Sixty-plus years after the pill revolutionized women's emancipation, there exists a complex relationship between hormonal birth control, liberation, and the actual burden of synthetic endocrine disruptors that result in disruptive women's health conditions. The pill comes with its own risks, has its own racist legacy, and has been employed with as a tool in the ongoing weaponization against communities of color.
It's time for to seek whole-person, holistic, and ecological alternatives to the pill while redefining the meaning of reproductive justice and ultimately... womanism.