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 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 Elizabeth Kissling | Oct 26, 2012 | Birth Control, DIY, Sex
Guest Post by Holly Grigg-Spall, Sweetening the Pill At the West Coast Catalyst Convention for sex-positive sex-educators I was listening to a talk on definitions of sexual health when the birth control pill was brought up. I’d spent much of the event feeling...