Chaos & Control References
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Fighting Mad: Resisting the End of Roe V. Wade Edited by Krystale Littlejohn and Rickie Solinger
The Moral Property of Women by Linda Gordon
Sex and Herbs and Birth Control by Ann Koblitz
Reproductive Justice by Loretta Ross and Rickie Solinger
Inflamed by Rupa Marya and Raj Patel
“Roe was the floor” by In Our Own Voices
“States where abortion is legal, banned or under threat” in The Washington Post
Interactive Map: US Abortion Policies and Access After Roe
“What's driving more women to quit birth control” in Axios
“Birth Control TikTok Is, Unsurprisingly, a Hotbed of Misinformation” in Glamour
“The Anti–Birth Control Movement Is the New Anti-Abortion Movement” in Vogue
“Why Women—and Men—Need Better Birth Control” in Scientific American
“The people turning to birth control after the fall of Roe: ‘I feel a little safer’” in The Guardian
”21% of Women Reported Switching Their Birth Control Method Post-Roe” in TIME
“#bodyliteracy: a hashtag, a title, a meme?”
“What the data says about abortion in the U.S.” by the Pew Research Center
“Conversation with 62 year old woman, Zuni, New Mexico” in the Library of Congress
“Contraceptive Use in the United States by Method”
“How to Choose the Best Form of Birth Control for You” by Dr. Aviva Romm
“Birth Control Pills: 10 Myths and Realities You Should Know” by Dr. Aviva Romm
“Why So Many Women Are Getting Off Birth Control” by theSkimm
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Medical Bondage: Race, Gender, and the Origins of American Gynecology by Dierdre Cooper Owens
Killing the Black Body by Dorothy Roberts
The Moral Property of Women by Linda Gordon
Sex and Herbs and Birth Control by Ann Koblitz
Reproductive Justice by Loretta Ross and Rickie Solinger
From Midwives to Medicine: The Birth of American Gynecology by Deborah Kuhn McGregor
Women, Race & Class by Angela Davis (specifically “Chapter 12: Racism, Birth Control, and Reproductive Rights”)
When Abortion Was a Crime by Leslie Reagan
Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present by Harriet A. Washington
They Were Her Property: White Women as Slave Owners in the American South by Stephanie E. Jones-Rogers
Doing Harm by Maya Dusenbery
Laboratory of Deficiency by Natalie Lira
When Abortion Was a Crime: Women, Medicine, and Law in the United States, 1867-1973 by Leslie Reagan
Inflamed by Rupa Marya and Raj Patel
Devices and Desires: A History of Contraceptives in America by Andrea Tone
Race and medicine in the 19th Century and early 20th century America by Todd L. Savitt
Belly of the Beast (2020) documentary
Birthing A Nation: The Resistance of Mary Gaffney (2023) documentary
“The Color of Choice: White Supremacy and Reproductive Justice” by Loretta Rose in Color of Violence: The INCITE! Anthology
“Reproductive Justice, Not Just Rights” by Dorothy Roberts
“Resisting Reproduction: Reconsidering Slave Contraception in the Old South" in Journal of American Studies
“Cesarean Section - A Brief History”
“Racial bias in pain assessment and treatment recommendations, and false beliefs about biological differences” in Psychological and Cognitive Sciences
“RELF V. WEINBERGER” by the Southern Poverty Law Center
“The Long Shadow of Eugenics in America” in NYT
“Is King Louis XIV The Reason Why Women Mainly Give Birth Lying Down?”
“Immigrants Say They Were Pressured Into Unneeded Surgeries” in NYT
“Hysterectomy” by Yale Medicine
“Hysterectomy” by Johns Hopkins Medicine
“Hysterectomy and race” in Obstetrics and Gynecology
“Fannie Lou Hamer: Stand Up” Mississippi Public Broadcast
“Where science meets fiction: the dark history of eugenics” in The Guardian
“Gossypium spp. (Cotton Root Bark): A Symbol of Herbal Resistance“ by Karen Culpepper
Margaret Sanger and the Birth Control Movement archives in the Library of Congress
“Tennessee Judge Who Offered Sentence Reductions for Vasectomies Changes Course” by NBC News
“Outcomes of Care for 16,924 Planned Home Births in the United States: The Midwives Alliance of North America Statistics Project, 2004 to 2009” in the Journal of Midwifery & Women’s Health
“Female inmates sterilized in California prisons without approval” in Reveal
“In the Hands of Midwives” Smith College
“Few Survivors Have Been Paid as California Sterilization Reparation Program Winds Down” in Rewrite News Group
“Is there a racial ‘care gap’ in medical treatment?” in PBC
“Perceived racial discrimination and risk of uterine leiomyomata” in Epidemiology
American Midwifery Certification Board 2021 Demographic Report
“Why doesn’t the U.S. have more Black midwives?” in Stat News
“The Criminalization of the American Midwife” by Jennifer Block
“Outcomes associated with planned place of birth among women with low-risk pregnancies” in Canadian Medical Association Journal
“Mapping integration of midwives across the United States: Impact on access, equity, and outcomes” in Plos One
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America + the Pill by Elaine Tyler May
The Birth of the Pill by Jonathon Eig
Reproductive Justice by Loretta Ross
Reproductive Rights and Wrongs by Betsy Hartman
The Moral Property of Women by Linda Gordon
Devices and Desires: A History of Contraceptives in America by Andrea Tone
Killing the Black Body by Dorothy Roberts
Pregnancy and Power by Rickie Solinger
Everything Below the Waist by Jennifer Block
The Pill, John Rock, and the Church by Loretta McLaughlin
Sexual Chemistry: A History of the Contraceptive Pill by Lara Marks
On the Pill: A Social History of Oral Contraceptives, 1950-1970 by Elizabeth Siegel Watkins
La Operación (1982) by Ana María García
“The story of how the birth control pill was invented and tested” in NPR
“The Puerto Rico Pill Trials” in PBS
“Guinea pigs or pioneers? How Puerto Rican women were used to test the birth control pill” in The Washngton Post
“Goodbye, “post-pill paradise”: Texturing feminist public memories of women's reproductive and rhetorical agency” in the Quarterly Journal of Speech
“Pills, Periods, and Postfeminism” in Feminist Media Studies
“The Pill and the Women's Liberation Movement” in PBS
“Senate Hearings on the Pill” in PBS
“Birth Control in Popular Twentieth-Century Periodicals” in The Family Coordinator
“Senate Panel to Open Hearing on Birth Pill” in the New York Times
“Words on The Safety Of the Pill” in the New York Times
“The entire world fits in New York City” in the Washington Post
“The Global North’s Environmental Impact on the Global South”
Plastic Waste Trade: the Hidden Numbers from IPEN
“Rich countries export twice as much plastic waste to the developing world as previously thought” in Grist
“World Water Day – Which industries consume the most water and why should we care?”
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Pregnancy and Power by Rickie Solinger
Reproductive Rights and Wrongs by Betsy Hartman
Killing the Black Body by Dorothy Roberts
Reproductive States: Global Perspectives on the Invention and Implementation of Population Policy by Rickie Solinger
Pitied but Not Entitled: Single Mothers and the History of Welfare 1890-1935 by Linda Gordon
The Global Biopolitics of the IUD by Chikako Takeshita
Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present by Harriet A. Washington
Bending the Law: The Story of the Dalkon Shield Bankruptcy by Richard B. Sobol
Hood Feminism by Mikki Kendall
“Norplant: subdermal implant system for long-term contraception” in American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
“The Norplant System: Where Are We in 1995?” in the Journal of Family Practice
“Norplant: Systemic Immunological Complications — Case Report” in Toxicology and Industrial Health
"The Missing Conversation About Work and Family" by Jocelyn Frye
“Contraceptive implant use among inner city teens” in the Journal of Adolescent Health
“Norplant use among urban minority women in the United States” in Contraception
“Levonorgestrel implant use among adolescents in the Journal of Pediatric Health Care
“Ethiopian women in Israel 'given contraceptive without consent'“ in The Guardian
Informed Consent: Depo-Provera by FAMTaughtMe
“Is population control genocide?”
“A threat to the nation and a threat to the men: the banning of Depo‐Provera in Zimbabwe, 1981” in Journal of Southern African Studies
“Hormonal contraception use doubles HIV risk, according to UW study in Lancet”
“Racism and Disparities in Women’s Use of the Depo-Provera Injection in the Contemporary USA” in Critical Sociology
“Questions Arose Early on Contraceptive Safety” in The Washington Post
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Part 01
Reproductive Politics: What Everyone Needs to Knowby Rickie Solinger
Plastic Bodies: Sex Hormones and Menstrual Suppression in Brazilby Emilia Sanabria
Roe: The History of a National Obsession by Mary Ziegler
Abortion and the Law in Americaby Mary Ziegler
Dollars for Life: The Anti-Abortion Movement and the Fall of the Republican Establishmentby Mary Ziegler
Everything Below the Waist by Jennifer Block
Is Menstruation Obsolete? by Elsimar Coutinho
The Palgrave Handbook of Critical Menstruation Studies. 2020. Co-edited with Chris Bobel, Inga T. Winkler, Breanne Fahs, Elizabeth Arveda Kissling, and Tomi-Ann Roberts.
“PILLS, PERIODS, AND POSTFEMINISM: The new politics of marketing birth control” by Elizabeth Arveda Kissling (2013), Feminist Media Studies Vol. 13, No. 3.
“From bodies to lives, complainers to consumers: Measuring menstrual excess” by Katie Ann Hasson in Social Science Medicine
“No Need to Bleed:Technologies and Practices of Menstrual Suppression”by Katie Ann Hasson
“The Period At The End Of The Pill” in CBS News
Menstruation in the 1990s: Feminist Resistance in Saskia’s Heavy Flow Zine
“FDA approves first pill to stop periods” in the LA Times
Part 02
Hormone Intelligence by Dr. Aviva Romm
Inflamed by Rupa Marya & Raj Patel
“Disparity in endometriosis diagnoses between racial/ethnic groups” in BJOG: An International Journal of Obstretrics and Gynecology
Per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and female reproductive outcomes: PFAS elimination, endocrine-mediated effects, and disease in Toxicology
“‘Forever chemicals’ are known for lingering in the body. Menstruation helps expel them” in The Hill
“No One Studied Menstrual Product Absorbency Realistically until Now” in Scientific American
“Racial bias in pain assessment and treatment recommendations, and false beliefs about biological differences” in PNAS
“The relationship between the use of oral contraceptives and the risk of uterine leiomyoma in women of child bearing age of Han Chinese” in Pharmaceutical Bioprocessing
“Association of health and lifestyle factors with uterine fibroids among Saudi women: A case–control study” in Journal of Taibah University Medical Sciences
“Combined Oral Contraceptive for Treatment of Women with Uterine Fibroids and Abnormal Uterine Bleeding: A Systematic Review” in Gynecological and Obstetric Investigation
Fibroids by Learn Body Literacy
“The Health Disparities of Uterine Fibroids for African American Women: A Public Health Issue” in The American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
“Hair relaxer use and risk of uterine cancer in the Black Women's Health Study” in Environmental Research
“The Burden of Uterine Fibroids for African-American Women: Results of a National Survey” in the Journal of Women’s Health
“The Black Maternal Mortality Crisis and Why It Remains an Issue” in NPR
“Listen to the Whispers before They Become Screams: Addressing Black Maternal Morbidity and Mortality in the United States” in Healthcare
The Center for Menstrual Cycle and Ovulation Research (CEMCOR)
“Ovulation, a sign of health” in The Linacre Quarterly
“What Your Period Can Tell You About Your Health: Meet Your 6th Vital Sign”by Dr. Aviva Romm
“Preventive Powers of Ovulation and Progesterone Ovulation and Breast Health“by Dr. Jerilynn Prior for CEMCOR
“Progesterone Within Ovulatory Menstrual Cycles Needed for Cardiovascular Protection: An Evidence-Based Hypothesis” by Dr. Jerilynn Prior for CEMCOR
“Negative Spinal Bone Mineral Density Changes and Subclinical Ovulatory Disturbances—Prospective Data in Healthy Premenopausal Women With Regular Menstrual Cycles”by Dr. Jerilynn Prior for CEMCOR
“What is Epistemic Injustice?” in The Collector
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Just Get on the Pill: The Uneven Burden of Reproductive Politics by Krystale Littlejohn
Fighting Mad: Resisting the End of Roe V. Wade Edited by Krystale Littlejohn and Rickie Solinger
Reproductive Justice: An Introduction by Loretta Ross and Rickie Solinger
Reproductive Politics: What Everyone Needs to Know by Rickie Solinger
Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center by bell hooks
Freedom is a Constant Struggle by Angela Davis
“The Missing Conversation About Work and Family” by Jocelyn Frye
"Reflecting On All Women’s History This March"
"Reproductive Health Service Preferences And Perceptions of Quality Among Low-Income Women: Racial, Ethnic and Language Group Differences" in Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health
"When Is Health Care Actually Going to Be Care?" The Lived Experience of Family Planning Care Among Young Black Women"in Qualitative Health Research
"Contraceptive content shared on social media: an analysis of Twitter" in Contraception and Reproductive Medicine
"The Pill Makes Some Women Miserable. But Are They Really Quitting It en Masse?" in the New York Times
"Women are getting off birth control amidst misinformation explosion"in the Washington Post
"Synthetic Estrogen in Birth Control Linked to Anxiety"
"Population-based cohort study of oral contraceptive use and risk of depression" in Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences
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Taking Charge of Your Fertility by Toni Weschler
Fighting Mad: Resisting the End of Roe V. Wade Edited by Krystale Littlejohn and Rickie Solinger
Hormone Intelligence by Dr. Aviva Romm
Sex and Herbs and Birth Control by Ann Koblitz
"Effectiveness of Fertility Awareness-Based Methods for Pregnancy Prevention: A Systematic Review" in Obstet Gynecol
“Inside Anti-Abortion Groups’ Campaign to Sell Women on Unreliable Birth Control ‘Alternatives’” in Mother Jones
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Fighting Mad: Resisting the End of Roe V. WadeEdited by Krystale Littlejohn and Rickie Solinger
Reproductive Justice: An Introductionby Loretta Ross and Rickie Solinger
Reproductive Politics: What Everyone Needs to Know by Rickie Solinger
The Complete Guide to Fertility Awareness by Jane Knight
“Promotion of an Algorithm-Based Tool for Pregnancy Prevention by Instagram Influencers” in Journal of Women’s Health
“Trump says he won’t ‘ban’ birth control. Here’s what he may do instead.” in Politico
“The Unlikely Politics of a Digital Contraceptive” in The New Yorker
“‘Your body, my choice’: Attacks on women surge on social media following election” CNN
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Fighting Mad: Resisting the End of Roe V. Wade Edited by Krystale Littlejohn and Rickie Solinger
Taking Charge of Your Fertility by Toni Weschler
“Inside the White House Plan to Make America Make Babies Again” in Vanity Fair
“White House Assesses Ways to Persuade Women to Have More Children” in The New York Times