![]() ![]() Her book, Sweetening the Pill, is about how women got hooked on hormonal birth control. However, there are a growing number of women looking for non-hormonal alternatives for preventing pregnancy. Holly Grigg-Spall is a British born, Los Angeles based writer. ![]() ![]() When the Pill was released, it was thought that women would not submit to taking a medication each day when they were not sick. Sweetening the Pill is exactly the thing needed to energize and mobilize this important women's health conversation." Laura Eldridge, author of In Our Control: The Complete Guide to Contraceptive Choices for Women 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.Ĭontrary 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.ĭepression, 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. Read the book and get inspired, get angry, and most importantly get information. "Holly Grigg-Spall is fearless, and her courageous advocacy on behalf of women whose stories are too often silenced is a model for others trying to make positive change through health activism. /rebates/2f97817809960732fSweetening-Pill-Got-Hooked-Hormonal-17809960712fplp&. : Sweetening the Pill: or How We Got Hooked on Hormonal Birth Control (9781780996073) by Holly Grigg-Spall and a great selection of similar New. ![]()
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