Rupture (short film)

a true story highlighting the #genderpaingap written/directed by @arielbond starring @lucymmcnulty @strangecompanyp

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@LucyMcNulty Shout-out to production designer Tony Devenyi, set decorator Mecca Thornhill & propmaster Dale Darlington for transforming this former executive office into a gynecological exam room, complete w/ realistic ultrasound graphics & all.

#genderpaingap #shortfilm

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🖼️ Films Still: Part 10.

In the final scene of the film, Tess (@lucymcnulty) visits a gynecologist (played by the incredibly lovely & poignant Miranda Edwards) who finally gives her abdominal pain a diagnosis -- an ovarian cyst rupture.

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@LucyMcNulty After 12 hrs of gaslighting, this gynecologist is the 1st person to truly 'see' Tess & validate her pain, unsurprised by the lack of understanding & poor treatment she faced in the ER. The film ends on her dialogue:
"Pain's so subjective...especially when it comes from a woman."

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... Women are 3x more likely to die from a major heart attack due to unequal diagnostics and treatment, a direct result of the #genderpaingap

#shortfilm #still #genderhealthgap #medicalgaslighting #womenshealth #ovariancyst #pain #heartattack #genderpaingap

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🖼️ Film Stills: Pt 6.

Anesha Bailey breathes dimension into our transition from the ambulance to the hospital, where she advocates for her mother struggling with severe chest pain. This action was written to reflect the following statistic...

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🖼️ Film Stills: Pt 4.

Jessie Liang, our hero nurse, serving up looks of disdain.

#genderpaingap #shortfilm #still #genderhealthgap #medicalgaslighting #womenshealth #ovariancyst #nurse #acting #rupture

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🖼️ Film Stills: Pt 3.

In love with the performances by Julien Galipeau, Pedro M. Siqueira & @thelipscombe in this scene, finding our hero Tess (@lucymcnultyy) in pain on the floor.

#genderpaingap #shortfilm #genderhealthgap #medicalgaslighting #ovariancyst #rupture

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🖼️ Film Stills: Part 2.

One of my favorite shots in the film. After a night of medical gaslighting, Tess (@lucymcnulty) calls her friend living with an invisible disability to apologize for misjudging her pain.

#genderpaingap #shortfilm #still #downtownvancouver

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🖼️ Film Stills: Part 1.

Tess (@lucymcnulty) calls 911 after a mysterious pain in her abdomen forces her to pass out.

#genderpaingap #shortfilm #still #genderhealthgap #medicalgaslighting #womenshealth #ovariancyst #pain #rupture

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@nytimes @serialpodcast Through @rupture_film my hope is to continue the discourse that #TheRetrievals started and many other wonderful women writers have covered in news articles & nonfiction books that I'll highlight soon.

🔗 https://t.co/3nyxB4lbaK

#womenspain #medicalgastlighting

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Inspirations & Further Learning: Pt 1. The catalyst for making this film was a podcast from @nytimes & @serialpodcast called #TheRetrivals. If you haven't heard of it I urge you to give it a listen. It is a shocking & devastating account of the dismissal of women's pain.

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@nytimes @serialpodcast ....that sent me to the hospital while working on Spider-Man: Far From Home on location in New York. I used to be someone who was part of the problem. I gaslit myself for my own pain, and judged female friends who weren't as 'tough' as I was. That night, all of that changed.

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Keep speaking your truths (or as the doctor quoted in this article puts it: "stamping your feet") about the #genderpaingap & #medicalgaslighting.

Together, we can fight this. 👊 🤍

Full article by @teddyrosenbluth in @NYTimes here:
https://t.co/5uVzSTFwZt

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#ICYMI - Huge #GenderPainGap news last week re: IUDs & #painmanagement.

I cannot stress how big of a deal this is. 🧵

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When we speak up, change happens. Change in the form of new #CDC guidance.

"Doctors have been accused of ignoring the discomfort. For the first time, federal health officials recommended on Tuesday that physicians counsel women about pain management before the procedure."

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Check out this article/video as a great explainer on the #GenderPainGap

"More needs to be done to understand women’s pain and how as a society, we can overcome the barriers to how women experience pain."

[Shaheena Uddin @shaheena_uddin]

Gender Pain Gap: Women more likely to be “medically gaslit”

Did you know 1 in 2 women have felt their pain was dismissed because of gender?

The #GenderPainGap widened to 11% in 2023, according to data from Nurofen #SeeMyPain

Read my latest @SW_Londoner: https://t.co/nLPtgu7eHd