by elisabethbolaza | Nov 1, 2021 | Uncategorized
Here’s how it went down. I was a very large 6-months pregnant with my second baby with the audacity to travel to attend a conference on women’s sexual health. It was an incredibly illuminating experience. Sexual medicine professionals, mostly OB/GYNs, with a healthy...
by elisabethbolaza | Aug 5, 2020 | academic publications, articles
I’m thrilled to announce that my article Birth Pleasure: Meanings, Politics, and Praxis has been included in the most recent publication of the Journal of the Motherhood Initiative, which has recently shifted to an online open-access format. Download the entire...
by elisabethbolaza | Aug 10, 2018 | Uncategorized
Friends and colleagues, I am happy to announce that The Birth Pleasure Study has received final approval from my academic advisors and the ethical review board at the California Institute of Integral Studies. I now have the green light to recruit participants for my...
by elisabethbolaza | Aug 8, 2018 | Uncategorized
“Back in the day, when things were cool… all we needed was…” I was born free, at home. I’ve carried that knowing in my bones. My mother’s third birth, I emerged around dawn on the summer solstice. It’s a story I’d heard...
by elisabethbolaza | Jun 10, 2018 | Uncategorized
I’m so lucky I get to do what I do. I had a fantastic experience presenting at CREGS Summer Institute on Sexuality this week. It feels so good to start of a conversation knowing you’re amongst your people. Zero percent of the room needed to be convinced or...