Everything You Need to Know About the Pill (but were too afraid to ask) - Softcover

Muir, Kate

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1398529540 ISBN 13: 9781398529540

Publisher: Gallery UK, 2025

Synopsis

'I cannot recommend this book enough. Kate Muir's writing demystifies, educates and empowers all women to have agency over their own bodies. This book will anger, educate and empower' - Jen Brister

An eye-opening, no-holds-barred guide to contraception, written by campaigner, journalist and documentary-maker Kate Muir

Everything You Need to Know About the Pill (but were too afraid to ask) is the thinking-woman’s guide to contraception, bringing you answers to all those questions that have been hidden behind a veneer of misplaced shame, bad science and centuries of patriarchy. 

• What's happening to my body - and my mind?
• Which method of contraception is best for me?
• Do I really need to take a pill break every three weeks? 
• What about men - where's their pill?!

Muir draws on interviews with the leading medical experts in the field, interlaced with her own tumultuous journey with different types of contraception and the personal stories of women from all walks of life, sharing their varied experiences and hard-earned wisdom. Muir also questions why the current medical establishment is getting contraception so wrong, as she debunks the myths and exposes the sloppy science and hysterical headlines that have had a negative impact on women’s health for the last twenty years.

This ground-breaking guide is a social, cultural and scientific exploration into a criminally overlooked and under-discussed part of women's lives. It is a manifesto for change, calling for equality in healthcare and an entirely new - and long overdue - approach to women’s health. 

'This book finally allows us to think differently about hormones and contraception. Kate is a genius' - Dr Louise Newson

‘Essential reading for any woman who has ever taken the pill, it’s likely to educate, anger and empower’ - Liz Earle Wellbeing Magazine

About this title

About the Author

Kate Muir is a writer, filmmaker and women's health campaigner. She produced two groundbreaking Channel 4 documentaries on the menopause, which ignited a massive conversation in the UK, and is the author of Everything You Need to Know About the Pill. Previously, she was a foreign correspondent for The Times in New York and Washington, before becoming the newspaper's chief film critic. She has written five non-fiction books and three novels.

Edition details

• Publisher: Gallery UK
• Publication date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1398529540
• ISBN 13: 9781398529540
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 384