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If you asked Lara Parker what the weirdest thing about her life is, her experience of living with chronic reproductive health conditions such as endometriosis actually wouldn\u2019t top the list. Rather, it would maybe be what happens when she talks about the reproductive disorder online, and how people react when they recognize her on the street as \u201cthe girl with the vagina problems.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s weird being remembered as the girl who talks about her vagina all the time. I kind of made my disorder part of my identity by accident, since I talk about it all the time\u2014but it\u2019s okay, most of the time. The other day, I was going into my building, and the mail lady stopped me. This was like the first time I\u2019ve ever seen her, but she stopped me, no problem. She just looked me in the face and was like, \u2018Did you do a video about putting Botox in your vagina?\u2019\u201d Parker laughs, and you can practically hear her shake her head through the phone. \u201c\u2019Yes, yes I did. I did a couple more like that; have you seen those, too?\u201d<\/p>\n

For Parker, talking about her \u201cvagina problems\u201d<\/em>, as she dubs them, is all in a day\u2019s work. Other people think it\u2019s oversharing, which is an odd sentiment, when you take a moment to consider what we share every day.<\/p>\n

When it comes to personal things, most people have no trouble sharing, be it in person or on social media. Usually, you\u2019re just as likely to hear about someone\u2019s life and\/or most recent trip to the bathroom as you are to just hearing about how their day went. However, a few topics seem to still be completely off the table for discussion, and most of them are labeled \u201cLady Problems.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

As such, endometriosis (a disorder where a tissue like the uterine lining, or endometrium, grows where it doesn\u2019t belong, causing a lot of pain and problems like infertility, chronic fatigue and pain associated with sex, etc.) is consigned there. Up until recent years, it has been a hush-hush kind of topic, which, considering that the disorder affects one in ten people with uteri, is a problem. In a world that overshares just about everything with everyone, labeling something that affects so many people as gross, or even irrelevant, is anything but productive.<\/p>\n

So, when a casual search online brings up pages after pages of endometriosis experts and sufferers all saying the same thing\u2014that it should be talked about more\u2014suddenly being known for videos about reproductive health issues is not embarrassing whatsoever. It makes you a person on a mission, as Parker can attest. And she\u2019s not the only one on that mission. In the past few years, there has been some major improvement on the talking front. From celebrities to regular women, endometriosis is a hot topic, with communities bonding over shared pain.<\/p>\n

Parker, a senior editor at BuzzFeed, falls somewhere between celebrity and regular woman, but that helps spreading the word more than hinders, providing a relatable and credible role model and activist to follow. Another thing that helps? Working at one of the biggest online presences, where she has a major platform and advantage, and she\u2019s not afraid to use it. Though she began her work at Buzzfeed in 2014, she says that she started writing on endometriosis (which she was diagnosed with when she was twenty-one) in 2012.<\/p>\n

In her experience, sharing has done nothing but help things along, both in her life and spreading awareness about the disorder. After struggling for eight and a half years to receive an official diagnosis, Parker has made up for lost time by writing\u2014and she has much to say. From advice to other endometriosis sufferers to suggestions and demands for medical professionals to consider women\u2019s health issues, this writer has no qualms about sharing her words of wisdom.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt feels natural to talk about it now. At first, I was embarrassed about it, because anyone and everyone can find out about what is happening with my vagina\u2014all they have to do is Google me. But now, well, I don\u2019t think much about it. When I first started talking about it, I knew that other women had these experiences, but I didn\u2019t know how many. That, and having the platform that I do [with BuzzFeed], has kept me going.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe best way to raise awareness about these kinds of things, to deal with these things, is to talk and not take no for an answer. If you\u2019re not diagnosed, but you\u2019ve done the research and everything makes sense: be your own advocate. It takes forever to be diagnosed because people don\u2019t take you seriously\u2014but they don\u2019t know your body like you do. And if you\u2019re diagnosed, you\u2019re not alone or helpless.”<\/p>\n

“There\u2019s so many people who know exactly how you feel, and you can find them just by sharing your story.”<\/p>\n

-Lara Parker, Senior Editor at BuzzFeed<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

“Everyone has one. It\u2019s seeing stories from \u2018regular\u2019 people that inspires me. Those are my role models and why I keep talking. That\u2019s why the conversation is so important.\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If you asked Lara Parker what the weirdest thing about her life is, her experience of living with chronic reproductive health conditions such as endometriosis actually wouldn\u2019t top the list. 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