--- description: Yarrow is the author of Birth Control: The Insidious Power of Men Over Motherhood title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Allison Yarrow ## Allison Yarrow Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Yarrow is the author of [Birth Control: The Insidious Power of Men Over Motherhood](https://bookshop.org/a/4973/9781541619319) ## Allison Yarrow Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close *  Jul 19, 2023 ### [The Radical Joy of Breastfeeding My 3-Year-Old](https://time.com/6294064/extended-breastfeeding-mothers-benefits-essay/) It eases my anxiety. It is sentimental, sensory, and sensual. It fills me with love. [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jun 13, 2018 ### [Author: How the ’90s Tricked Women Into Thinking They’d Gained Gender Equality](https://time.com/5310256/90s-gender-equality-progress/) 'The more women assumed power, the more power was taken from them' *  Oct 6, 2014 ### [Why Most Pregnancy Guides Are a Total Turnoff](https://time.com/3475131/why-most-pregnancy-guides-are-a-total-turnoff/) Even the pregnancy bible, 'What to Expect When You're Expecting,' appears to be waning in popularity... *  Jun 28, 2014 ### [Aaron Swartz Documentary Steers Clear of Suicide Conversation](https://time.com/2934186/aaron-swartz-documentary/) A new documentary about a young man who took his own life while facing charges on computer crimes sk... *  May 30, 2014 ### ['Sexy' Toddlers Diaper Ad Kicks Up Controversy](https://time.com/138645/huggies-denim-diapers-ad-israel-controversy/) Israeli parents protest a provactive new commercial for faux-denim diapers Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/allison-yarrow/","name":"Allison Yarrow"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/allison-yarrow/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/allison-yarrow/"},"name":"Allison Yarrow","jobTitle":null,"description":"Yarrow is the author of Birth Control: The Insidious Power of Men Over Motherhood","url":"https://time.com/author/allison-yarrow/","sameAs":["https://x.com/aliyarrow"],"worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```