by Laura | Oct 14, 2013 | Childfree & Sociology Topics, Childfree Research-related
Sociology researcher Brian Powell has done some very interesting research about how today’s Americans define family. Results in the book Counted Out examine how men and women of different ages, races, religions, and socioeconomic backgrounds view what...
by Laura | Oct 14, 2013 | Nonfiction Related
Forty-six states and Washington D.C. have adopted what are called Common Core State Standards for their schools. What have some English teachers been outraged about? They require students to be reading primarily nonfiction by the time they are in high school. As the...
by Laura | Oct 4, 2013 | Baby Matrix related
When you learn the story line of The Interview, a new play running in LA this month, you will know why it immediately interested me! It deals with what I call the pronatalist Right to Reproduce Assumption in my book, The Baby Matrix. Check out my interview with the...
by Laura | Oct 1, 2013 | Baby Matrix related
The recent spread, “Outsourcing a Life” in the San Francisco Chronicle on one couple’s experience with Indian surrogacy begs for revisiting and adding to a La Vie Childfree discussion from about a year ago. Romney’s son and his wife have done...
by Laura | Sep 23, 2013 | Editing-Writing How To
In the last several years the publishing industry has seen many changes. The advent of print-on-demand technology and e-reader tablets are just two things that have changed publishing forever. Digital technology in publishing has also made it easier for writers to...