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005			20221005135416.0
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020			_a0306827379 _q(hardcover)
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092			_aBASSIST, E. _bB321
049			_aNFGA
100	1		_aBassist, Elissa, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aHysterical : _ba memoir / _cElissa Bassist.
250			_aFirst edition.
263			_a2209
264		1	_aNew York : _bHachette Books, _c2022.
300			_avii, 244 pages ; _c24 cm.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 225-244).
505	0		_aMedical history -- Hysterical woman -- Crazy psycho bitch -- Who gets to speak and why -- Girls versus boys in conversation -- Why I didn't say no -- Emperors without clothes -- Must-see dead-girl TV -- STFU -- Silence and noise -- Hysteria reboot -- Speak again -- Reclaiming women's voices.
520			_a"Equal parts medical mystery, cultural criticism, and rallying cry, writer Elissa Bassist shares her journey to reclaim her authentic voice in a culture that doesn't listen to women. Between 2016 and 2018, Elissa Bassist saw over twenty medical professionals for a variety of mysterious ailments. Bassist had what millions of American women had: pain that didn't make sense to doctors, a body that didn't make sense to science, a psyche that didn't make sense to mankind. But then an acupuncturist suggested some of her physical pain could be caged fury finding expression, and that treating her voice would treat the problem. It did. Growing up, Bassist's family, boyfriends, school, work, and television had the same expectation for a woman's voice: less is more. She was called dramatic and insane for speaking her mind; she was accused of overreacting and playing victim for having unexplained physical pain; she was ignored or rebuked like women throughout history for using her voice "inappropriately" by expressing sadness or suffering or anger or joy. Because of this, she said "yes" when she meant "no"; she didn't tweet #MeToo; and she never spoke without fear of being "too emotional." So, she felt rage, but like a good woman, repressed it. In Hysterical, Bassist explains how girls and women internalize and perpetuate directives about their voice, making it hard to emote or "just speak up" and "burn down the patriarchy." But her silence hurt more than anything she could ever say. Hysterical is a memoir of a voice lost and found, and a primer on new ways to think about a woman's voice, where it's being squashed and where it needs amplification. Bassist breaks her own silences and calls on others to do the same-to unmute their voice, listen to it above all others, and use it again without regret"-- _cProvided by publisher.
600	1	0	_aBassist, Elissa _xHealth.
650		0	_aWomen's health services _zUnited States. _936437
650		0	_aWomen _xHealth and hygiene _zUnited States.
650		0	_aSexism in medicine _zUnited States.
650		0	_aWomen _zUnited States _xSocial conditions. _948437
650		0	_aWomen authors, American _vBiography. _9148331
655		7	_aAutobiographies. _2lcgft _9728
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