Endometriosis Is a Real Pain
So many of us underestimate our pain, because we've been socialized to believe we're making something out of nothing. But aches are often an alarm system that can save our lives.
Jess Zimmerman
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Jess Zimmerman is the editor-in-chief of Electric Literature and the author of 'Women and Other Monsters,' an essay collection on feminism and mythological creatures. Her essays and opinion writing have appeared in the Guardian, the New Republic, Slate, Hazlitt, Catapult, and others. She lives in Brooklyn.
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