"My Life Through The Eyes of my Pelvic Floor (So… My P*ssy?)" with Ilana Glazer

About this episode

Ilana shares her personal journey with chronic pain and empowerment through the lens of her pelvic floor.

Ilana takes us on a coming-of-age journey through the eyes her pelvic floor. In a very personal episode, Ilana shares about her chronic pain from ages 4 to 24, placing this experience into the context of the patriarchal culture of the 90’s and 2000’s, and how her discovery of the appropriate diagnosis and treatment combined with the creation of Broad City as a creative vessel helped her to finally emerge pain free and empowered. Enjoying It’s Open with Ilana Glazer? The best way to support t...

People in this episode

Host: Ilana Glazer

Topics covered

• chronic pain
• patriarchal culture
• coming-of-age
• empowerment
• personal journey

Keywords

• pelvic floor
• chronic pain
• 90's culture
• 2000's culture
• empowerment
• diagnosis
• treatment

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Broad City

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