You Are Not Broken 362. The Pink Pill
Mar 15, 2026
Abby Greensfelder, executive producer who shepherded the film; Aisling Chin-Yee, director who shaped the storytelling; Cindy Eckert, entrepreneur behind Addyi and central figure. They discuss the decades-long fight to develop the drug, the stigma and silence around women’s sexual health, tensions with regulators, and how the film sparks conversation, empathy, and activism around pleasure and care.
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Cindy Found Revisiting The Fight Therapeutic
- Cindy Eckert recounts being the subject of the film and how revisiting the fight was traumatic yet therapeutic.
- She describes sitting through footage and feeling transported back, tearful but grateful the story is told.
Women’s Drugs Face Higher Regulatory Hurdles
- The Addyi story exposes systemic bias where women's drugs face higher hurdles despite meeting FDA science criteria.
- Cindy Eckert and Sprout repeatedly supplied requested data yet faced shifting goalposts and judgment rather than evidence-based review.
Trial Videos Show Women’s Transformative Stories
- Filmmakers recovered trial videos and tracked down trial participants to show authentic before/after experiences.
- Those footage and follow-ups reveal women whose lives changed on the drug and then lost access.