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Birthing Into the Media and the Perinatal Zeitgeist of Postmodern Culture: Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Being Born But Were Afraid to Ask

Posted on June 19, 2012 by sillymickel

Apocalypse No! Chapter Eight: The Perinatal Media ET, Phone Mom – Of Aliens, Toothy Vaginas, Satanic Cults, and Explosions: Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Being Born With these elements of birth experience in mind, let us look at … Continue reading →

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Aliens, Abductions, Hell…Birth and Death: Freedom Is Just a Membrane Away: Perinatal Media, Part 7

Posted on March 30, 2012 by sillymickel

Perinatal Media, Part Seven: Aliens, Abductions, Hell, and Fear: Freedom Is Just a Membrane Away This idea of birth trauma has been vigorously resisted in our culture ever since it was first presented by Otto Rank. And we can … Continue reading →

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Through the Looking Glass Into Parallel Universes…But “There’s No Place Like Home”: Perinatal Media, Part 6

Posted on March 25, 2012 by sillymickel

Perinatal Media, Part Six: Through the Looking Glass Into Parallel Universes, But “There’s No Place Like Home” Origins of Parallel Universes But this idea of something coming through the walls, membrane walls, is both fascinating and telling in the … Continue reading →

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Worse Homes and Gardens – Houses, Prisons, Schools, Dungeons, UFOs and Spaceships…and Their Obstetricians: Perinatal Media, Part 5

Posted on March 20, 2012 by sillymickel

Perinatal Media, Part Five: Worse Homes and Gardens – Houses, Prisons, UFOs and Spaceships, Dungeons…and Their Obstetricians House, Cave, Squids Anyway, this portrayal of a house that gobbles up its victims, bizarre as it sounds and as it looked, can … Continue reading →

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All in All, It’s Just Another Face in the Wall – Threatening Enclosures From Which One Wishes to Push Out or Escape: Perinatal Media, Part 4

Posted on March 15, 2012 by sillymickel

Perinatal Media, Part Four: All in All, It’s Just Another Face in the Wall–Enclosing, Threatening Things That One Wishes to Push Out or Escape From Faces Coming Out of the Walls I would like to refer to one final perinatal … Continue reading →