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Maya Dusenbery

@mayadusenbery.bsky.social

Journalist, editor, and author of Doing Harm: The Truth About How Bad Medicine and Lazy Science Leave Women Dismissed, Misdiagnosed, and Sick. www.mayadusenbery.com

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An Ode to My New Library And all the third places I’ve loved before

ICYMI, my recent piece on libraries, "third places," community, and why I will be forever nostalgia for college: mayadusenbery.substack.com/p/an-ode-to-...

06.11.2025 17:22 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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An Ode to My New Library And all the third places I’ve loved before

I was inspired by my newly renovated public library to resurrect my newsletter with this ode to "third places," college, and community. (Shout-out to the Albina @multcolib.bsky.social and the @carleton.edu library!) mayadusenbery.substack.com/p/an-ode-to-...

05.11.2025 23:40 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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2025 ME Conference - ICanCME

Honored to be speaking about ME, gender bias in medicine, and women's "unexplained" chronic illness at the #ICanCME2025 conference this afternoon. Thanks @icancmeresearch.bsky.social! icancme.ca/research/202...

04.11.2025 16:44 β€” πŸ‘ 34    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 1
Headshot of Maya Dusenbery with the text "FQ Lounge @ SXSW" and "Maya Dusebery, journalist and author, Doing Harm"

Headshot of Maya Dusenbery with the text "FQ Lounge @ SXSW" and "Maya Dusebery, journalist and author, Doing Harm"

I'll be on a panel tomorrow at the @femalequotient.bsky.social Lounge @ #SXSW talking about advancing health care for women. RSVP here: thefemalequotient.equalitylounge.com/sxsw25

07.03.2025 17:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Takeaways from Doing Harm by Maya Dusenbery TikTok video by Anna Akana

Thrilled to find this excellent 5-minute synopsis of my book from @annaakana.bsky.social on TikTok. Sad but not surprised by the 800+ comments from women sharing their own stories of being dismissed and misdiagnosed by health care providers. www.tiktok.com/@annaakana/v...

26.11.2024 18:11 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Opinion | Reporting on Long Covid Taught Me to Be a Better Journalist Covering long Covid solidified my view that science is not the objective, neutral force that it is often said to be.

"As energy-depleting illnesses that disproportionately affect women, long Covid and M.E./C.F.S. are easily belittled by a sexist society that trivializes women’s pain, and a capitalist one that values people according to their productivity." www.nytimes.com/2023/12/11/o...

11.12.2023 19:49 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Exciting news: Jill Biden and the impressive Carolyn Mazure will lead a new White House initiative to close the gender gap in health research: thehill.com/homenews/adm...

13.11.2023 17:23 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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