Topic: Birth Control

10 Reasons I Love Birth Control Pills

10 Reasons I Love Birth Control Pills
They Made My Cramps Go Away
They Made My Acne Go Away
My Vagina Hates Condoms
They're Non-Invasive
They Lower Your Risk For Ovarian Cancer By Up To 50%

A few days ago, we published a post that a lot of you didn’t like called 10 Reasons I Stopped Birth Control Pills. So now, I’m offering a counterpoint of sorts. As someone who’s been on the pill since high school, I’ve had a pretty positive experience with it over the years, so I thought I should share my own reasons for loving it. I want to make it clear that I don’t think my personal experiences will apply to everyone, but I’ve also included some helpful facts, because facts + anecdotes = perfectly balanced ladysite, right? Right. More »

Is Sex Really Better Without A Condom?

Is Sex Really Better Without A Condom?

Condoms have long been considered a “necessary evil” in the sex and dating world. While I feel the term “necessary evil” is silly with regard to condoms because they’re not remotely evil (unlike Spanx, which are similarly tight but serve a much less important purpose yet have garnered the same title). People often assume that condoms ruin sex or, at the very least, make it less fantastic. But is this actually the case? More »

Hi, I’m A Slut (Or: I Use Birth Control For Non-Procreative Sex)

Hi, Iâm A Slut (Or: I Use Birth Control For Non-Procreative Sex)

I’m going to say something, and for some people, it might be hard to read. But here it goes: I use birth control because I want to have non-procreative sex.

I know. I know what you’re thinking. You’re thinking that surely, I must have mis-typed. That I must want birth control not to control birth, but for my acne. Or for my ovarian cysts. Or for my menopause. Or for all of the other reasons that women have been forced to say they want birth control just to make it OK in the current, sex-negative climate. Because if you were to believe most of the rhetoric swirling around these days, you might start to think that preventing pregnancy is, in fact, a pleasant side-effect of hormonal IUDs, pills, patches, and rings. That the millions of women who use some form of hormonal contraceptive every day are doing it for some reason other than preventing pregnancy. More »

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