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Ema O'Connor
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BuzzFeed News Politics reporter covering reproductive policy. A troll once called me a "Shame to the Irish diaspora." Tell me secrets: [email protected]
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@o_ema
Ema O'Connor
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Good morning. Happy Saturday. Hope you enjoyed #InternatioalWomensDay. You should celebrate it again by reading my & @VeraMBergen’s article: twitter.com/verambergen/st…
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@o_ema
Ema O'Connor
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Yesterday @VeraMBergen and I published a piece detailing how misogyny can endanger the health and lives of women in the military. It’s useful to look at the military as a microcosm of this issue, but this happens constantly in civilian medicine as well. buzzfeednews.com/amphtml/emaoco… pic.twitter.com/cuaUUFzwpb
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@jenniferamorris
Jenn Morris Cummings
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Thank you @VeraMBergen and @o_ema for this important piece. My mom was medically discharged just shy of 20 years in the Air Force after complications from a botched medical procedure and years of misdiagnoses. She didn't get retirement benefits she was counting on. twitter.com/VeraMBergen/st…
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@LizBorkowski
Liz Borkowski
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“Military doctors dismissed it as “female problems,” period cramps. It was “normal,” they were told. It was said or implied that they were overreacting.” @o_ema and @VeraMBergen report on how the military medical system is failing women. buzzfeednews.com/article/emaoco…
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@groth_rubini
I’m not a feminist, you’re sexist
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#WomenRiseUp
#WomenInTheMilitary
I am long legged and short waisted... even the extra small body armor was to big around on me, no matter how tight
Military Doctors Told Them It Was Just "Female Problems." Weeks Later, They Were In The Hospital. buzzfeednews.com/article/emaoco…
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@threadreaderapp
Thread Reader App
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Hello, there is your unroll: Thread by @VeraMBergen: "When I was laid off in January, in the middle of reporting this story, I resigned myself to not finishing it. @o_ema nev […]" threadreaderapp.com/thread/1104138…
See you soon. 🤖
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@o_ema
Ema O'Connor
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This is all true. twitter.com/medinamora/sta…
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@VeraMBergen
Vera Bergengruen
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These are not obscure medical problems - either basic womens' health or just ignorance of how military service impacts women differently than men. When they went to civilian doctors, the women we spoke with were immediately diagnosed, for many too late buzzfeednews.com/article/emaoco…
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@VeraMBergen
Vera Bergengruen
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Seriously, just read these stories.
Can you imagine being deployed in Iraq, in sudden acute pain, and the best military doctors can do is accuse you of having an STD?
They only acknowledged it was bad when she couldn't walk to meals. buzzfeednews.com/article/emaoco… pic.twitter.com/Vqe5YsT3G5
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@VeraMBergen
Vera Bergengruen
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"Problem soldiers," "girly issues," "whiny," "complainers," "not tough enough."
Meanwhile female troops just want military doctors to not brush their pain off as "female stuff" - so they can do their damn jobs while deployed abroad risking their lives. buzzfeednews.com/article/emaoco… pic.twitter.com/jUuZ7iDKbr
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@o_ema
Ema O'Connor
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So happy it worked! Couldn’t have done it without you @VeraMBergen twitter.com/verambergen/st…
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@o_ema
Ema O'Connor
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They didn’t want to complain, but the sharp abdominal pain was becoming debilitating. Military doctors dismissed it as “female problems,” period cramps. In a matter of weeks, they were in the hospital fighting for their lives. buzzfeednews.com/article/emaoco…
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@mimms
Sarah Mimms
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“I laugh when [the Pentagon] says they take care of women in the military,” Rebecca Lipe, a retired Air Force captain who served in Iraq, told BuzzFeed News. “No. Women in the military take care of other women in the military.”
buzzfeednews.com/article/emaoco…
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@mimms
Sarah Mimms
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There is already "a pervasive problem" of doctors "dismissing women’s pain as false or exaggerated, but it is exacerbated in a mostly male military environment" & by "a lack of understanding of how military service impacts women differently than men." buzzfeednews.com/article/emaoco…
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@Mr_Berman
Matt Berman
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"In the cases of at least six of the women who spoke to BuzzFeed News, military doctors' inability or unwillingness to properly diagnose women’s health problems put their lives at risk” buzzfeednews.com/article/emaoco… from @o_ema and @VeraMBergen
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@o_ema
Ema O'Connor
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Military Doctors Told Them It Was Just "Female Problems." Weeks Later, They Were In The Hospital. buzzfeednews.com/article/emaoco…
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| 8 במרץ |
@Lkatzenberg
Lauren Katzenberg
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Today for International Women's Day @nytimesatwar published 40 stories from servicewomen and veterans about their experiences in the military nytimes.com/2019/03/08/mag…
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| 6 במרץ |
@o_ema
Ema O'Connor
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it's a koozie that I put a plant in actually! But isn't it awesome.
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| 6 במרץ |
@o_ema
Ema O'Connor
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My new desk is repping hard @bfnewsunion pic.twitter.com/GJXQgcuolb
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| 6 במרץ |
@nidhiprakash
Nidhi Prakash
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Here's the bill help.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/…
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