Maya Dusenbery
@mayadusenbery.bsky.social
Journalist, editor, and author of Doing Harm: The Truth About How Bad Medicine and Lazy Science Leave Women Dismissed, Misdiagnosed, and Sick. www.mayadusenbery.com
ICYMI, my recent piece on libraries, "third places," community, and why I will be forever nostalgia for college: mayadusenbery.substack.com/p/an-ode-to-...
An Ode to My New Library
And all the third places I’ve loved before
mayadusenbery.substack.com
November 6, 2025 at 5:22 PM
ICYMI, my recent piece on libraries, "third places," community, and why I will be forever nostalgia for college: mayadusenbery.substack.com/p/an-ode-to-...
I was inspired by my newly renovated public library to resurrect my newsletter with this ode to "third places," college, and community. (Shout-out to the Albina @multcolib.bsky.social and the @carleton.edu library!) mayadusenbery.substack.com/p/an-ode-to-...
An Ode to My New Library
And all the third places I’ve loved before
mayadusenbery.substack.com
November 5, 2025 at 11:40 PM
I was inspired by my newly renovated public library to resurrect my newsletter with this ode to "third places," college, and community. (Shout-out to the Albina @multcolib.bsky.social and the @carleton.edu library!) mayadusenbery.substack.com/p/an-ode-to-...
Honored to be speaking about ME, gender bias in medicine, and women's "unexplained" chronic illness at the #ICanCME2025 conference this afternoon. Thanks @icancmeresearch.bsky.social! icancme.ca/research/202...
2025 ME Conference - ICanCME
icancme.ca
November 4, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Honored to be speaking about ME, gender bias in medicine, and women's "unexplained" chronic illness at the #ICanCME2025 conference this afternoon. Thanks @icancmeresearch.bsky.social! icancme.ca/research/202...
I'll be on a panel tomorrow at the @femalequotient.bsky.social Lounge @ #SXSW talking about advancing health care for women. RSVP here: thefemalequotient.equalitylounge.com/sxsw25
March 7, 2025 at 5:14 PM
I'll be on a panel tomorrow at the @femalequotient.bsky.social Lounge @ #SXSW talking about advancing health care for women. RSVP here: thefemalequotient.equalitylounge.com/sxsw25
Thrilled to find this excellent 5-minute synopsis of my book from @annaakana.bsky.social on TikTok. Sad but not surprised by the 800+ comments from women sharing their own stories of being dismissed and misdiagnosed by health care providers. www.tiktok.com/@annaakana/v...
Takeaways from Doing Harm by Maya Dusenbery
TikTok video by Anna Akana
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November 26, 2024 at 6:11 PM
Thrilled to find this excellent 5-minute synopsis of my book from @annaakana.bsky.social on TikTok. Sad but not surprised by the 800+ comments from women sharing their own stories of being dismissed and misdiagnosed by health care providers. www.tiktok.com/@annaakana/v...
"As energy-depleting illnesses that disproportionately affect women, long Covid and M.E./C.F.S. are easily belittled by a sexist society that trivializes women’s pain, and a capitalist one that values people according to their productivity." www.nytimes.com/2023/12/11/o...
Opinion | Reporting on Long Covid Taught Me to Be a Better Journalist
Covering long Covid solidified my view that science is not the objective, neutral force that it is often said to be.
www.nytimes.com
December 11, 2023 at 7:49 PM
"As energy-depleting illnesses that disproportionately affect women, long Covid and M.E./C.F.S. are easily belittled by a sexist society that trivializes women’s pain, and a capitalist one that values people according to their productivity." www.nytimes.com/2023/12/11/o...
Exciting news: Jill Biden and the impressive Carolyn Mazure will lead a new White House initiative to close the gender gap in health research: thehill.com/homenews/adm...
November 13, 2023 at 5:23 PM
Exciting news: Jill Biden and the impressive Carolyn Mazure will lead a new White House initiative to close the gender gap in health research: thehill.com/homenews/adm...