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Moody Bitches: The Truth About the Drugs You're Taking, The Sleep You're Missing, The Sex You're Not Having, and What's Really Making You Crazy by Julie Holland M. D.
2 reviews
stellagc's review against another edition
informative
slow-paced
2.5
I was excited about this book because the premise is cool - I wanted to learn more about how my body works and how I can treat it well, specifically how modern medicine can help in some places but falls short in others.
However, the execution of this book was severely lacking. Its organization didn’t make sense, it was repetitive, and I was barely able to drag myself to the end.
Things I liked:
- critique of big pharma and the way that Americans interact with mental health and medication
- explanation of women’s hormonal cycles (info that needs to be more widely talked about)
- encouraging women to embrace their moods/feelings/emotions instead of suppressing (emotionally or medically)
- encouraging women to explore natural (less invasive) remedies before starting medication
Things I didn’t like:
- extremely hetero-centric (maybe one mention of same-sex relationships in an extensive discussion of sex and pleasure)
- the chapters about food and exercise could be triggering for women with disordered eating (an extremely widespread issue that the author doesn’t mention once)
- narrow focus on biological and evolutionary psychology; doesn’t really bring up other necessary perspectives (sociocultural, cognitive, humanistic psychologies, etc.)
- relies heavily on animal studies and pheromone research without acknowledging their pitfalls (they are useful, but limited)
Content Warnings
Moderate: Fatphobia
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