by Laura Bogush | Jan 21, 2023 | Body Connection, Laura Bogush, Overcoming Shame & Trauma, Self-Pleasure
From the time I was a young child, I thought there was something very wrong with my body. In particular, I despised my round belly. My mother had a round belly and so did her mother and my father’s mother too. The message was that a good stomach was lean and flat....
by Laura Bogush | Sep 26, 2022 | Article, Bodysex, Laura Bogush
Reflection after our most-recent Bodysex circle brought me to one word: rebirth. Sitting in the circle again after two and a half years felt like coming home. This was our first in-person workshop since before the pandemic and since before Betty left the planet. As I...
by Laura Bogush | Mar 25, 2022 | Article, Betty Tribute
Many moons ago now, I knew I was done having kids. I was sad. I was lonely. I was rejecting myself and my body. I found Betty and Carlin on YouTube when I was trying to figure out if I would ever orgasm during partner sex. Betty helped me see that the art of self...
by Laura Bogush | Oct 25, 2021 | Article, Betty Tribute, Bodysex, Laura Bogush
Betty Dodson® wasn’t my friend. But I was her student even before I knew she was my teacher. When I was a teenager, I looked at my vulva with a mirror after my mother’s persistent encouragement. It was the mid 1970’s and my mother probably had read an article written...
by Laura Bogush | Jan 20, 2020 | Article, Body Connection, Laura Bogush, Vulva
Last spring, those of us in who are members of Betty Dodson’s “army of orgasmic women” knew that Betty and Carlin were working on a big secret vulva project. In early July, Carlin contacted me to ask if I’d be willing to share a picture of my vulva for the project:...
