So I encourage women experiencing symptoms to do some research and talk to their doctors about HRT if they're interested in pursuing this treatment. And everyone, cut us 40/50-somethings some slack. Our bodies really are not being nice to us.

Peri-menopause symptoms generally start in people's 30s/40s and are quite unpleasant for many. You've probably heard about hot flashes, but night sweats, mood changes, sleep disturbances, cognitive changes like brain fog, weight gain, vaginal dryness and joint/muscle pain are also common.

Women's health has long been neglected and women's symptoms long ignored/minimized, so this is extremely good news for women, especially considering every person with a uterus who lives long enough will experience menopause.

I cannot take HRT because my breast cancer was hormone positive for estrogen and progesterone (the two main hormones used in HRT), but I have heard many positive things from other women taking it, with a significant increase in quality of life.

The black box warning came 20+ years ago after a poorly designed study found a "statistically non-significant increase in the risk of breast cancer diagnosis." Because of this, many doctors have refused to prescribe it in the years since.

For those who don't know, hormone replacement therapy (HRT) provides tremendous benefits to peri-menopausal / menopausal women, reducing the sometimes horrific symptoms of menopause while improving bone density and, for some, reducing cardiovascular risks as well as risks of some cancers.

Yes and yes. :)

The last search I chaired, we used an internal (university) system for submitting files that compiled them into a single PDF. I then individually downloaded each PDF for the search committee to evaluate.

Jill gives background on how the paper and how hard it was to get feminist HCI research published at the time. #cscw2025

Michaelanne encourages all of use to use our power to say the hard things. We need more honesty, vulnerability, and collective engagement. #cscw2025

Michaelanne talks about joining this project before she even started grad school—she volunteered to get research experience and was immediately drawn to Jill’s research. This is what led her to get a human-centered computing PhD. #cscw2025

Amy @asbruckman.bsky.social talks about the importance of partnering with people and orgs in the community of interest, and the need for humility in doing this research. #cscw2025