Bleed by Tracey Lindeman

Have you ever been told that your pain is imaginary? That feeling better just takes yoga, CBD oil, and the blood of a unicorn on a full moon? That's the reality of the more than 190 million people suffering the excruciating condition known as endometriosis. This disease affecting one in ten cis women and uncounted numbers of others is chronically overlooked, underfunded, and misunderstood and improperly treated across the medical system. Discrimination and medical gaslighting are rife in endo care, often leaving patients worse off than when they arrived.

Journalist Tracey Lindeman knows it all too well. Decades of suffering from endometriosis propelled the creation ofBLEED part memoir, part investigative journalism, and all scathing indictment of how the medical system fails patients. Through extensive interviews and research,BLEEDtracks the modern endo experience to the origins of medicine and how the system gained its power by marginalizing women. Using an intersectional lens,BLEEDdives into how the system perpetuates misogyny, racism, classism, ageism, transphobia, fatphobia, and other prejudices to this day.

BLEEDisn't a self-help book. It's an evidence file and an eye-opening, enraging read. It will validate those who have been gaslit, mistreated, or ignored by medicine and spur readers to fight for nothing short of revolution. (From ECW Press)

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Tracey Lindeman is a freelance journalist, who has reported for The Guardian, The Atlantic, Al Jazeera, Maclean's, The Walrus, the Globe and Mail, CBC and many others. She is based in western Quebec.

Interviews withTracey Lindeman

New book discusses the journey of those living with endometriosis

2 years ago

Duration 5:24

Tracey Lindeman's book 'BLEED: destroying myths and misogyny in endometriosis care' is coming out on March 21st.

Endometriosis goes underdiagnosed in Canada, advocates say

2 years ago

Duration 2:02

Endometriosis is a debilitating illness that affects roughly 10 per cent of women, but getting it diagnosed and treated in Canada can take years.