The Harvard-Westlake Chronicle

Under Control: Dealing with Menstruation

Members of the school community and medical professionals discuss birth control use among teenagers and its implications on the regulation of menstrual cycle and its symptoms.

Kayla Graff and Eila Shokravi
March 19, 2025

Although it is only 11 a.m., Rhea Khanna ’26 is on her way home from school. She feels a stabbing pain in her stomach as she sits hunched in the passenger seat. She worries about the math test and history...

Controversial Contraception

Teenage girls discuss how taking birth control has impacted their personal lives.

Milla Ben-Ezra and Kate Burry
May 30, 2021

5 million women around the U.S. take some form of the birth control pill. Whether it be for contraception, acne prevention or menstrual regulation, "the pill" assists women in having control over their...

Under Control

Carly Berger
November 19, 2014

Jane* hears her phone alarm ring while sitting with a friend at her house. She grabs it and reads the alert on the screen: "You know what this is," then jets into the bathroom. She takes out the circular...

Under Control

Jake Saferstein
November 19, 2014