Publications

Journal articles

Enacting Gendered Pathologies: Diffraction in Medical Practices of Treating Endometriosis and Infertility. (Published in Feminist Theory.)

Helosvuori, Elina, Oikkonen, Venla & Temmes, Maria

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Tenderness, (Central) Sensitivity and/or Distress: Tracing Gendered Enactments of Fibromyalgia in Medical Research. (Published in Health.)

Ganesh, Ahalya

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Hormonal Migraine as the Hardest to Treat: Clinicians’ Perceptions of Biological and Structural Challenges in the Medical Care of Migraine. (Published in European Journal of Women's Studies.)

Rokkonen, Lilli Aini & Temmes, Maria

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Navigating Pharmaceutical Effects: Experiences of Hormonal Medications in Endometriosis. (Published in Science & Technology Studies.)

Oikkonen, Venla

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Hormones, Culture and Puberty: How Clinicians (Don't) See Gender in Persistent Pediatric Pain. (Published in Social Science & Medicine.)

Alava, Henni & Oikkonen, Venla

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Menopause and Endometriosis: Tracing the Entanglements of Hormones, Ageing and Gendered Chronic Illness. (Published in NORA.)

Oikkonen, Venla, Temmes, Maria & Helosvuori, Elina

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Mothering with Migraine. (Published in Social Theory & Health.)

Rokkonen, Lilli Aini & Alava, Henni

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Chronic Pain Across Clinical Settings: The Changing Understanding of Pain and Its Treatment in Endometriosis. (Published in BioSocieties.)

Temmes, Maria, Helosvuori, Elina & Oikkonen, Venla

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Self-Tracking in Endometriosis: Evolving Expectations around a Gynecological App Developed by a Finnish Patient Organization. (Published in Social Studies of Science.)

Oikkonen, Venla & Temmes, Maria

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Sukupuolittunut näkymätön kipu: Hormonaalinen migreeni työelämässä. (Published in Sukupuolentutkimus.)

Rokkonen, Lilli Aini

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Gendering Chronic Illness in Patient Advocacy. (Published in Australian Feminist Studies.)

Ganesh, Ahalya, Temmes, Maria & Rokkonen, Lilli Aini

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Entangled Illnesses: Embodied Experiences of Managing Multimorbidity. (Published in Sociology of Health and Illness.)

Oikkonen, Venla, Helosvuori, Elina, Ganesh, Ahalya & Rokkonen, Lilli Aini

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Living with Acuteness in Chronic Illness: The Temporal Underpinnings of Endometriosis. (Published in Medical Anthropology Quarterly.)

Oikkonen, Venla & Helosvuori, Elina

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The Processuality of ‘Sex’ in Biomedicine: Exploring Stem Cell Research, Cancer Medicine and Vaccine Safety Research. (Published in Body & Society.)

Meskus, Mianna, Oikkonen, Venla & Temmes, Maria

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Sensing Pain: Embodied Knowledge in Endometriosis. (Published in Health.)

Helosvuori, Elina & Oikkonen, Venla

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Family, Failure and Fatigue in the Field: A Patchwork of Omissions. African Journal of Gender and Religion 28.1 (2022): 98–107.

Alava, Henni & Robertson, Megan

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Book chapters

Jännitteinen endometrioosikivun hoito. Published in Nurmi, J. et al. (eds) Kiistelty terveys. Gaudeamus, 2026.

Oikkonen, Venla, Temmes, Maria & Helosvuori, Elina

Link of article Jännitteinen endometrioosikivun hoito. Published in Nurmi, J. et al. (eds) Kiistelty terveys. Gaudeamus, 2026.

The Changing Landscape of Endometriosis Activism in Finland: At the Crossroads of Personalization and Digitalization of Health. Published in Lindén, L. et al. (eds) Health Activism and Sexual Politics: Feminist Engagements with Health, Illness and the Body. Routledge, 2026.

Temmes, Maria & Oikkonen, Venla

Read chapter of article The Changing Landscape of Endometriosis Activism in Finland: At the Crossroads of Personalization and Digitalization of Health. Published in Lindén, L. et al. (eds) Health Activism and Sexual Politics: Feminist Engagements with Health, Illness and the Body. Routledge, 2026.

Reducing Costs While Optimizing Health? A Transnational Feminist Engagement with Personalized Medicine. Published in Lykke, N. et al. (eds) Pluriversal Conversations on Transnational Feminisms. Routledge, 2023.

Temmes, Maria

Link of article Reducing Costs While Optimizing Health? A Transnational Feminist Engagement with Personalized Medicine. Published in Lykke, N. et al. (eds) Pluriversal Conversations on Transnational Feminisms. Routledge, 2023.