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'''Jennifer Brea''' is | '''Jennifer Brea''' is a filmmaker, activist and [[ME]] patient. Along with [[Beth Mazur]], she co-founded #[[MEAction]]. Jennifer is also founder of [[MEpedia]] and director of ''[[Unrest]]'', an award-wining documentary film about living with the illness. | ||
Jennifer was initially misdiagnosed with "[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conversion_disorder conversion disorder]" instead of [[ME]]; she was permanently injured after a walk home from her neurologist's office and should have been told to get complete bed rest for her best chance of recovery. <ref>[http://www.blogtalkradio.com/thecoffeeklatch/2013/10/26/jennifer-brea--canary-in-a-coal-mine Jennifer Brea - Canary In A Coal Mine - The Coffee Klatch - Listen @4:00]</ref> | Jennifer was initially misdiagnosed with "[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conversion_disorder conversion disorder]" instead of [[ME]]; she was permanently injured after a walk home from her neurologist's office and should have been told to get complete bed rest for her best chance of recovery. <ref>[http://www.blogtalkradio.com/thecoffeeklatch/2013/10/26/jennifer-brea--canary-in-a-coal-mine Jennifer Brea - Canary In A Coal Mine - The Coffee Klatch - Listen @4:00]</ref> | ||
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==Articles== | ==Articles== | ||
*Dec 27, 2017 - [https://www.bostonglobe.com/magazine/2017/12/27/they-told-illness-was-all-head-was-because-woman/47zuihgBfZqPdNe7S40hSJ/amp.html ''They told me my illness was all in my head. Was it because I’m a woman?''] in The Boston Globe | *Dec 27, 2017 - [https://www.bostonglobe.com/magazine/2017/12/27/they-told-illness-was-all-head-was-because-woman/47zuihgBfZqPdNe7S40hSJ/amp.html ''They told me my illness was all in my head. Was it because I’m a woman?''] in The Boston Globe | ||
== Talks & Interviews == | == Talks & Interviews == | ||
*May 18, 2017 - [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Najd5O7usnQ Recording of Congressional Briefing on ME/CFS] ([http://solvecfs.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/InvisibleCrisis_wide_051817-print.pdf Slides of briefing]) | *May 18, 2017 - [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Najd5O7usnQ Recording of Congressional Briefing on ME/CFS] ([http://solvecfs.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/InvisibleCrisis_wide_051817-print.pdf Slides of briefing]) | ||
*January 2017 - [https://www.ted.com/talks/jen_brea_what_happens_when_you_have_a_disease_doctors_can_t_diagnose#t-826118 TED talk] | *January 2017 - [https://www.ted.com/talks/jen_brea_what_happens_when_you_have_a_disease_doctors_can_t_diagnose#t-826118 TED talk] | ||
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== Awards == | == Awards == | ||
*2015, [http://www.indiewire.com/2013/12/congrats-to-canary-in-a-coal-mine-novembers-project-of-the-month-241464/ Indie Wire Project of the Month - November] | *2015, [http://www.indiewire.com/2013/12/congrats-to-canary-in-a-coal-mine-novembers-project-of-the-month-241464/ Indie Wire Project of the Month - November] | ||
*2013, [http://www.prohealth.com/library/showArticle.cfm?libid=18613&site=articles ProHealth Advocate of the Year] | *2013, [http://www.prohealth.com/library/showArticle.cfm?libid=18613&site=articles ProHealth Advocate of the Year] | ||
==Learn more== | ==Learn more== | ||
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennifer_Brea Wikipedia - Jennifer Brea] | *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennifer_Brea Wikipedia - Jennifer Brea] | ||
*2016, [https://medium.com/@eejackson/women-vs-hysteria-no-more-678b2f8f1193#.zr8tmw7ty Women vs. Hysteria No More…] | *2016, [https://medium.com/@eejackson/women-vs-hysteria-no-more-678b2f8f1193#.zr8tmw7ty Women vs. Hysteria No More…] | ||
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==Online Presence== | ==Online Presence== | ||
*[http://www.twitter.com/jenbrea Twitter] | *[http://www.twitter.com/jenbrea Twitter] | ||
*[http://www.jenniferbrea.com Website] | *[http://www.jenniferbrea.com Website] | ||
== References == | == References == | ||
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Revision as of 19:55, April 22, 2018
Jennifer Brea is a filmmaker, activist and ME patient. Along with Beth Mazur, she co-founded #MEAction. Jennifer is also founder of MEpedia and director of Unrest, an award-wining documentary film about living with the illness.
Jennifer was initially misdiagnosed with "conversion disorder" instead of ME; she was permanently injured after a walk home from her neurologist's office and should have been told to get complete bed rest for her best chance of recovery. [1]
"Unrest" Documentary
Jennifer directed and produced the film Unrest which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2017 and was on the short list for an 2017 Academy Awards.
Articles
- Dec 27, 2017 - They told me my illness was all in my head. Was it because I’m a woman? in The Boston Globe
Talks & Interviews
- May 18, 2017 - Recording of Congressional Briefing on ME/CFS (Slides of briefing)
- January 2017 - TED talk
- January 2017 - Sundance Film Festival - Meet the Artist '17: Jennifer Brea
- January 2017 - Sundance Reel hour one - January 20, 2017 - Interview with Jennifer Brea and Omar Wasow about Unrest (31mins in)
- List of talks and interviews at jenbrea.com
Awards
Learn more
- Wikipedia - Jennifer Brea
- 2016, Women vs. Hysteria No More…
- 2016, The story and stigma of a baffling illness: Jen Brea speaks at TEDSummit
- 2016, Women's Media Center with Robin Morgan
