by Katy Lindemann | 5 Sep 2019 | FF blog
Fertility Fest 2019 has been a three week extravaganza of incredible talks, workshops, displays, discussions and performances: I laughed, I cried, I felt informed, inspired, educated, engaged, enraged, encouraged, moved, motivated — and part of something very special...
by Katy Lindemann | 16 Apr 2019 | FF blog
It may be a man’s world, but not when it comes to infertility. For too long the male experience has been invisible. Read any article about infertility – chances are it’ll focus on the female’s body and the woman’s experience. Watch or listen to any segment about...
by Katy Lindemann | 27 Mar 2019 | FF blog
This year is the biggest festival programme yet, and the incredible actor Maxine Peake will be starring in the stage dramatisation of Julia Leigh’s powerful memoir Avalanche: A Love Story, the centrepiece of Fertility Fest 2019. When I first read Avalanche, I...
by Katy Lindemann | 11 Mar 2019 | FF blog
Following on from the previous posts exploring the first and second pillars of Fertility Fest’s social mission — improving patient support and public discourse around infertility — in this post we’ll look at the third pillar: 3. To improve fertility education — young...
by Katy Lindemann | 8 Mar 2019 | FF blog
Following on from the previous post exploring the first pillar of Fertility Fest’s social mission — improving patient support — in this post we’ll look at the second pillar: 2. To improve the level of public conversation about infertility and reproductive...
