When you read about what women did in ancient Greece and Rome to ward off unwanted pregnancies, you’re tempted to do a full-on spit-take! I mean, our doomed sisters had to rely on wild dances and fancy amulets to keep sperm out of the egg’s personal space.Ever wonder how that worked out for them?Well, we […]
What does it feel like to be female?Why is discussion of female biology so controversial?How does “biology is not destiny” thinking and anti-essentialism impact how we think about being female?In a blog post I wrote some years back titled ‘Beyond Female’ I asked those questions. It would later became the catalyst for my forthcoming book […]
I’ve never been able to take hormonal birth control. I have tried and the side effects were so extreme that I almost ended up in the ER more than once. After telling each new doctor my past horror stories, they would each reassure me that I simply had the wrong doses and had to try […]