felt like I was just another one of her friends or a sister. She balanced her personal experiences with patriarchal norms, like facing a male-dominated sportscasting industry, with examinations of their origins.
Through the darkness and into the light (plain text/draft)
The story of trying and failing to get help for chronic UTIs and kidney stones, before finally getting the help I needed - but almost too late.
“Drink more water”
Dr. Waters talked excessively during my first visit and focused almost solely on overactive bladder treatments - though I was there for recurring UTIs and kidney stones, which aren't something that overactive bladder causes.
‘Til Disabled Do Us Part
We had discussed plans for when he got back to the US and his upcoming trip to a different country before flying in. He talked to me to tell me that he had gotten his passport and was on a train.
Then there was nothing.