This Is Your Brain on Birth Control: The Surprising Science of Women, Hormones, and the Law of Unintended Consequences
By: Sarah E. Hill
4.06
Format: 310 pages, Hardcover
An eye-opening book that reveals crucial information every woman taking hormonal birth control shou…
Want to Read $ 14.99"Although the science is still new and there is a lot to be learned, it is unacceptable for you to stay in the dark any longer. We know too much for you to know so little."-Sarah E. Hill, This Is Your Brain on Birth Control: The Surprising Science of Women, Hormones, and the Law of Unintended Consequences
"Although the science is still new and there is a lot to be learned, it is unacceptable for you to stay in the dark any longer. We know too much for you to know so little."-Sarah E. Hill, This Is Your Brain on Birth Control: The Surprising Science of Women, Hormones, and the Law of Unintended Consequences
"Despite the newness of the science and tentativeness of the conclusions that can currently be drawn, changing women's hormones changes women. And this is a big deal. Although we don't yet know that the pill does the research suggests that it probably has a hand in women's mate preferences, our sensitivity to smells, our relationship satisfaction, the functioning of our stress response, the activities of multiple neurotransmitter systems, the activity of multiple hormones, our moods, our persistence in difficult tasks, our ability to learn and remember and our sex drive. And this is probably just the tip of the iceberg."-Sarah E. Hill, This Is Your Brain on Birth Control: The Surprising Science of Women, Hormones, and the Law of Unintended Consequences
"Despite the newness of the science and tentativeness of the conclusions that can currently be drawn, changing women's hormones changes women. And this is a big deal. Although we don't yet know that the pill does the research suggests that it probably has a hand in women's mate preferences, our sensitivity to smells, our relationship satisfaction, the functioning of our stress response, the activities of multiple neurotransmitter systems, the activity of multiple hormones, our moods, our persistence in difficult tasks, our ability to learn and remember and our sex drive. And this is probably just the tip of the iceberg."-Sarah E. Hill, This Is Your Brain on Birth Control: The Surprising Science of Women, Hormones, and the Law of Unintended Consequences
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1. Taking Charge of Your Fertility: The Definitive Guide to Natural Birth Control, Pregnancy Achievement, and Reproductive Health
By: Toni Weschler
3.90
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
Celebrating 10 years of helping hundreds of thousands of women achieve pregnancy, avoid pregnancy n… read more
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2. Come as You Are: The Surprising New Science that Will Transform Your Sex Life
By: Emily Nagoski
4.29
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
An essential exploration of why and how women’s sexuality works—based on groundbreaking research an… read more
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"What turns us on (or off) is learned from culture, in much the same way children learn vocabulary and accents from culture."-Emily Nagoski, Come as You Are: The Surprising New Science that Will Transform Your Sex Life
"You can't make someone be patient any more than you can make someone have an orgasm. You create a great context, and then allow it to happen."-Emily Nagoski, Come as You Are: The Surprising New Science that Will Transform Your Sex Life
"Please tell everyone you know: If you have responsive desire, you are already normal. No one needs to 'crave' sex out of the blue to be a fully healthy person."-Emily Nagoski, Come as You Are: The Surprising New Science that Will Transform Your Sex Life
"One more thing about women's external genitals. The name for the whole package of female genitalia is "vulva." "Vagina" refers to the internal reproductive canal that leads up to the uterus. People o…"-Emily Nagoski, Come as You Are: The Surprising New Science that Will Transform Your Sex Life
3. This Is Your Brain on Birth Control: The Surprising Science of Women, Hormones, and the Law of Unintended Consequences
By: Sarah E. Hill
4.06
Format: 310 pages, Hardcover
An eye-opening book that reveals crucial information every woman taking hormonal birth control shou… read more
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"Although the science is still new and there is a lot to be learned, it is unacceptable for you to stay in the dark any longer. We know too much for you to know so little."-Sarah E. Hill, This Is Your Brain on Birth Control: The Surprising Science of Women, Hormones, and the Law of Unintended Consequences
"Despite the newness of the science and tentativeness of the conclusions that can currently be drawn, changing women's hormones changes women. And this is a big deal. Although we don't yet know that t…"-Sarah E. Hill, This Is Your Brain on Birth Control: The Surprising Science of Women, Hormones, and the Law of Unintended Consequences
"It should come as absolutely no surprise that research has ignored women for so long because the establishment: the journal publishers, the reviewers and the funding agencies has rewarded it. Althoug…"-Sarah E. Hill, This Is Your Brain on Birth Control: The Surprising Science of Women, Hormones, and the Law of Unintended Consequences
"For a long time being female was treated by science and medicine as being akin to having a serious psychological disorder. Women were routinely prescribed hysterectomies or anxiolytics like valium to…"-Sarah E. Hill, This Is Your Brain on Birth Control: The Surprising Science of Women, Hormones, and the Law of Unintended Consequences
4. Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men
By: Caroline Criado Pérez
4.35
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
Data is fundamental to the modern world. From economic development, to healthcare, to education and… read more
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"When planners fail to account for gender, public spaces become male spaces by default."-Caroline Criado Pérez, Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men
"It's not always easy to convince someone a need exists, if they don't have that need themselves."-Caroline Criado Pérez, Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men
"You don’t have to realise you’re being discriminated against to in fact be discriminated against."-Caroline Criado Pérez, Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men
"There is no such thing as a woman who doesn’t work. There is only a woman who isn’t paid for her work."-Caroline Criado Pérez, Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men
5. Period Power: Harness Your Hormones and Get Your Cycle Working For You
By: Maisie Hill
4.06
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
Period Power is a profound but practical blueprint for aligning daily life with the menstrual cycle… read more
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6. Ultra-Processed People: The Science Behind Food That Isn't Food
By: Chris van Tulleken
4.43
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
A manifesto to change how you eat and how you think about the human body. It’s not you, it’s the… read more
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7. Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren't Growing Up
By: Abigail Shrier
4.06
Format: 350 pages, Kindle Edition
In virtually every way that can be measured, Gen Z's mental health is worse than that of previous g… read more
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"Children’s and adolescents’ sense of self is still developing. They cannot correct the interpretations or recommendations of a therapist."-Abigail Shrier, Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren't Growing Up
"When I agreed with my therapist, I told her so. When I didn’t, we talked about that. And when I felt I needed to move on, I did. Which is to say: I was an adult in therapy. I had swum life’s choppy w…"-Abigail Shrier, Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren't Growing Up
8. Good Material
By: Dolly Alderton
3.91
Format: 345 pages, Paperback
From the bestselling author of Ghosts and Everything I Know About Love: a story of heartbreak and f… read more
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"Thirty-five is the youth of middle age."-Dolly Alderton, Good Material
"Remember, a broken heart is a jester's greatest prop."-Dolly Alderton, Good Material
"You know how to be along without being lonely. Do you know how rare that is?"-Dolly Alderton, Good Material
"Why is it that London always seems the most alive and full of possibility on the nights when you've got no plans?"-Dolly Alderton, Good Material
9. Everything I Know About Love
By: Dolly Alderton
4.00
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
The wildly funny, occasionally heartbreaking internationally bestselling memoir about growing up, g… read more
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"Nearly everything I know about love, I've learnt from my long-term friendships with women."-Dolly Alderton, Everything I Know About Love
"No matter how uncertain and unpredictable life gets, some people really do walk next to you for ever."-Dolly Alderton, Everything I Know About Love
"She knows where to find everything in me and I know where all her stuff is too. She is, in short, my best friend."-Dolly Alderton, Everything I Know About Love
"I don't need any words or looks or comments from a man to believe I'm visible; to believe I'm here. don't need to run away from discomfort and into a male eyeliner. That's not where I come alive."-Dolly Alderton, Everything I Know About Love
10. In the Flo: Unlock Your Hormonal Advantage and Revolutionize Your Life
By: Alisa Vitti
3.98
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
The bestselling author of WomanCode presents a biohacking program for women, teaching them how to u… read more
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11. Unwell Women: Misdiagnosis and Myth in a Man-Made World
By: Elinor Cleghorn
4.11
Format: 386 pages, Hardcover
A trailblazing, conversation-starting history of women's health--from the earliest medical ideas ab… read more
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"For centuries, medicine has claimed that women are defined by their bodies and biology. But we have never been respected as reliable narrators of what happens to our bodies. We are denied agency beca…"-Elinor Cleghorn, Unwell Women: Misdiagnosis and Myth in a Man-Made World
12. The Case Against the Sexual Revolution: A New Guide to Sex in the 21st Century
By: Louise Perry
4.28
Format: 200 pages, Paperback
Ditching the stuffy hang-ups and benighted sexual traditionalism of the past is an unambiguously po… read more
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"Prostitution has never been a matter of personal choice or female empowerment. Rather, the role of 'buyer' versus 'seller' has always been determined not only by sex but also by race, nationality and…"-Louise Perry, The Case Against the Sexual Revolution: A New Guide to Sex in the 21st Century
"Sex workers can act as sources of sex advice only if we understand sex to be a skillset that must be learned and refined across different partners, with good sex a result not of intimacy but of good …"-Louise Perry, The Case Against the Sexual Revolution: A New Guide to Sex in the 21st Century
"We should treat our sexual partners with dignity. We should not regard other people as merely body parts to be enjoyed. We should aspire to love and mutuality in all of our sexual relationships, rega…"-Louise Perry, The Case Against the Sexual Revolution: A New Guide to Sex in the 21st Century
13. Beyond the Pill: A 30-Day Program to Balance Your Hormones, Reclaim Your Body, and Reverse the Dangerous Side Effects of the Birth Control Pill
By: Jolene Brighten
4.06
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Out of the 100 million women—almost 11 million in the United States alone—who are on the pill, roug… read more
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14. Blood: The Science, Medicine, and Mythology of Menstruation
By: Jen Gunter
4.25
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
Dr. Jen Gunter fights myths and fear-mongering with real science, inclusive facts, and shame-free a… read more
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"Reproducing a human is a massive biological effort. Energy-wise, it's on par with the limits of the most extreme sports, for example, running 5,000 km (3,000 miles) over 120 days or cycling the Tour …"-Jen Gunter, Blood: The Science, Medicine, and Mythology of Menstruation
"When it comes to painful periods, there is an epidemic of undertreatment. Women's pain is undertreated in general, as compared to men's, but painful periods have historically been seen as a "woman th…"-Jen Gunter, Blood: The Science, Medicine, and Mythology of Menstruation
"Unfortunately, instead of a world where those who bear the physical burdens of reproduction—whether they reproduce or not—have equal footing, we have the opposite. The Ancient Greeks, the originators…"-Jen Gunter, Blood: The Science, Medicine, and Mythology of Menstruation
15. Period Repair Manual
By: Lara Briden
4.40
Format: 465 pages, Kindle Edition
Naturopath Lara Briden wants to give women the knowledge and tools to improve their period health. … read more
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"The technology exists for a male contraceptive pill. We have the drugs to switch off testosterone and prevent sperm production. These drugs have never gone to market because developers know that men …"-Lara Briden, Period Repair Manual
16. Cheap Sex: The Transformation of Men, Marriage, and Monogamy
By: Mark Regnerus
4.03
Format: 280 pages, Hardcover
Sex is cheap. Coupled sexual activity has become more widely available than ever. Cheap sex has bee… read more
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17. Beating Endo: A Patient’s Treatment Plan for Endometriosis
By: Iris Kerin Orbuch
3.85
Format: 303 pages, Kindle Edition
This book is unique, informative, and approachable – and addresses a problem faced by one in ten (1… read more
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18. Find Love: How to navigate modern love and discover the right partner for you
By: Paul Brunson
4.14
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
'FIND LOVE is more than a book; it's a compass for navigating the ever-changing landscape of relati… read more
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19. Hart voor vrouwen. De cardioloog over het vrouwenhart
By: Angela Maas
3.96
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
Hart- en vaatziekten zijn al vele jaren wereldwijd doodsoorzaak nummer één bij vrouwen. Nog elke da… read more
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20. Everything You Need to Know About the Pill (but were too afraid to ask)
By: Kate Muir
4.25
Format: 326 pages, Kindle Edition
An eye-opening, no-holds-barred guide to contraception, written by campaigner, journalist and docum… read more
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21. Give Me Strength: How I Turned My Back on Restriction, Nurtured the Body I Love, and How You Can Too
By: Alice Liveing
3.74
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
In 2017 Alice had over half a million followers on Instagram, she had celebrity PT clients, appeare… read more
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