Kristine Shields, Author
ENGAGING RESEARCH
Pregnancy and the Pharmaceutical Industry

The book explores the medical, ethical, scientific, and legal rationales behind the movement towards the inclusion of pregnant women in drug studies.
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The Vulva Owner’s Manual on Birth Control

The Vulva Owner’s Manuals are short books written to assist women and men find concise, helpful information on reproductive health issues.
How I Got Started
When I was maybe 5 or 6, I followed my two big sisters along the back of the attic and up three rough wooden steps. They unhooked the latch on the oddly shaped door and we crawled onto the small piece of plywood that was laid on the rafters.
Rows and rows of prickly pink insulation surrounded the three of us. If I stepped there, I would fall through the ceiling of the room below and my sisters would never let me in the attic with them again. They took out their pens and I took out my pencil and we began to write our books.
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