The Culture's Lies About the Pill

There I was, sitting on the toilet staring at a white test strip with tiny ‘LH’ letters on it. The luteinizing hormone test was negative again, for the seventh day in a row. Where the hell was my positive test, indicating ovulation was on the way?

The next month, the same rodeo. I thought my period had come because I had a day of bleeding, but now I was …