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It's Not a Purse

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It's Not a Purse is a documentary podcast series that revisits events from modern history that have impacted the lives of women. Each season, we investigate a timeline of pivotal moments where institutions, politics and media made decisions with life altering consequences for women's health, opportunity access and autonomy. In Season 1, A Study on Trial: The Women's Health Initiative Revisited, we go back to July 9, 2002. On that day, the NIH held a press conference where they inaccurately stated that HRT lacked benefits and caused breast cancer — claims that did not match the data from their...

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#ReclaimJuly9: The Origins of HRT Fear and 2002 WHI Clickbait 09.07.2026 19:02

July 9, 2002 was the date women’s health was set back for over two decades. On July 9, 2002, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) held a massive, high-profile press conference. They announced the abrupt halting of a hormone trial in the Women’s Health Initiative (WHI) due to an increased risk of breast cancer. The media rushed to print inflammatory coverage that featured terrifying relative ris...

Why #EqualResearchDay Exists | Closing the Women's Health Gap 10.06.2026 10:04

Until 1993, women were mostly excluded from federally funded clinical trials in the United States. Not overlooked. Not underfunded. Excluded. Through the relentless advocacy of women and their allies, on June 10, 1993, the U.S. government passed the NIH Revitalization Act, a law - not a suggestion - that women and minorities be included in federally funded research and clinical trials. On #EqualRe...

A Study on Trial Preview: Political Theater, Flawed Science, and the Women’s Health Gap 01.06.2026 5:50

It’s Not a Purse is an anthology documentary podcast series that takes a deep dive into events from modern history that have impacted the lives of women. Season One, A Study on Trial: The Women’s Health Initiative Revisited , centers on the landmark study from the 1990s: the National Institute of Health (NIH) sponsored Women’s Health Initiative (WHI), the largest and most impactful women’s health...