by Laura | Dec 4, 2018 | Childfree Interview-Related, Childfree Lifestyles, Childfree Media-Related, Laura's La Vie Childfree Writings Library
I am thrilled to see the recent rise in documentary films related to the childfree choice. Laura Scott’s film, The Childless by Choice Project led the way in 2010, and Magenta Baribeau’s Maman? Non merci! (No Kids For Me, Thanks!) won a Best Feature Film Award in...
by Laura | Nov 14, 2018 | Baby Matrix related, Childfree Events, Childfree Media-Related, Laura's La Vie Childfree Writings Library
Last weekend I was in New York at DOC NYC, the largest documentary film festival in the United States! I attended the premiere of the documentary film, To Kid Or Not To Kid by filmmaker Maxine Trump. The film follows Maxine’s personal journey of moving...
by Laura | Dec 21, 2017 | Childfree & Sociology Topics, Childfree Issues, Childfree Media-Related, Childfree-Related, Laura's La Vie Childfree Writings Library
At the beginning of 2016, I took stock of 40+ years of talking about the childfree choice. At the end of 2016, I looked back and discussed positive childfree trends that year. It’s time for childfree trending 2017…this year I’ll do childfree trending in...
by Laura | Oct 3, 2017 | Baby Matrix related, Childfree & Sociology Topics, Childfree Interview-Related, Childfree Media-Related, Childfree-Related, Laura's La Vie Childfree Writings Library
Filmmaker Therese Shechter is currently running a Kickstarter Campaign for her film on childfree women, My So-Called Selfish Life. Here’s the trailer: I met Therese earlier this year in NYC, and recently had the chance to catch up with her again for an interview...
by Laura | Apr 14, 2017 | Childfree Interview-Related, Childfree Media-Related, Laura's La Vie Childfree Writings Library
Award-winning director Maxine Trump (no relation) is close to wrapping the important film, To Kid or Not To Kid, which aims to dispel the myth that making the decision to live childfree is weird, selfish or somehow wrong. I recently caught up with Maxine to talk...
by Laura | Apr 10, 2017 | Childfree Issues, Childfree Media-Related, Childfree Research-related, Laura's La Vie Childfree Writings Library
A recent study, “Parenthood as a Moral Imperative? Moral Outrage and the Stigmatization of Voluntarily Childfree Women and Men” by Leslie Ashburn-Nardo, has recently received quite a bit of online ink. The Outrage Result I elaborate on the study here; briefly –...
