So happy to share that Get It Out won two awards!
andréa becker
@andreabeckerphd.bsky.social
sociology professor and reproductive health researcher @ Hunter College CUNY / bylines in NYT, Slate, The Nation, Vox etc 🇲🇽 my book Get It Out: On the Politics of Hysterectomy is out now!
Congrats to CORE investigator and @uwsocialwork.bsky.social professor Celina Doria, along with @andreabeckerphd.bsky.social, @leahrkoenig.bsky.social, Jennifer Ko & @ushma.bsky.social, on their new paper on the embodied aspects of telehealth medication abortion. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Lovely review of my book Get It Out written by Patrice Wright :) onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Get It Out: On the Politics of Hysterectomy. By Becker, Andréa. New York, NY. NYU Press, 2025. 208 pp. $28.00. ISBN: 978‐1‐47‐982660‐5
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Here's what I've been reading & writing this past month, from @kydmagazine.bsky.social @theflytrapmedia.com @theothernwa.bsky.social @themeteor.bsky.social @andreabeckerphd.bsky.social @theatlantic.com @vulture.com @thecut.com @judyberman.bsky.social scarlettwoman.substack.com/p/the-death-...
The Death of Millennial (Insert Topic Here): May 2026 in Links.
A roundup of links and culture for May 2026.
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On Thursday, the Supreme Court ruled that one of the drugs in a highly effective two-drug regime for medication abortion can remain accessible via telehealth and mail — for now.
Telehealth abortion with mifepristone continues, with backup plans still in place
Restricting telehealth prescribing of mifepristone wouldn't spell the end of telehealth medication abortion, writes OB-GYN Christine Henneberg.
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If we actually want to appreciate moms, we should be providing free childcare, healthcare, and guaranteed income for stay-at-home parents to put more money in families’ pockets and ensure no SAHP is reliant on a partner for their economic security. Idk I think that’s better than 15% off a vacuum.
I have carefully tracked my cycle for decades and have taught many others to do the same: The experiences of the ovulatory cycle aren't even consistent within the same person, let alone across people. We contain multitudes, but the obsession with ovulation and hormones is mostly harmful grifting.
andréa becker@andreabeckerphd.bsky.social · 4mo agoNew from me: Obsession with ovulation and women's hormones is spreading throughout tech, social media, and the government. Using words like "luteal" may sound scientific and even feminist, but romanticizing women's hormones has dire social consequences. www.theatlantic.com/health/2026/...
The internet is obsessed with women’s hormones—but believing fantasies about mood and biology could have troubling consequences, Andréa Becker argues.
The Cost of ‘Natural’ Womanhood
Hormone hype is out of control.
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The internet is obsessed with women’s hormones—but believing fantasies about mood and biology could have troubling consequences, Andréa Becker argues. theatln.tc/dfjB1q5D
New from me: Obsession with ovulation and women's hormones is spreading throughout tech, social media, and the government. Using words like "luteal" may sound scientific and even feminist, but romanticizing women's hormones has dire social consequences. www.theatlantic.com/health/2026/...
The Cost of ‘Natural’ Womanhood
Hormone hype is out of control.
theatlantic.com
Great piece by @andreabeckerphd.bsky.social gently pushing back on FemTech narratives about hormonal shifts and needs for optimisation, which claim to empower women but may in fact do the opposite www.theatlantic.com/health/2026/...
The Cost of ‘Natural’ Womanhood
Hormone hype is out of control.
theatlantic.com
NEW: The judge in the Louisiana case that could upend medication abortion access has issued a ruling temporarily protecting telehealth abortion care in the state. Rewire is tracking this important case and will keep updating our timeline as the case progresses.
Federal Judge Stays Louisiana Mifepristone Case Pending FDA ‘Review’ (Updated)
A timeline of key moments in Louisiana v. Food and Drug Administration, the case that could upend mifepristone access across the country.
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In our March issue #NewPublication finds that telehealth abortion reduces structural barriers to abortion and mitigates experiences of stigma: bit.ly/47BIpXX By @andreabeckerphd.bsky.social Celina Doria Leah R. Koenig Jennifer Kro & @ushma.bsky.social
@cameronoakes.bsky.social talked to @andreabeckerphd.bsky.social about a study showing that telehealth services improve the abortion care experience for trans and nonbinary patients:
Telehealth Improves Abortion Care Experience for Some Trans, Nonbinary Patients—New Research
Gender-expansive study participants reported avoiding common health-care pitfalls like misgendering, stigma, and discrimination.
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The Supreme Court in 2022: Women do not have a right to make important decisions about their health The Supreme Court in 2026: Parents obviously have a right to make important decisions about their children’s health
Steven Mazie@stevenmazie.bsky.social · 6mo agoNEW at SCOTUS: the court votes 6-3 to block a California law preventing public schools from outing gender-questioning students to their parents.
Thank you for the very thoughtful review!
Amber@motherofdemocracy.bsky.social · 6mo agoAre you looking for a infuriating read about women’s health? Do you know anyone what has ever wanted to throw their uterus out the window? Then you’ll want to read my review of Get it Out by @andreabeckerphd.bsky.social (and then go get her book). vc.bridgew.edu/jiws/vol28/i...
If professors were honest on a class syllabus: “If you need to contact me, please do not email me. First ask a classmate, read the syllabus, google it, ask a religious leader, meditate. Please”
When I randomly remember a paper I submitted for review months ago
Zohran translated his campaign materials to Yiddish, he went to seders, synagogues, explained his critique of Israel’s government’s actions over and over. Painting him and anyone who stands for a free Palestine as antisemitic will never not be delusional and a moral stain on the Jewish community.
Our research in Abortion, Everyday! Thank you @jessicavalenti.bsky.social and @kylietcheung.bsky.social
If you’re attending SFP come to my book event tomorrow with Asha Hassan! @reproresearcher.bsky.social
I appreciate that @andreabeckerphd.bsky.social at least considers trans men and the hypocrisy of the trt push for cis men. www.businessinsider.com/young-men-te...
Young men are getting testosterone boosts to feel stronger, sharper, and anxiety-free
A booming industry of men's health clinics offers men in their 20s, 30s, and 40s testosterone therapy to optimize their bodies. Doctors are skeptical.
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Brady!@like-the-bunch.bsky.social · 10mo agowhen trans people take HRT to feel normal: “look at these depraved sex freaks performing their sick fetish in public, we should bully them out of existence” when cis ppl take HRT so they can fuck real good:
Recruiting for a new study on men’s sexual health experiences! Please share :)
Thrilled to announce that I, “Author,” have been selected for the prestigious “Best Researcher Award.” An unbelievable honor.
🚨New paper alert🚨we find that the option of telehealth is key for trans-affirming abortion care. Now more than ever we need to protect telehealth abortion. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40983240/
I wrote about the Trump administration’s false claims about Tylenol, and the moral—not scientific—burdens they place on pregnant women’s bodies. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I've said this before, but I feel pretty strongly that the building of concentration camps - and now, the inevitable disappearance of 1,800 people from those camps - is the biggest story in American public health right now that isn't being treated like one
Laura Bassett@lebassett.bsky.social · 11mo agoMore than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...