66 episodes
From Skirts To Scrubs Charlotte Thill and Alesha Kotian
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- Health & Fitness
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5.0 • 26 Ratings
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Join medical students Charlotte Thill (she/her) and Alesha Kotian (she/her) as they navigate what it means to be a woman in the medical field and in their own lives. Each episode focuses on topics in medical history, current events, various health professions, female healthcare pioneers, and more! By analyzing different areas of healthcare and history through a feminist lens, From Skirts To Scrubs hopes to create a space to explore what it means to be a woman in medicine while having some fun along the way!
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Mini-Series 2.2 Lupus: Mark of the Wolf
Is it a rash or a wolf bite? Apparently ancient physicians couldn’t tell…or at least they thought that the classic rash across the faces of patients with the commonly known condition Lupus, looked close enough to a wolf’s bite to name it after the Latin word for wolf! We’ll be discussing Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, or Lupus, on this episode, including some history and common symptoms that feel a little random and are what make Lupus so hard to diagnose. Then we’ll talk about its prevalence in women and some interesting theories on why its so common in women over men!
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Mini Series 2.1 POTS: the Syndrome, Not the Disease
To clarify, we are talking about postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome. Not the disease, and certainly not pottery. hehe. POTS is a condition that millions of Americans today face, and 80% of those with POTS are women!! An absolutely crazy number because we aren’t even really sure why it affects so many women in comparison to men. Join us this week to learn a little more about POTS and hear us share some personal POTS stories!
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Mini-series 2 Trailer: More Than A Uterus
In this miniseries, we will be exploring conditions that many women experience. Something that ties all these conditions together is that they are more common in women, but not necessarily because of anatomy or biology. We will discuss what the condition is, how common it is, and how we treat the condition now. We'll also sprinkle in some history and fun tidbits along the way!
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Ep. 49 The Mother Egg: A History of In-Vitro Fertilization
Sperm meets egg makes baby, should be simple right? Well if it were, infertility would not be a common struggle for millions of people around the world. But through incredible technology and research, assisted reproductive techniques have been created like in-vitro fertilization (IVF) have been created to help people get pregnant. And they work! Join us this episode as we explain the basics of the science of IVF, dive into the history (with a sprinkle of funny stories of course) and end with a discussion about modern implications. It’s an EGG-cellent episode! Ok I’ll see myself out now…
Check out our Feminist Corner discussion questions after listening and send us your thoughts!
What role does the medicalization of reproduction play in the IVF industry? Are women's bodies being treated as vessels in the pursuit of reproductive success, and if so, how can this be mitigated?
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Ep. 48 Melancholy Mothers: A History of Peripartum Psychiatry
Some people say that women ~ glow ~ when they are pregnant. Or that having a baby is one of the best memories they have. But did you know 80% of women have depressive symptoms in the week following childbirth? Or that ⅛ women develop a condition called postpartum depression? Some women are even at risk for manic or psychotic episodes in the postpartum period. These conditions are so prevalent that there is a whole field of psychiatry dedicated to caring for women’s mental health during pregnancy and in the postpartum period! Join us in this episode to learn about how the field of peripartum psychiatry developed from ancient Greece, through medical times, and into the 1800s! Then we will spend some time exploring current theories behind the most common peripartum mental illnesses and discussing how obstetrics takes part in this field today.
Feminist Corner:
Obstetrics as a field is often viewed as very different from other medical and surgical specialties. In reality, it is very closely linked to other fields of medicine, especially psychiatry in this case. What are some ways that obstetricians can take part in multidisciplinary practices?
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Ep. 47 The Wickedest Woman in New York: Madame Restell
Do you know how the wickedest woman in New York got her name? Ann Trow, or as she was better known, Madame Restell, was a prominent abortion provider in the late 1800s. She had no medical training, and yet started a business from the ground up, making medication abortion pills and doing surgical abortions. Her work was wildly successful, but also led to her making many enemies in New York society and even at the national governmental level. Join us this week as we unpack the life of this incredible woman, and learn more about the evolution of abortion at that time!
Check out our Feminist Corner discussion questions after listening and send us your thoughts!
Do we have a figure in our society now who we could try to compare to Madame Restell? Doesn’t have to be in abortion/reproductive spaces!What does Madame Restell’s business success say about her impact on the women of her time? What is your biggest takeaway from her story?
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one of the best analyses of La Llorona I’ve heard since first reading it in high school Spanish class! this show always makes me reflect and think critically & in this episode specifically think critically about how we tell complex stories about women. this episode provoked two thoughts - I love how feminists rewrote the story so that Maria left her cheating husband and took her children with her. The original telling definitely reminds me of traditional patriarchal approaches to child raising in which a single woman (whether that’s from divorce initiated by the husband, etc) was considered unfit to raise children alone bc she would be emotionally unstable. That line of thinking drove divorce law for so long and kept women powerless in the institution of marriage - A bit tangential but it also made me reflect on Toni Morrison’s beloved. In that story we feel that a mother killing her child is an act of mercy because she does so to prevent her child from living the horrors of slavery. For an act that at face value is so, as you said, unforgiving, to be made into an act of mercy positions slavery as one of the most evil acts of humankind (and rightfully so) anyways LOVE love love this podcast!
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Very informative and engaging! Feels like a great mix of personal conversation and professional discussion. I also love the range of topics under the “women in medicine” umbrella! Keep up the great work Alesha and Charlotte
Love it!
Very informative and engaging! Feels like a great mix of personal conversation and professional discussion. I also love the range of topics under the “women in medicine” umbrella! Keep up the great work Alesha and Charlotte