Comments on: The Business of Being Born http://www.blakeclan.org/jon/greenoasis/2008/03/01/the-business-of-being-born/ One Mormon boy’s iconoclastic quest to remix and rectify his notions of truth, mind, myth, love, life, and transcendence. Wed, 19 Nov 2008 17:23:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: chandelle http://www.blakeclan.org/jon/greenoasis/2008/03/01/the-business-of-being-born/#comment-6831 chandelle Sun, 02 Mar 2008 00:22:35 +0000 http://www.blakeclan.org/jon/greenoasis/2008/03/01/the-business-of-being-born/#comment-6831 i wasn't particularly impressed with the movie but i think it's important to realize that the reason it's so one-sided is because the other side is so pervasive in our culture. think about the way that childbirth is presented in the media: always immediate, as an emergency, as terrifying and painful, as something that causes women to lose control and throw things at their husbands. it's extremely difficult in our society for women to seek out choices in childbirth or to even educate herself fully because it's heretical in so many circles to even consider that the american birth machine might be broken. it's a lot to be up against, in an attempt to educate the masses about birth as a normal, healthy, potentially transformative experience. as a woman who chooses homebirth i'm grateful to see this line of thinking be considered at all in the mainstream, but i was still disappointed with the presentation and progress of the movie. 'course, might just be that ricki lake's voice make me feel like bugs are crawling under my skin. i wasn’t particularly impressed with the movie but i think it’s important to realize that the reason it’s so one-sided is because the other side is so pervasive in our culture. think about the way that childbirth is presented in the media: always immediate, as an emergency, as terrifying and painful, as something that causes women to lose control and throw things at their husbands. it’s extremely difficult in our society for women to seek out choices in childbirth or to even educate herself fully because it’s heretical in so many circles to even consider that the american birth machine might be broken. it’s a lot to be up against, in an attempt to educate the masses about birth as a normal, healthy, potentially transformative experience.

as a woman who chooses homebirth i’m grateful to see this line of thinking be considered at all in the mainstream, but i was still disappointed with the presentation and progress of the movie. ‘course, might just be that ricki lake’s voice make me feel like bugs are crawling under my skin.

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