You’ll Feel a Pinch: An Attempt to Get Birth Control to Outlast a Presidency
“Taking care of our bodies is a privilege when it should be a right.”
do:
however
pregnantdo not want.
sit here.
Confirm pregnancymaternity carepostpartum careproblem-oriented visit.What is your problem?
I want my IUD replaced early.
I want my IUD replaced early.
why?
swallowed
Doctor Strange
mauveleprosylocusts
pissed
You matter, you are worthy of care.
Jesus God it hurt.
hundred.
You matter, You are worthy of care.
Megan Stielstra is the author of Everyone Remain Calm, Once I Was Cool, and The Wrong Way to Save Your Life, winner of the 2017 Book of the Year in Nonfiction from the Chicago Review of Books. Her work appears in Best American Essays, New York Times, Poets & Writers, The Believer, Tin House, and elsewhere. A longtime company member with 2nd Story, she has told stories for NPR, Museum of Contemporary Art, and theatres, festivals, and classrooms across the country. She teaches creative nonfiction at Northwestern University and is a Senior Media Fellow with the Annenberg Innovation Lab at USC.
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