Hi, I'm Tara and I'm apparently open for business.

I remember the day like it was yesterday. I had waited 17 years to finally become a "leader" in our church's Lads to Leaders program we held every year in Natchez. I packed my bible and my bags and drove 7 hours with my church to the Grand ol' Opry Hotel. It was riddled with Christians and I was finally going to be their Moses! The program leader greeted me at the door where she proceeded to check my bags (ya know, for devilish shit). She then discovered my Yaz pill packet in the bottom of my purse. She told me that they were against the Christian beliefs and socially unacceptable and sent me home.

I felt awful! How could a fellow lady tell me that I couldn't take Birth Control pills? I mean come on people! Weren't these little bastards created for OUR benefit? To give us women the power to choose our own life paths without worry? I felt insulted to hear another woman tell me that my choices to take the birth control basically defined me as a "loose" woman. How dare she or anyone label me in that sense? Women should have the right to their own bodies. If I don't want to have a child right now I'm gonna pop these little suckers into my mouth every night at 9 as much as I please.

Politically, I have the right as a young woman to make this conscience decision. However, I feel that whenever a guy sees me take my pills he thinks I will put out; or, if another girl sees me she will think I'm a slut. I shouldn't have to make an excuse to run off to the bathroom just to take my pill. The pill has a lot of biological benefits and I feel that I should have the complete right to take it whenever I please without being judged. You don't have to be open for business because you're on the pill. There are plenty of reasons why it was created, so us women should stop being so judgmental on the fact that other women take it. It was a hard-earned right for us so screw the world (Literally if you want to. I won't judge)...  :P