Our bodies
Our voices
Our resilience

Be heard
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An authoritative hand scrawls illegible scribbles onto blank paper. Your gender, age, and prognosis become detached from the body. Impersonal, sterile, and sealed: this is your medical history.

Medical Herstory counteracts traditional healthcare methods by refusing to let women’s experiences be sanitized. Here, feminine presenting individuals share their harrowingly raw, honest, and embodied stories regarding health and wellness.

Despite popular beliefs, medicine is not a domain untouched by larger structures of sexism, racism, classism, and ableism. Instead, medical encounters can magnify such structures onto individual bodies.

This platform is a site for connection, criticism, and healing. It is a call to be heard, and a push for person-first healthcare.

Share Y(our) Story

Have a story to share? 

Submissions are currently being accepted through the Contact Us page form, or through our email info@medicalherstory.com. 

Medical Herstory welcomes the experiences of all women, trans, and non-binary people in regards to healthcare, medicine, and wellness. We publish stories related to sexual, physical, and mental health.

Our dedicated team of editors are here to guide you through the process and offer support, so do not be shy to reach out!

Add your voice to the community.

1. All submissions will be reviewed for publication by the editorial board and authors will be contacted with the outcome. 

2. The story will undergo peer-editing by the editorial board for grammar, syntax, and flow. The authors voice and style will be respected.

3. Stories will then be published on the website and shared across social media.

4. Should an author ever want their story anonymized, edited, or removed after publication, they are free to contact the editor-in-chief. 

5. Authors maintain creative ownership over their articles but must contact the editor-in-chief regarding the re-publication of articles.