Research Catalog

Title

Sweetening the pill : or how we got hooked on hormonal birth control / Holly Grigg-Spall.

Author

Grigg-Spall, Holly.

Publication

Winchester, UK ; Washington, USA : Zero Books 2013.

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Details

Description

x, 197 p.; 22 cm.

Summary

"Millions of healthy women take a powerful medication every day from their mid-teens to menopause - the Pill - but few know how this drug works or the potential side effects. Contrary to cultural myth, the birth-control pill impacts on every organ and function of the body, and yet most women do not even think of it as a drug. Depression, anxiety, paranoia, rage, panic attacks - just a few of the effects of the Pill on half of the over 80% of women who pop these tablets during their lifetimes. When the Pill was released, it was thought that women would not submit to taking a medication each day when they were not sick. Now the Pill is making women sick. However, there are a growing number of women looking for non-hormonal alternatives for preventing pregnancy. In a bid to spark the backlash against hormonal contraceptives, this book asks: Why can't we criticize the Pill? "--Publisher's description.

Alternative Title

How we got hooked on hormonal birth control

Subject

• Contraceptives, Oral, Hormonal
• Contraceptives
• Oral contraceptives
• Oral contraceptives > Side effects
• Contraception Behavior
• Contraceptive Devices
• Contraceptive Agents
• Contraceptives, Oral

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-197).

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction: it's not me -- Section one: In the habit -- Who am I when I'm not on the pill? -- The pill-takers -- Old myths as new fictions -- Do you want to take the pill? -- Section two: The drug. What you don't know... -- ... Won't hurt you -- Keeping the secret -- Section three: The hook -- Safe, effective, easy -- The greater good -- Sealing the deal -- Section four: The Addict -- Muted -- Corsetry -- Beyond female -- Section five: The drug pushers -- The push and the pull -- Being patient -- Section six: The addiction -- The fix -- The fall-out -- Section seven: The recovery -- Withdrawal -- The change -- Pill refugees -- Section eight: The rebellion.

ISBN

• 9781780996073
• 1780996071

OCLC

• 852829101
• SCSB-11853155

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library