Birth Undisturbed & A Critical Look at Birth Photography | Elizabeth

Birth Undisturbed & A Critical Look at Birth Photography | Elizabeth

From Whose Body Is It by Isabella Malbin

December 19, 2025 · 1h 6m

About this episode

Elizabeth discusses the complexities of unassisted birth communities and the implications of birth photography on women's liberation.

Elizabeth quietly shaped underground unassisted birth communities not to build a brand or make money, but to help women heal their trauma. Long before social media exploded, Elizabeth warned women about the risks of joining unassisted birth groups online, even as she worked within underground networks to educate women about birth. We explore the oxymoron of selling free birth, why some women succeed at unassisted birth while others transfer, how individual women’s realities collide with group dynamics. What used to unify these communities—before they were torn apart by the gender identity insanity in 2014? Finally, we examine our cultural obsession with birth photography and why people want to witness birth. Despite these images serving as powerful (good) propaganda for home birth, what are the hidden costs for mothers, babies, and women’s liberation as a whole? Elizabeth's Blog ⁠⁠ ⁠p.s. The things I want to say but don't say live on my Substack. Subscribe for $6/month and unlock all premium content →⁠ ⁠⁠⁠ ✦✦✦ Instant access class for women questioning liberal feminism (most under $30) ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Follow Whose Body Is It on Instagram →⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Shop Activist…

People in this episode

Host: Isabella Malbin

Guest: Elizabeth

Topics covered

  • unassisted birth
  • birth photography
  • women's trauma
  • cultural obsession
  • gender identity
  • home birth

Keywords

  • unassisted birth
  • birth photography
  • women's trauma
  • gender identity
  • home birth
  • cultural obsession

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Organizations: Whose Body Is It, Substack, Instagram

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