Nancy Nehila’s Reviews > Blood: The Science, Medicine, and Mythology of Menstruation > Status Update

Omg. She says people that don’t want to take bcp but prefer to stick with non pharmaceuticals are usually “forced birthers” and antivaxxers. So agree with her to use a synthetic compound that has a lot of dangerous side effects or she says that you are having children against your will. Insane.

She also advocates in the book using bcp to avoid periods. There are no studies longer than 5 years that look at cancer, cardiovascular or pulmonary effects. But it does increase the risk of blood clots. And “theoretically” it should be ok. So risk having a stoke or possibly cancer to avoid periods. I mean when we play god it usually works out.

And there you have it on page 24. God is a political view. I would never judge her religion or lack of when talking about a medical condition. Or guess who she voted for. No actually it’s very clear with the multi page explanation of why you can’t say a woman gets a period. Not a man. Woman and man are biological terms.