by Laura | Oct 3, 2011 | Childfree Issues, Laura's La Vie Childfree Writings Library
The September On-the-Ground Question was: What legacies have you seen the childfree leave? What legacy would you like to leave? Here’s what people said, and a tee up to the October question: Have a post script on the topic of legacies? Write it...
by Laura | Sep 29, 2011 | Baby Matrix related, Pronatalism
I think the better question is, Why is the “baby-having drive” of some people at midlife so strong? Part of the answer is related to a quote early in the article; 54 year old John says to 47 year old Ann: “You have the body of a young girl. You need...
by Laura | Sep 26, 2011 | Childfree Issues, Childfree Media-Related, Childfree-Related Political issues
Julia Gillard has taken some heat for not having children by choice, and now it’s her sex life that is being satirized. In a recent segment on the Australian comedy show At Home With Julia, there is a controversial scene in which the Gillard character and her...
by Laura | Sep 22, 2011 | Childfree & Sociology Topics, Childfree Lifestyles, Childfree/Parenthood Related
How did 21 year old mom Amber Portwood make $140,000 in six months? She had a contract with MTV to be on the reality tv show, Teen Mom. Like other young women on other teen mom reality shows… like Teen Mom 2, and 16 and Pregnant, she is a young mother who became...
by Laura | Sep 19, 2011 | Childfree Issues, Childfree Lifestyles, Childfree Media-Related, Childfree Research-related, Childfree/Parenthood Related
Britain’s Grazia magazine recently conducted a survey of 2,000 women. It planned to coincide the release of the survey numbers with the release of Sarah Jessica Parker’s latest film, I Don’t Know How She Does It. As Grazia puts it, the numbers...
