by Laura | Oct 29, 2010 | Childfree Media-Related, Childfree-Related Political issues
Postscript to my last two posts that I just have to pass on–thanks to a visitor of this blog who sent me an article by Ruth Marcus, Washington Post columnist on Mary Fallin pulling the mommy card with Jari Askins. Both are running for governor in Oklahoma. I...
by Laura | Oct 28, 2010 | Childfree Media-Related, Childfree-Related Political issues
More on the governor’s race in Oklahoma with Republican candidate Mary Fallin and Democratic candidate Jari Askins. Fallin has claimed motherhood is what makes her more qualified, and she’s received push back on this. Good Morning America took up the...
by Laura | Oct 11, 2010 | Childfree Interview-Related, Childfree Lifestyles, Childfree Media-Related
In the November edition in Harper’s Bazaar UK, Renee Zellweger is not only looking great on the cover but she speaks to not wanting kids in her interview. She says that motherhood has never been an “ambition” for her. Think about the use of the word...
by Laura | Aug 15, 2010 | Childfree Issues, Childfree Media-Related
I like to track childfree celebs, looking for those that come out about their choice not to have kids in a baby crazed celeb world. On marieclaire.com there’s a slideshow of 23 “childfree” celebrities. Upon closer look, not all are childfree —...
by Laura | Aug 7, 2010 | Childfree & Sociology Topics, Childfree Issues, Childfree Lifestyles, Childfree Media-Related, Childfree Psychology-Related
On July 28th, BBC radio’s Woman’s Hour did a show on women who are childless by choice in the UK and Europe. Dr. Catherine Hakim, Senior Fellow at the London School of Economics, baby coach Beth Follini, writer Cristina Odone and Melanie Notkin,...
by Laura | Jul 10, 2010 | Childfree & Sociology Topics, Childfree Issues, Childfree Lifestyles, Childfree Media-Related, Childfree Research-related
Now on to Part III regarding new data on the numbers of childless women put out by the Pew Research Center, (based mainly on combined 2006-2008 data from the June fertility supplement of the Census Bureau’s Current Population Survey). Next: Race and Ethnicity....
