THEY CALLED HER CRAZY… THEN DESTROYED HER LIFE

About this episode

Christi Chanelle explores the historical medicalization of women's emotions and autonomy under the diagnosis of hysteria, highlighting its implications today.

Send us Fan Mail They used to call women hysterical… and lock them away for it. In this episode, Christi Chanelle breaks down the disturbing history of how women’s emotions, voices, and autonomy were once medicalized and controlled under the diagnosis of “hysteria”—and why that pattern may not be as far behind us as we think. From 19th-century asylums to the tragic story of Rosemary Kennedy, this episode exposes how power has historically responded to women it couldn’t control. Then we fast-f...

People in this episode

Host: Christi Chanelle

Topics covered

• hysteria
• women's rights
• mental health
• history
• power dynamics
• autonomy

Keywords

• hysteria
• women
• history
• mental health
• autonomy
• power
• Rosemary Kennedy

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