003: Don't Forget To Take Your Pill!
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We discuss the history of hormonal birth control (HBC), and how pop culture has presented the pill and other forms of HBC over the past 50 years. First, we compare how different generations have talked about and learned about birth control, with examples from TV. Then, we discuss how birth control conversations play out within families. We wrack our brains for any references to less traditional forms of HBC, and then discuss future implications of legislation and court decisions like the Affordable Care Act and Hobby Lobby, on birth control usage and depictions in media. Last, we reminisce about our own pop culture sexual awakenings, and realize we may have been too young when we read certain books or watched certain films.
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