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Soulflower take me flying with you: A birth, a rant, and a prayer

Soulflower take me flying with you: A birth, a rant, and a prayer

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...

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Hi, I’m Elisabeth Bolaza, and I’m a mama-wifey dynamo, researcher, and writer, raising my babies while earning a Ph.D. Currently, my dissertation work titled The Birth Pleasure Study is underway. It’s the first-ever mixed-methods study of pleasure in birth. I’m also the founder of SexyMama.co (coming soon), my new blog where I’m helping everyday mamas live sexier and healthier, so mamahood can feel good.

Recent Posts

  • When I told him “I study pleasure experienced during birth,” he said, “There’s no such thing.” November 1, 2021
  • New publication – Birth Pleasure: Meanings, Politics, and Praxis August 5, 2020
  • The Birth Pleasure Study: All Systems Go. August 10, 2018
  • Soulflower take me flying with you: A birth, a rant, and a prayer August 8, 2018
  • Oppressing Birth: Presentation @ CREGS Summer Institute, June 7, 2018 June 10, 2018

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