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Rebecca Handler is the author of Edie Richter is Not Alone (perhaps you’ve heard of it; it’s kind of a big deal) and she’s joining us to talk about death humor, why “journey” is such a triggering word and horror dolls made with 100% human hair. Oh yeah, and also breast cancer.

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Metastatic breast cancer (MBC) gets very little attention and even less funding. Special guest Emily Powell is here to talk about MBC, TikTok, Canadian healthcare and whether hedgehogs are pokey. Join us!

Follow Emily on socials: @emilytiana (Instagram) and @emilytiana90 (TikTok)

Check out METAvivor, donating 100% to MBC research, support and awareness: https://www.metavivor.org

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It’s the first annual Podcasters Podcasting! A podcast episode by podcasters for podcasters, anyone interested in becoming a podcaster and anyone who’s just super podcast curious. Joselyn is joined by her fellow podcasters:

Angela Briones of They Can’t All Be Betty

Jeremy Reed of The Star Trek Wars Podcast

Julio Olivera of The Contrarians

Check out their shows, their socials and enjoy this episode!

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CW: We make brief reference to eating disorders in this episode. We talk about our weight, mostly about gaining it, plus guilt over not working out (okay, mostly Joselyn does). Even though we do not promote the toxic preoccupation with culturally-imposed unattainable beauty standards in this episode, we also acknowledge that discussing the subject at all can be super stressful and triggering. So join us if that’s where you’re at, and if it’s not then you just skip it and go do something nice for yourself. Maybe a bath. Or a face mask. Or listen to some good music.

Receipts for this episode:

Buzzfeed video of beauty standards throughout time: https://youtu.be/Xrp0zJZu0a4

Graphic memoir and historical telling of female body requirements through history by Nealie Tan Ngo: https://journalofethics.ama-assn.org/article/what-historical-ideals-womens-shapes-teach-us-about-womens-self-perception-and-body-decisions-today/2019-10

We want photoshopped bodies even though we know they’re not real: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6061013/

These beauty standards are not only unattainable, they’re racist as shit (read this study in full – it’s worth it): https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4713035/

How male body standards have changed through the years (someone should really talk about this…): https://www.chemistclick.co.uk/news/how-the-ideal-male-body-has-changed-throughout-history

There is nothing primal or instinctual about older men wanting to bang young chicks: 1.https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/jul/05/men-sperm-male-fertility-40 2.https://theoutline.com/post/6061/older-men-younger-women-evolution-or-bullshit 3.https://psychcentral.com/blog/a-therapist-reveals-the-surprising-truth-about-older-men-marring-younger-women#3

Study suggesting moderate exercise can reduce cancer recurrence: https://www.breastcancer.org/research-news/exercise-improves-survival-and-reduces-risk#:~:text=The%20researchers%20found%20that%20women,t%20meet%20the%20minimum%20guidelines

Study of multiple other studies suggesting exercise is good for you (shocker): https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4835133/

Exercise is good, but weight loss is not necessarily related to decreased cancer recurrence: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33541403/

The BMI (Body Mass Index) is racist: https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/health/diet-nutrition/a35047103/bmi-racist-history/

My Body My Choice is not yours to appropriate, assholes: https://www.reddit.com/r/AskFeminists/comments/73bcl7/appropriate_use_of_my_body_my_choice/

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Join Joselyn, Tori and Charlie as they discuss the many intersections of the Breast Cancer and Transgender communities, including struggles to fit into established norms, facing backlash for “making it political,” and the sense of betrayal when just being in your own body is a danger in itself.

Receipts:

White women are the primary beneficiaries of Affirmative Action: https://www.bustle.com/p/who-does-affirmative-action-benefit-white-women-are-some-of-its-biggest-opponents-74034

All the things you have to prove for insurance to even consider paying for that gender affirming surgery: http://www.aetna.com/cpb/medical/data/600_699/0615.html

The inherent privilege in being able to say “I don’t get into politics”: https://www.thegoodtrade.com/features/neutral-politics-and-privilege

Resources and research for trans and other queer folks who are experiencing cancer (especially MBC): https://metastatictrialtalk.org/mbc-personal-stories/breast-cancer-transgender-community/

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Ira Feinstein, author and quality human person, joins us to talk about living with a BRCA gene mutation and how existing outside of established cancer culture norms can leave you feeling cut off. It’s a good one, folks.

Links!

Ira Feinstein’s website (read the essays, watch the video, it’s all gold): https://irafeinstein.com/about/

Get vaccinated: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/fully-vaccinated.html

Get both doses (if applicable): https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/25/business/covid-vaccines-second-doses.html

The Illusory Truth Effect: https://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/features/xge-0000098.pdf

Vaccine misinformation pays big bucks: https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/05/12/993615185/for-some-anti-vaccine-advocates-misinformation-is-part-of-a-business

The Disinformation Dozen: https://www.npr.org/2021/05/13/996570855/disinformation-dozen-test-facebooks-twitters-ability-to-curb-vaccine-hoaxes

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Special guest Becca Jean is here to talk cold capping, taking no medical bullshit and being an advocate for yourself and others. Follow Becca Jean on Instagram @beccajean__ (that’s two underscores).

More about Becca Jean’s cold capping experience: https://theoutline.com/post/6346/saving-cancer-patients-hair-could-be-so-easy?zi=33yfwkil&zd=5

Book: Pretty Sick by Caitlin Kiernan

Article on “job lock” and financial toxicity in cancer survivors: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7686183/

Keeping your job after a cancer diagnosis can be difficult (shocker): https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6992498/

Women of color talk about hair in the workplace: https://www.byrdie.com/natural-hair-in-corporate-america

Attractive people have the advantage at work:

https://hbr.org/2019/10/attractive-people-get-unfair-advantages-at-work-ai-can-help; https://money.usnews.com/money/personal-finance/articles/2012/08/30/why-it-pays-to-be-attractive; https://www.businessinsider.com/how-being-attractive-affects-your-career-2016-7; https://www.forbes.com/sites/tomaspremuzic/2019/07/17/its-time-to-expose-the-attractiveness-bias-at-work/?sh=36d84bfb1324

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Joselyn and Lauren talk about skincare. That’s it. That’s the whole thing. Enjoy.

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It’s My Body My Choice versus bros with scalpels, and dudes your days are numbered. Enjoy.

Links from the episode:

Kim Bowles’ story in Cosmo: https://www.cosmopolitan.com/health-fitness/a22984204/breast-cancer-survivors-mastectomy-sexism/

Serena Williams’ story in Vogue: https://www.vogue.com/article/serena-williams-vogue-cover-interview-february-2018

Study showing disparity in mortality rates between black and white breast cancer patients: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3603001/

American Cancer Society reporting 40% higher mortality rate in black women with breast cancer: https://www.cancer.org/content/dam/cancer-org/research/cancer-facts-and-statistics/cancer-facts-and-figures-for-african-americans/cancer-facts-and-figures-for-african-americans-2019-2021.pdf

Post with link to Contralateral Prophylactic Mastectomy (CPM) study: https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2016/05/are-we-practicing-medical-misogyny.html

Dr. Kimberle Crenshaw’s TED Talk on Intersectionality: https://www.ted.com/talks/kimberle_crenshaw_the_urgency_of_intersectionality?language=en

Vox article talking to Kimberle Crenshaw about Intersectionality: https://www.vox.com/the-highlight/2019/5/20/18542843/intersectionality-conservatism-law-race-gender-discrimination

Henrietta Lacks article: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2250449-genetic-privacy-we-must-learn-from-the-story-of-henrietta-lacks/

Disturbing history of medical “research” on African Americans: https://time.com/4746297/henrietta-lacks-movie-history-research-oprah/

Qualitative study on mistrust of medical research participation among members of the black community:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4354806/

Article on male bias in medical trials:https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2019/nov/13/the-female-problem-male-bias-in-medical-trials

Female physicians get paid less: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/2532788

Female physicians receive harsher performance evaluations: https://meridian.allenpress.com/jgme/article/9/5/577/201284/Gender-Differences-in-Attending-Physicians

This physician mansplaining how women physicians can handle being mistaken for nurses: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7004221/

Lynfa Stroud, MD MEd, handing that mansplaining male physician’s ass back to him in the most devastatingly eloquent way (he died instantly): https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7101171/

Article about Dr. Tamika Cross trying to convince a Delta flight attendant that she is, indeed, a physician: https://www.statnews.com/2016/10/15/black-woman-doctor-racism/

Even our AI is sexist: https://www.comicsands.com/dora-vargha-google-translate-sexism-2651178199.html?utm_source=instagram&utm_medium=stories&utm_campaign=GTAK

Retracted study rating attractiveness of women with rectovaginal endometriosis: https://www.fertstert.org/article/S0015-0282(12)02127-9/pdf

Medical asshats defending their sexist study of the attractiveness of women with rectovaginal endometriosis: https://pubpeer.com/publications/37BE50783AF3614F0698A38AA42B31#5

And Dr. Jen Gunter is not fucking having it: https://www.croakey.org/the-unattractive-truth-about-misogyny-in-medicine-and-medical-research/

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Pack your bags because it’s going to be a long, bumpy trip.

Receipts:

Study on spirituality and coping among Samoan Breast Cancer Survivors: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3774055/

Spirituality and Breast Cancer resource page from BreastCancer.org: https://www.breastcancer.org/treatment/comp_med/types/spirituality

Huge-ass study about religious service attendance and mortality among women: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/2521827

Praise Jibbers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZ_BtZ-5O60

These are not my people: https://apnews.com/article/christian-leaders-trump-supporters-d6db3d71658bfad778f3cc4be1b5f984

The AG stuff you can Google for yourself, but I don’t recommend it (garbage reading, not worth your time).