Conversations with Friends Gets at the Agony and Frustration of Endometriosis
glamour.comConversations with Friends, the TV adaptation of her book of the same name, the affair between Frances (Alison Oliver), a college student and aspiring writer, and Nick (Joe Alwyn), a married actor, feels predictable and disappointingly dull.
But in the background of the series is actually something quite revolutionary for television—Frances’ struggle with endometriosis.Endometriosis occasionally pops up on medical shows through case-of-the-week storylines, but having a main character endure the pain and confusion that comes with the disease?
Basically unheard of, and incredibly important. Frances’s experience isn’t universal, but the series captures the emotional and physical agony of endometriosis.
Highlighting the condition could raise significant awareness of the severity of endometriosis, which affects about .In the , endometriosis is a progressive gynecological condition where the tissue that lines the uterus builds up outside of it, usually on other reproductive organs.
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