In this week’s episode storyteller and senior producer of The Story Collider podcast, Erin Barker, talks about her experience with Interstitial Cystitis and Vulvodynia, some of the the uncomfortable social situations her condition has put her in, being the weird girl at work, and the magic of Botox.
In today’s bonus episode we talk about podcasting and sharing their stories, Erin's work with The Story Collider and The Moth, and the somewhat unorthodox relationship she developed with her faith during some of the darker times in her experience with IC and Vulvodynia.
Episode page: http://www.insicknesspod.com/blog/2016/2/9/keep-telling-it
Erin on Twitter: @ErinHBarker
Erin’s IC + Vulvodynia story that won The Moth GrandSLAM storytelling competition: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1F5Qrl_9YGM
An earlier version of the story told on The Story Collider: http://www.storycollider.org/stories/2016/1/6/erin-barker-oh-just-those-four-things
Erin’s stories told at The Moth: http://themoth.org/posts/storytellers/erin-barker
Post about episodes of Story Collider that helped her develop as a producer: http://erinhbarker.tumblr.com/post/59597703702/the-coming-of-age-of-a-story-collider-producer
The Story Collider: http://www.storycollider.org/
About IC from the Interstitial Cystitis Association: http://www.ichelp.org/about-ic/
What is Vulvodynia? From the National Vulvodynia Association: http://www.nva.org/what-is-vulvodynia/
On Language; The Vapors from the New York Times Magazine: http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/24/magazine/the-way-we-live-now-3-24-02-on-language-the-vapors.html
Vulva and Vagina from Our Bodies, Ourselves: http://www.ourbodiesourselves.org/health-info/self-exam-vulva-vagina/
Let's Clear Up The Vagina vs. Vulva Debate Once And For All: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/lets-clear-up-the-vagina-vs-vulva-debate-once-and-for-all_us_562f99dfe4b06317990f73c8
About Georgia O’Keefe: http://www.okeeffemuseum.org/about-georgia-okeeffe/
Selected works by Georgia O’Keefe: http://www.georgiaokeeffe.net/paintings.jsp
Tumblr post about Georgia O’Keefe’s later work: http://insicknesspod.tumblr.com/post/138936641617/martyrized-georgia-okeefes-later-works-werent
A brief history of the vagina in art: http://www.timeout.com/newyork/art/a-brief-history-of-the-vagina-in-art-slide-show
Article about pelvic organ prolapse: https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/social-issues/a-hidden-epidemic-millions-of-women-suffer-pelvic-floor-disorders-silently/2015/12/22/f5997966-a6d5-11e5-b53d-972e2751f433_story.html?postshare=2521450821833839&tid=ss_tw
More information about pelvic organ prolapse from Voices for Pelvic Floor Dysfunction: http://www.voicesforpfd.org/p/cm/ld/fid=6
