Episode 43: The Yellow Wallpaper and The Horror of The Dismissive Physician

https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Podcasts112/v4/54/55/f9/5455f931-9f40-8870-cce3-452500f2df96/mza_1343019029166831155.jpg/600x600bb.jpg

Crow and Fern's Guide to Weird Fiction, Folklore, Mythology, and Everything in Between

Dr. Crow and Ms. Fern

51 episodes

6 days ago

What do weird fiction and folklore have in common? That's what this giant anthropomorphic crow and fern flower (Yes, that's a thing. A folklore thing!) are here to find out! Take a deep dive into horror, fantasy, and science fiction stories of the epic, the fascinating, and the bizarre from ancient history all up to modern times. We look into all the ooey gooey madness you never knew you were missing!

Fiction

RSS

All content for Crow and Fern's Guide to Weird Fiction, Folklore, Mythology, and Everything in Between is the property of Dr. Crow and Ms. Fern and is served directly from their servers with no modification, redirects, or rehosting. The podcast is not affiliated with or endorsed by Podjoint in any way.

Fiction

https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded_nologo/31677487/31677487-1664712254936-4f87a3fb4ea9f.jpg

Episode 43: The Yellow Wallpaper and The Horror of The Dismissive Physician

Crow and Fern's Guide to Weird Fiction, Folklore, Mythology, and Everything in Between

1 hour 49 minutes 22 seconds

2 years ago

Episode 43: The Yellow Wallpaper and The Horror of The Dismissive Physician

After the birth of her daughter in 1885, Charlotte Perkins Gilman suffered from severe postpartum depression. This led her to Doctor Silas Weir Mitchell, one of the most prominent neurologists of his time and a pioneer of the once popular rest cure. Two years after her divorce and three years after the treatment, in 1892, Charlotte wrote one of her most well known works: The Yellow Wallpaper. A story about a woman led into madness after being prescribed the rest cure by none other than her physician husband.

Welcome back, children, to another Crow episode. Today we're taking a look at an important piece of horror and weird fiction: Charlotte Perkins Gilman's The Yellow Wallpaper. In doing so, we're also going to be taking a look at a rather difficult subject that many have struggled with. What happens when your medical concerns are dismissed by the medical community? What is the history behind this? How can we improve so that we don't keep slipping between the cracks? Buckle in, because we're in for a longwinded ride!

Intro music: Beeckmans: Hymne for Theremin, Oboe, String Quartet and Piano (2018) - The Alba Septet (Listen to the whole thing on youtube, you'll thank us later).

Outro music: Magic Hour by Three Chain Links

Social Media Accounts:

Instagram: crowandfernsguide

TikTok: crow_and_ferns_guide

Twitter: @Crow_and_fern

Tumblr: CrowandFern

Email: crowandfernsguide@gmail.com

References:

https://www.harrietbeecherstowecenter.org/isabella-beecher-hooker/

https://www.cwhf.org/inductees/catharine-beecher

https://www.harrietbeecherstowecenter.org/harriet-beecher-stowe/uncle-toms-cabin/

https://connecticuthistory.org/charlotte-perkins-gilman/

‘Why I wrote The Yellow Wallpaper? ’, by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

The living of Charlotte Perkins Gilman : an autobiography

The diaries of Charlotte Perkins Gilman

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapsychiatry/article-abstract/488986#:~:text=The%20name%20hysteria%20is%20derived,Celsus%2C%20Arataeus%2C%20and%20Soranus.