by Laura | Nov 21, 2018 | Childfree & Sociology Topics, Laura's La Vie Childfree Writings Library
I like to bring this post back around as Thanksgiving approaches each year. Check it out: Discussing pronatalism as well as the childfree choice involves the busting of myths. What else has myths that surround it? Thanksgiving! Thanksgiving Myths Vs. Facts...
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 | Oct 13, 2018 | Childfree Relationship Topics, Laura's La Vie Childfree Writings Library
Shani Orgad, Associate Professor in Media and Communications at the London School of Economics and Political Science, has a recent interesting piece on theconversation.com. Titled “’Wifehood’ is not old-fashioned–here’s why it matters,” she discusses what wifehood...
by Laura | Sep 6, 2018 | Childfree Book-Related, Childfree Relationship Topics, Laura's La Vie Childfree Writings Library
I am happy to have contributed the chapter, “The Intentionally Childless Marriage,” to the just released book, Voluntary and Involuntary Childlessness: The Joys of Otherhood? (2018) published by Emerald Publishing in the UK. “Underpinned by a...
by Laura | Aug 13, 2018 | Childfree Research-related, Laura's La Vie Childfree Writings Library
Bright Side’s recent piece, “What Childfree People Really Want and Why They Deliberately Refuse to Have Children,” needs some serious cross-checking. Since the late 1990s, I’ve been gathering qualitative data on childfree people and have interviewed and talked with...
by Laura | Aug 1, 2018 | Childfree Events, Laura's La Vie Childfree Writings Library
Happy International Childfree Day! As you may know, on International Childfree Day, childfree winners are announced. This year the winner categories were Childfree Person of the Year and Childfree Group of the Year. As head of the Selection Panel, I have to say this...
