In September, the Labor Party officially decided to cave in on the Trans Pacific Partnership deal, leading to the deal passing in the Senate. Since then, there’s barely been so much as a muffled scream about it in the mainstream media. But this is an agreement designed to completely reshape and redesign global trade. Will the TPP bring any benefit to Australia’s trade relations? The short answer is: absolutely not.

To have endometriosis is to lose your job, friends, partners, independence. To have endometriosis is debilitating – and can be just as severe as some of the illnesses already in the public consciousness (multiple sclerosis, muscular dystrophy). To have endometriosis is to lose hope in a future for yourself.