May I End My Life With You?

Over two years ago, the magnificent Beth Mazur ended her life while visiting me. I miss her. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/03/s...

An Ode to My New Library And all the third places I’ve loved before

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

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-...

2025 ME Conference - ICanCME

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...

Headshot of Maya Dusenbery with the text "FQ Lounge @ SXSW" and "Maya Dusebery, journalist and author, Doing Harm"

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

Takeaways from Doing Harm by Maya Dusenbery TikTok video by Anna Akana

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...

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.

"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...