by Laura | Jun 25, 2010 | Childfree & Sociology Topics, Childfree Media-Related, Childfree-Related Political issues
According to the San Francisco Chronicle, Senate candidate Carly Fiorina, the former CEO of Hewlett Packard, is being “heralded as …the vanguard of a new breed of ‘pro-women, pro-life’ feminists” in the mold of Sarah Palin’s conservative pro-life agenda. And she’s not...
by Laura | Jun 10, 2010 | Childfree Issues, Childfree Lifestyles, Childfree Media-Related, Childfree/Parenthood Related
Lisa Hymas of grist.org did a post on how Sex and the City is the greenest movie of the year because the lead character Carrie, even though she does not realize it, exemplifies a greenish lifestyle — she has no car, does not travel much, and most importantly...
by Laura | Jun 4, 2010 | Childfree Media-Related, Childfree/Parenthood Related
Have you seen how Toyota is marketing one its mini-vans? Talk about stereotypes, and a sore attempt at rap. Ads like this disturb me. It’s a staunch reminder of the power of advertising and how it seriously reinforces the values all of us are “supposed...
by Laura | May 23, 2010 | Childfree Issues, Childfree Lifestyles, Childfree Media-Related, Childfree/Parenthood Related
Now for the fourth area from Alison Cameron’s article, “Do children really make us happy? Alison Cameron compares parenthood with a childfree life” from The Sun Herald. This one: Appearance. From the article: For many parents, the first years of parenthood are more...
by Laura | May 17, 2010 | Childfree Issues, Childfree Lifestyles, Childfree Media-Related, Childfree Relationship Topics, Childfree/Parenthood Related
On to the second area from Alison Cameron’s article, “Do children really make us happy? Alison Cameron compares parenthood with a childfree life” in The Sun Herald. Like the Money topic from the last post, first you’ll see the quoted content from Cameron’s article...
by Laura | May 11, 2010 | Childfree & Sociology Topics, Childfree Issues, Childfree Media-Related, Childfree Relationship Topics
Ironically, the Pill turned 50 on Mother’s Day. According to an article in last weekend’s edition of USA Today, the FDA approved the pill in the first year of the “swingin sixties.” However, it clears up misconceptions that the pill did not...
