How the Pill messes with women’s minds Why does the Pill cause depression Can the Pill make you angry These are just a few of the over 500 terms the side effects of “the Pill” being searched online every day. The range of health issues associated with the Pill are troubling—acne, anxiety, depression, libido loss, […]

2011 was the year I first realized the conflict between eating an organic, hormone-free diet while taking synthetic hormones like the birth control pill. My fellow editors and I were discussing an article on living green and how, for a society obsessed with eating clean, we wondered how inorganic the Pill was on our sexual […]

In high school, I’d often lie on a bench curled up in pain from debilitating cramps. I knew something was up, but every doctor I saw said they couldn’t find anything wrong with me. They assured me that my severe cramps, irregular cycles, cystic acne, chronic fatigue, anxiety, and depression were just normal parts of being […]

Charting. NFP. Temping. Whichever name you’ve heard them called, these general examples of Fertility Awareness Based Methods (FABMs) are a relatively new way of looking at women’s reproductive health. Scientifically-based modern FABMs are nothing like your grandmother’s rhythm method. By observing how your cervical mucus, temperature, periods, and moods fluctuate, a FABM gives you a […]