The Pill: Not a love story

25 years of asking questions about the thing you don't question

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I went on the pill when I was 16.

My period was irregular – like I had it for a month straight irregular – and no one back then was interested in the root cause.

It was the 80s. The pill will fix it!

My mom was a nurse, and I got my first gynecologist – a man.

This was exciting: I felt quite grown up. Going on the pill was something older women did, and we all know how much we wanted to be older.

It was incredibly handy for me too, because I’d just fallen in love for the first time.