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Adrienne Gomez

Adrienne Gomez, Writer

Adrienne is a writer, actor, and producer freelancing in Southern California. Her preferred channel for her activism is through comedy, but every so often she puts on her serious hat to get down to business. She tires of the entertainment establishment's exclusionary view of television and cinema, and has decided "The hell with it---I'll make my own damn movies!" So that's where she is at the moment.

Author's Topics

  • cancer
  • medical misogyny
  • menstruation
  • ovarian cysts

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  • "Periods Suck": How I Lost an Ovary Because We Stigmatize Cisgender Women's Pain

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    by Adrienne Gomez
    "If you're somebody who has both a uterus and vagina, you are told at an early age that menstruation is a burden. A terrible, painful, gross burden that we must endure for five to seven days every month. And keep quiet about it."
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