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Book SynopsisBetween 2016 and 2018, Elissa Bassist saw over twenty medical professionals for a variety of mysterious ailments. Bassist had what millions of American women had: pain that didn''t make sense to doctors, a body that didn''t make sense to science, a psyche that didn''t make sense to mankind. But then an acupuncturist suggested some of her physical pain could be caged fury finding expression, and that treating her voice would treat the problem. It did.
Growing up, Bassist''s family, boyfriends, school, work, and television had the same expectation for a woman''s voice: less is more. She was called dramatic and insane for speaking her mind; she was accused of overreacting and playing victim for having unexplained physical pain; she was ignored or rebuked like women throughout history for using her voice inappropriately by expressing sadness or suffering or anger or joy.
Because of this, she said yes when she meant no; she didn''t tweet #MeToo; and she never spoke without
