Asti Hustvedt, an editor and translator in New York City, was first drawn to the subject of hysteria while working on her doctorate in French at New York University. She ...

Women in African and Asian "possession cults" have been said to use mass hysteria as a collective bargaining tool. It sounds sexist, and it’s sure to raise the ire of some feminists, but the ...

Racism got you fucked up?Well, black women, there’s now a Black Women, Don’t Throw Up Hands—Call the Bank of Hysteria to Vent | The Root Black News and Black Views with a Whole Lotta Attitude ...

Robert Eggers’s 2024 film, "Nosferatu," reimagines a woman’s struggle with desire, hysteria, and autonomy in a haunting tale of sexuality and empowerment.