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Zoe Cunniffe

Zoe Cunniffe is a writer who focuses on chronic illness, medical misogyny, and the doctor-patient relationship. You can find more of her writing on her Substack, Reality Tunnels. 

Gynecologist holding vaginal speculum. (Getty Images / Peter Dazeley)

“I didn’t feel it at all:” Pain from pap smears is often ignored. New methods help patients avoid it

Zoe Cunniffe