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A review by craftyscene
How the Pill Changes Everything: Your Brain on Birth Control by Sarah E. Hill
informative
slow-paced
2.25
The author: “Let me tell you why birth control is the worst and will mess you up in permanent ways!”
The author: “I’d never suggest we get rid of birth control.”
Hill is an evolutionary psychologist, and she definitely leans into a heteronormative scope. There’s lots of information about hormones and the brain, but most of it seems to be correlation and not causation. Hill also promotes a period tracking app that tracks data, as well as the copper IUD, which is known to cause heavy periods.
The biggest issue I have is that her stance is one from privilege. Some people on birth control benefit due to regular cycles, decreased negative symptoms, and a free pill to break the racist, socioeconomic, and/or misogynist environments in which they live.
The author: “I’d never suggest we get rid of birth control.”
Hill is an evolutionary psychologist, and she definitely leans into a heteronormative scope. There’s lots of information about hormones and the brain, but most of it seems to be correlation and not causation. Hill also promotes a period tracking app that tracks data, as well as the copper IUD, which is known to cause heavy periods.
The biggest issue I have is that her stance is one from privilege. Some people on birth control benefit due to regular cycles, decreased negative symptoms, and a free pill to break the racist, socioeconomic, and/or misogynist environments in which they live.