Sweetening the pill, or how we got hooked on hormonal birth control / Holly Grigg-Spall.

Winchester, UK ; Washington, USA : Zero Books, an imprint of John Hunt Publishing Ltd, 2013.

x, 197 pages ; 22 cm

Includes bibliographical references.

Introduction: it's not me -- Section one: In the habit -- Who am I when I'm not on the pill? -- The pill-takers -- Old myths as new fictions -- Do you want to take the pill? -- Section two: The drug. What you don't know... -- ... Won't hurt you -- Keeping the secret -- Section three: The hook -- Safe, effective, easy -- The greater good -- Sealing the deal -- Section four: The Addict -- Muted -- Corsetry -- Beyond female -- Section five: The drug pushers -- The push and the pull -- Being patient -- Section six: The addiction -- The fix -- The fall-out -- Section seven: The recovery -- Withdrawal -- The change -- Pill refugees -- Section eight: The rebellion.