The Unspeakable and Other Subjects of Discussion

by Laura | Mar 6, 2015

How could a collection of personal essays about “unspeakable acts that teach no easy lessons” not peak one’s curiosity? It did mine. So did author Meghan Daum’s comment of her book, The Unspeakable and Other Subjects of Discussion: “I suspect this is the kind of book...

The Baby Matrix: Why Freeing Our Minds From Outmoded Thinking About Parenthood & Reproduction Will Create a Better World

by Lisa-Marie | Jun 24, 2014

In the movie The Matrix, the character Morpheus offers two pills to Neo—if he takes the blue pill, he will go on with life as he has before, believing what he has always believed. If he takes the red pill, he will find out what the “matrix” really is, and many of his...

Confessions of a Childfree Woman by Marcia Drut-Davis

by Lisa-Marie | Jun 23, 2014

Confessions of a Childfree Woman fills a needed niche of nonfiction writings on having no children by choice. Marcia Drut-Davis’ memoir gives us an up close and personal story from who we don’t hear enough from in the childfree community – the elder childfree. With...

Kindle Single: No Children, No Guilt

by Lisa-Marie | Jun 23, 2014

For those uncertain about whether to have children, No Children, No Guilt helps alleviate some of the guilt, often imposed by family or society, associated with considering being childfree. Far from trying to convince men and women to not have children, Sylvia D....

Families of Two: Interviews With Happily Married Couples Without Children by Choice

by Lisa-Marie | Jun 23, 2014

Families of Two: Interviews with Happily Married Couples Without Children by Choice, (2000)  takes us into the lives of the growing number of couples who are choosing not to have children, and dispels the myths commonly associated with this choice. Families of...