La Vie Childfree

The San Francisco  Chronicle recently had an interesting piece on Facebook‘s Chief Operating Officer (COO), Sheryl Sandberg.  Named Forbes magazine 5th most powerful woman in the world and Fortune‘s 12th most powerful women in business, Stanford leadership/organizational behavior professor Deborah Gruenfeld says Sandberg has become “a symbol of a new wave of feminism.”  Take a closer look. Continue reading “Facebook’s COO Sandberg: A Symbol of New Wave of Feminism?” »

A  recent article in Time magazine, “The 1% Birth. Why baby Beyonces are little profit center for hospitals” struck me as an example of the power of pronatalism. Why?  Birth is big business…and particularly “luxe” birth. Continue reading “Beyond the Baby Bump: Birth is Big Business” »

Reading “The Grief of Childlessness” by Samantha Schoech got me thinking about how we’ve come to commonly define “childless “and “childless by circumstance.”  Who are the childless? Typically we are talking about those who want biological children…. Continue reading “Rethinking What It Means to be Childless & Childless by Circumstance” »

I am on a road trip down the California coast, and one of the towns I visited for the first time in years is worthy of mention as a place you’re not likely to share your visit with many kids… Continue reading “Back on Childfree Travel: Add this Place to your List!” »

Last year Grist did a piece on why the childfree had finally gone mainstream.  I had to disagree. While this choice is talked about more than ever before, it’s not hit mainstream acceptance by a long shot.  One big reason? Religion.  This “Happily Childfree” post by a Catholic medical student is a sure reminder of how certain religions will always stand in the way… Continue reading “Case In Point: Why Accepting the Childfree Choice is Still on the Uphill Climb” »