Posts tagged “In Our Control”
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Amy Steele of Entertainment Realm reviews In Our Control
June 30, 2010
In Our Control doesn’t read like a scientific article but a wise and thoroughly researched expose on all aspects of contraception. Eldridge writes in a practical, often conversational format which should appeal to readers at all interest levels. … In Our Control should be kept on one’s bookshelf for reference next to Our Bodies, Ourselves and FLOW. — Amy Steele of Entertainment Realm’s review of In Our Control
Tags: birth, health, In Our Control, Laura Eldridge, reviews, women's health, women's issues
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Laura Eldridge at Red Emma’s
June 30, 2010
June 30, 2010, 7 pm, at Red Emma’s Bookstore: 800 Saint Paul Street, Baltimore, MD 21202-2406 (410) 230-0450
Tags: baltimore, birth control, book reading, In Our Control, Laura Eldridge, red emma's bookstore
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Laura Eldridge at Books on the Square
June 22, 2010
June 22, 2010, 7 pm, Books on the Square, 471 Angell Street, Providence, RI 02906-4407
(401) 331-9097Tags: birth control, book reading, In Our Control, Laura Eldridge, providence, rhode island
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Laura Eldridge at Big Blue Marble Bookstore
June 16, 2010
June 16, 2010, Big Blue Marble Bookstore, 551 Carpenter Lane, Philadelphia, PA 19119-3402
(215) 844-1870Tags: big blue marble bookstore, birth control, book reading, In Our Control, Laura Eldridge, philadelphia
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Laura Eldridge at the Wooden Shoe
June 15, 2010
June 15, 2010, 7 pm, Wooden Shoe Books, 704 South St. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19147
Tags: book signing, In Our Control, Laura Eldridge, philadelphia, wooden shoe books
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Laura Eldridge at Bluestockings Radical Books
June 10, 2010
Thursday, June 10, 2010, 7 p.m. Part of Today’s Contraceptive Choices event at Bluestockings Radical Books: 172 Allen Street, New York, NY 10002
Tags: bluestockings radical books, book event, contraceptive choices, In Our Control, Laura Eldridge, new york
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Ms. Magazine reviews In Our Control
May 21, 2010
Laura Eldridge’s new book In Our Control: The Complete Guide to Contraceptive Choices for Women (Seven Stories Press, 2010) isn’t kidding with that subtitle. The last time I remember reading so much detail about contraceptive options was poring over Our Bodies, Ourselves when I was in my 20s. … Eldridge learned women’s health writing at the side of the late women’s health advocate and activist Barbara Seaman, and it shows. She contextualizes her work with her own experience and preferences, but provides thorough documentation so that women can more easily make their own decisions. This is women’s health activism at its best. — Elizabeth Kissling, Ms. Magazine
Tags: barbara seaman, In Our Control, Laura Eldridge, ms magazine, reviews, women's health, women's issues
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Laura Eldridge and In Our Control in USA Today
May 12, 2010
[Laura] Eldridge, the author of In Our Control: The Complete Guide to Contraceptive Choices for Women, due out next month, says she went on the pill at age 18.
By her mid-20s, “I started having a lot of problems” — irregular bleeding, premenstrual syndrome. After trying five different types of the pill, Eldridge, now 30 and married, gave up and got a diaphragm, a device some peers find quaint.
“There are a lot of women who are not happy on the pill,” she says. “We can have respect for different methods and different choices.” —USA Today, on the fiftieth anniversary of the Pill
Tags: barbara seaman, birth control, In Our Control, Laura Eldridge, pill, usa today, women's health
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Laura Eldridge interview on the anniversary of the Pill
April 6, 2010
How did you come to write a book framed by an alternative viewpoint on the Pill?
When I started working with Barbara Seaman, at the end of 1999 and just in time for the 40th anniversary of the Pill, it was actually a shock to me to realize as a feminist she had been very critical of the Pill. I thought of myself as an up and coming young feminist and bought into the popular idea that acceptance of the Pill was an integral part of second wave feminism and as such allowed for many of the gains women have made. Working with Barbara I got to understand how criticism of the Pill was part of the feminist movement, and that this history has been lost over time. With the 50th anniversary of the Pill coming up, all the articles are very glowing and suggest the Pill made feminism possible, but I know it is much more complicated than that. I thought it was the right time to present a reassessment of our birth control choices, to encourage women to broaden the contraceptive conversation. —Laura Eldridge, to Bitch magazine
Tags: birth control, bitch, In Our Control, interviews, Laura Eldridge, women's health, women's issues
“In Our Control” Posts
- Jun 30, Amy Steele of Entertainment Realm reviews In Our Control
- Jun 30, Laura Eldridge at Red Emma’s
- Jun 22, Laura Eldridge at Books on the Square
- Jun 16, Laura Eldridge at Big Blue Marble Bookstore
- Jun 15, Laura Eldridge at the Wooden Shoe
- Jun 10, Laura Eldridge at Bluestockings Radical Books
- Apr 6, Laura Eldridge interview on the anniversary of the Pill
