by Laura Wershler | Oct 16, 2013 | Activism, Birth Control, Books, Coming off the pill, Health Care, Hormones, Menstruation, Ovulation, Pharmaceutical
I had the privilege of writing the foreword for Holly Grigg-Spall’s recently published book Sweetening the Pill: Or How We Got Hooked on Hormonal Birth Control. It’s astounding to me that more than 30 years ago, before Holly was born, I was asking some of...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Sep 13, 2013 | Birth Control, Books, Coming off the pill
It’s been more than 20 years since Susan Faludi first published Backlash (with the provocative subtitle, The Undeclared War Against American Women), her thorough documentation of the ways women and feminism were under attack in the U.S. The War Against Women has...
by Holly Grigg-Spall | Aug 26, 2013 | Activism, Advertising, Birth Control, Coming off the pill, Health Care, History, Hormones, Media, Men, Menstruation, Pharmaceutical, PMS
My forthcoming book ‘Sweetening the Pill or How We Got Hooked on Hormonal Birth Control’ began to take shape on the pages of this blog and much of the process of its development was spurred on by the work of members of SMCR. As such, it seems only fitting,...
by Laura Wershler | Aug 21, 2013 | Activism, Birth Control, Coming off the pill, Menstruation
Why are media-based discussions about menstrual cycle advocacy vs. menstrual suppression, or hormonal birth control (HBC) vs. non-hormonal birth control (NHBC), so often fraught with conflict, suspicion and untested assumptions? Because the opposing frames of...
by Elizabeth Kissling | May 9, 2013 | Birth Control, Coming off the pill, Pharmaceutical
Guest Post by Holly Grigg-Spall, Sweetening the Pill Last year the FDA made the decision to keep the birth control pills Yaz, Yasmin, and Beyaz on the market despite controversy over corporate corruption of the review process.These drugs are back in the spotlight. The...
by Laura Wershler | Apr 11, 2013 | Birth Control, Coming off the pill, Health Care, Hormones
April 14, 2015 We wish to thank all the women who’ve shared their experiences with Depo-Provera in the two years since this blog post was published. Comments are now closed. Those concerned about Depo-Provera and bone density may want to read Dr. Prior’s article on...
