I can vouch that non-female-specific illnesses get the same treatment if you're female. I'd be curious about stuff like prostate cancer.

The thing is, I think Ehrenreich did have enough material for a whole book. She just needed to dig deeper instead of broadening out.

Breaking Bad was pretty good at conveying complex messages, I thought. There was also the Six Feet Under "put your house in order" episode parodying the Landmark Forum that successfully conveyed that it was simultaneously ridiculous, scammy, and also genuinely helpful for some people.