
There Is Nothing Superficial About Endometriosis
There Is Nothing Superficial About Endometriosis Nikita Aashi Chadha I have stage one Endometriosis. When ...
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“Menopause matters, not just on World Menopause Day, but every day!”
Supporting Women’s Health and Wellbeing at Work will Help Everyone to (See Her) Thrive Last ...
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We need you! Become a Trustee and shape Cysters.
Cysters is a small but growing voluntary organisation, with highly ambitious plans for future expansion ...
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Being a Black Woman Experiencing Surgical Menopause
By: Amelia I. Benson I’m sure you know the phrase ‘Representation Matters’, this term has ...
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Be Womb Cancer Aware.
Written by Kaz Molloy On 23rd Dec 2009 I was diagnosed with womb cancer. The ...
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I had labiaplasty at 22 – This is what I want you to know.
What is labiaplasty?.. Perhaps you’ve heard of it by its more common name of the ...
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Why I started vlogging my illness…
I have been writing here on Cysters for over three years now... and how time ...
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Self love in isolation
So, Everyone has become a baker during this lockdown, and whilst we LOVE a good ...
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Stop Gaslighting Women of Colour and the Organisations that Support Us
Stop Gaslighting Women of Colour and the Organisations that Support Us If we have told ...
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Navigating Ramadan with a Chronic Illness
Assalamo-alaikum and hi to you all My name is Diyanah knows as Dee to a ...
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PCOS-er And Proud!
By Ritu Bhathal Remember the time you huddled together with your friends, proudly exclaiming you’d ...
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MENstruation
By Manpreet “Singh is Queer” Virk Society is broken up into binary options like male ...
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Not everyone is stock piling!
Not everyone is stock piling! As a sufferer of Endometriosis and PCOS, I am sick ...
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Surviving Mothers Day
For some of us, Mother’s Day is hard. For me there is constant reminder of ...
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What the COVID19 pandemic means for Period Poverty…
Period Poverty is a long-standing problem in the UK. It's been a cause for work/school ...
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Put yourself first…
Hello everyone - first off, it's great to be back writing for you all again ...
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Most Likely to Be Diagnosed, and Most Likely to Be Left out the Spotlight
Most Likely to Be Diagnosed & Most Likely to Be Left out the Spotlight Hiding ...
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Millennial Women: Transitioning into high gear
By Sneha Battin In a life filled with meaningfulness and accomplishments, there have been some ...
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This Is A Man’s World
It’s been just over a hundred years since women gained the right to vote and ...
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Recommended Reads for 2020 – Books That Will Challenge How You See The World
Recommended Reads for 2020 - Books That Will Challenge How You See The World Nikita ...
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#KnowYourVulva
Clare Baumhauer "There was no awareness campaign for Lichen Sclerosus or Vulval cancer so we ...
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Major research project aims to improve treatment for those with polycystic ovary syndrome
A major £2.4 million research project is underway at the University of Birmingham aimed at ...
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What is endometriosis?
By Odelia Thomas (Instagram @she.is.lotus) After sharing my journey with endometriosis, I have had questions ...
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PAINFUL HYSTEROSCOPY?
CYSTERS - if you’ve had a painful hysteroscopy – recently or in the past - ...
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White Saviourism – Why would I ask you to save me, when you can’t even save yourselves?
I’m sure you’ve all heard of the term white saviourism, but not all of you ...
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10 things I wish I could tell work about my chronic illness…
Talking about being chronically ill can be extremely difficult because even though you are ill, ...
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PCOS doesn’t hurt…
**Disclaimer: This post is intended as sarcasm and in no way is intentionally bringing down ...
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“Will I survive or do I have just a few days to live?”
Dafina Malovska’s Story Everyone has a story, and this is mine. My name is Dafina ...
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The Love Your Period Campaign: Behind the Scenes
The Love Your Period Campaign: Behind the Scenes The ‘Love Your Period’ Campaign was set ...
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PCOS: Only a Reproductive Disorder?
Elizabeth Schneider, MS If you’re like me and ever curious about your body and its ...
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Period Shaming
By Sheila Harrington Jane Garvey, one of Women’s Hour’s presenters, recently sent a pre-show tweet ...
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Embracing your health with pelvic floor exercises
Written by Sneha Battin The secret to a better you, comes with understanding your own ...
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Male Mental Illness & Fights Against Patriarchies
Male Mental Illness & Fights Against Patriarchies* Shuranjeet Singh *This article acknowledges the breadth of ...
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Let’s talk about sexual consent…
In the wake of the #MeToo movement, women and men are more willing to break ...
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Youth Activism – Making a difference
Cysters are really lucky to have some amazing youth activists, breaking barriers around reproductive and ...
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Reproducing weight stigma at the Gynaecologist’s office.
Weight Stigma is defined as bias of discrimination towards individuals who are perceived by others ...
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This is what I NEED you to know about my PMDD…
To all my friends, family, or even the ones who aren't in my life just ...
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Stop making your equals pay for a seat at the table!
So, recently there was a post here on our Cysters platform that highlighted concerns around ...
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Cervical Cancer Screening & HPV Vaccine Update
Somewhere in the world, a woman dies every 2 minutes from a totally preventable illness ...
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Use it or Lose it – White Privilege and the Danger of a Single Story
For anyone who doesn’t know me, my name is Nikita Aashi Chadha and I’m 27 ...
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Is my vagina normal?
Is my vagina normal? In short yes. But we are angry. Angry at the rise ...
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They’re hormones, not whore-moans!
I have had it with the idea that women don't have as much of a ...
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Fight Patriarchy with us!
We need you. We have a platform for you to share your stories, your thoughts ...
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“I will always be that chubby girl in a crop top…” – Insulin Resistance & Body Positivity
I am all for body positivity and loving the skin that you’re in and yet ...
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Soul Cysters – A Spotlight on PMDD
The Soul Cysters Series, is a collection of different narratives around reproductive health and wellbeing ...
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Sandwell and West Birmingham Healthcare Trust partners with Cysters
Cysters have formed a partnership with Sandwell and West Birmingham Healthcare Trust to tackle issues ...
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Founder of Cysters defies trolling and gets Special Recognition at Pride of Birmingham Awards
What. A. Night. And not one we thought we would ever be writing about. After ...
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Beyond the Invisible
We were really pleased to be invited to the launch of the Beyond the Invisible ...
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The importance of a strong support system when living with a chronic illness
Life can be hard at the best of times, for everyone, but when you're living ...
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Thank you THSH Birmingham!
International Women's Day usually means events across all sectors promoting how AWESOME women are.. and ...
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The “Hidden” costs of Endometriosis
Whas is endometriosis anyway? Quite simply put it's where the tissue that is similar to ...
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Virginity – A Social Constraint?
I’ve always believed that the concept of virginity was a social constraint. Actually, that’s a ...
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How on earth does Period Shame still exist?
Period shame. Never mind how does it still exist... how did it ever become a ...
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Is period poverty, a thing? What Can I do to help?
Cysters is a charity based on the concept of Cysterhood (pronounced Sisterhood) – and with ...
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#12DaysofCysters – The Acne and Hair Struggle
OH YEAH… How attractive?! Well… other people will just have to deal with it. The ...
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Yes you can be Hairy and Body Positive!
YOU HEARD US RIGHT. JanuHairy is the new January. What a way to kick off ...
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#12DaysofCysters – GI needs to be labelled
IF YOU CAN PUT VEGAN AND VEGETARIAN ON LABELS YOU CAN SLAP THE GI NUMBER ...
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