To me, FemTruth means I represent my experience without needing validation from a patriarchal society.
I find when I share my story, others say "Me too"
I honor the FemTruth in you, simply stated,
"I believe you"
Silvia, Founder, FemTruth, TM, copyright 2017 All Rights Reserved
Join the FemTruth Movement to end gender discrimination in education, medicine and policy.
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Awakening The Hero Inside
An invisible illness stripped Silvia of her career, social circles and independence, challenging her to rebuild her best life possible. Silvia intimately shares how she overcame her most crushing decade, after enduring twenty-five years of gaslighting and misdiagnoses. By practicing five insightful and universal lifelines to conquer life's tragedies, she motivates and inspires her audience to awaken the hero inside. Silvia also shares taboo truths of living inside the female body in a patriarchal society, a history of reproductive healthcare to our current reality, from the patient's experience, and an unfiltered Q&A. All lectures are based on personal experience and extensive research. Email: Silviasyoung@gmail.com for more information. |
In-Person and Online Author Visits with Best-Selling Author
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My FemTruth
by Silvia Young A personal and inspiring memoir shedding light on overcoming adversity through female empowerment, perserverance and creative rebellion. From bedridden to advocacy, and the crazy train in between. |
"I read Silvia's book right when I was connecting the dots in my own struggle to understand my diagnosis and my ridiculously long diagnosis delay of 22 years (lots of gaslighting). I read every book I could find on endometriosis but I wanted to hear the real struggles. Thank you for sharing the raw truth of how difficult an endo diagnosis journey is, and how we need to change that. Thank you too for making me feel less alone, as well as inspired."
Kate, Amazon Review
Bring Advocacy Play
GASLIT
To Your Campus
GASLIT, A FemTruth Production, is an advocacy play available to campuses nationwide, and in collaboration with Period.org chapters and more. Ninety minutes, no costumes, sets, or rehearsals needed, just an audience ready to learn about sexism in medicine in a series of personal accounts, followed by a break-out session to address menstruation discrimination policies.
Silvia is also a VDAY Vagina Monologues director supporting an end to violence against girls and women. This event takes place annually in March to coincide with global awareness campaigns.
Email Silviasyoung@gmail.com for more information.
Silvia is also a VDAY Vagina Monologues director supporting an end to violence against girls and women. This event takes place annually in March to coincide with global awareness campaigns.
Email Silviasyoung@gmail.com for more information.
" 'When I was eleven I had a secret, my insides were trying to kill me...'
Writer, activist, and stage 4 endometriosis and infertility survivor Silvia Young wrote a play based on her experiences, and let us tell you, it's POWERFUL. Endometriosis, first recognized during Socrates, affects 1in10 girls and women. GASLIT sheds light on social injustice and challenges the audience to champion policy to end the systemic gender abuses. Proud to be working with Silvia to bring GASLIT to our campus chapters."
Eudora, Period.org
Women's Rights, Women's Health & Patient's Rights
Change Agent
Founder of FemTruth (c), an advocacy platform for all female patient voices, Silvia's work has led her to be quoted, photographed and interviewed on television and online advocating for women's health, patient's rights, endometriosis, the tampon tax, menstruation discrimination, reproductive health education, and empowerment: National Organization of Women (NOW), California NOW, Women's March Bay Area, Miss CEO, the San Francisco Board of Supervisor's Healthcare Press Conference, Bay Area Town Halls on Healthcare, Planned Parenthood Northern California, PussyHat Project, Hillary Ronen, KRON-TV, WSA-TV, the San Francisco Examiner, the New York Times, and the upcoming documentary 'The Endo Army, 176 Million & Counting' and more.
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National Organization Of Women 2018
Panel Moderator and Spotlight Speaker
   
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"Endometriosis has taken so much from so many of us. But this disease has given us extraordinary women who push the community forward. From the ashes of heartbreak and pain have risen women like Silvia Young who fights for us everyday, through the hurt and barriers, to ensure the next generation is heard on their very first appointment."
Melissa, EndoInvisible.org
Activism
#UnitedStatesofEndo
A FemTruth Campaign copyright 2018
U.S. MidTerms 2018 - U.S. Elections 2020
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Collaboration is the foundation of solidarity and progressive change.
Proud contributor and supporter of these first-ever initiatives.
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Thank you for all your interest in my advocacy tees.
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YouTube Channel 31 FemTruths
Endometriosis Campaign 2017
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COMING SOON...
Alive Media Publishing:
- Book: "I'm Fine" - The Stories Behind the Smiles. A FemTruth Publication of Endometriosis Stories, 30+ contributers
- Book: Flo & Friends - A Girl's Guide to Health and Wellness. A FemTruth Publication for students.
STAY TUNED...
- FemTruth Retreat(s)
- FemTruth Documentary