Ricki Lake and Abby Epstein: The Truth About the Pill
Mayim Bialik's Breakdown
Mayim Bialik
4.8 • 5.9K Ratings
🗓️ 2 March 2021
⏱️ 88 minutes
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Summary
Mayim breaks down how the neurochemical basis of women's hormones and the impacts of the menstrual cycle on their bodies and minds. Mayim also covers how our understanding of women's health has changed over time, including a brief overview of what Freud got wrong. Activists Ricki Lake and Abby Epstein discuss their most recent project tackling the misperceptions about women's mental health related to increasing rates of overprescription of the birth control pill. And Mayim shares about her experience on the pill and the differential access to reproductive health in under-serviced communities and what we can do about it.
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| 0:00.0 | You know, there's that whole story I think where an apple came out with their like health, |
| 0:06.0 | you know, app and they didn't put the menstrual cycle in because it's like not considered |
| 0:10.0 | a vital sign. |
| 0:11.0 | Yeah, it's ideal with depression, it's ideal with, I don't even remember. |
| 0:15.5 | I didn't even question how I felt. |
| 0:17.7 | I assumed it was just me being me. |
| 0:20.8 | Let's give some real information around this. |
| 0:24.3 | And also, let's present alternatives. |
| 0:27.2 | There are no alternatives. |
| 0:29.3 | I'm Mayan Bialik and welcome to my breakdown. |
| 0:32.2 | This is the place where we break down the things that make you break down. |
| 0:37.4 | It's Mayan Bialik's breakdown. |
| 0:39.8 | She's going to break it down for you because you know she knows a thing or two. |
| 0:45.2 | And now she's going to break down. |
| 0:47.7 | It's a breakdown. |
| 0:48.7 | She's going to break it down. |
| 0:50.6 | Today, we're going to be breaking down the patriarchy. |
| 0:54.7 | I'm just kidding, but not really. |
| 0:57.6 | We're going to be talking about the pill. |
| 1:01.2 | And by the pill, I mean the birth control pill, we have really, really, really exciting |
| 1:07.8 | guests. |
| 1:08.8 | We have Ricky Lake and Abby Epstein joining us to break down the pill and its impact |
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