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Carlow Phillips

Who Protects You

Illustration
2026
watercolor on paper
Inspired by my experience with a hormonal IUD, Who Protects You is a piece made to critique the passed-down perception that contraceptives and birth control should be a woman’s responsibility rather than a mans.

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