by Laura | May 1, 2018 | Pronatalism, Workplace Issues
The recent article, “How Managers Can Be Fair About Flexibility for Parents and Non-Parents Alike,” by Joan C. Williams and Marina Multhaup takes on two topics more commonly written about separately: how parents and non-parents face bias at work. Both Camps Experience...
by Laura | Mar 22, 2018 | Man Swarm Related, Population Issues, Pronatalism
With the announcement of the closing of Toys “R” Us, we’ve seen a few articles discussing one particular reason it went bankrupt and out of business: decline in birth rates. Let’s examine this claim. Demographic Time Bomb? In the article, “Toys R Us’s baby problem is...
by Laura | Feb 6, 2018 | Baby Matrix related, Pronatalism
A recent “Ask Polly” on The Cut shocked me. A woman writes in with the question, “Should I have a baby?” and even though Polly assures readers the “column is not a parody,” I admit I read the response more than once to be sure her advice actually seemed serious. ...
by Laura | Jan 25, 2018 | Baby Matrix related, Pronatalism, Social-Cultural Issues
In my 2017 childfree trending piece, I discuss how in recent years we’ve been seeing more talk about pronatalism. Some articles use the word directly, some not. An excellent feature article that appeared on money.good.is magazine last fall by Mike Mariani gives us a...
by Laura | Jan 9, 2018 | Baby Matrix related, Book Related - General, Pronatalism, Social-Cultural Issues
I recently had the pleasure of interviewing New Delhi research scholar and activist, Amrita Nandy, about her new book, Motherhood and Choice: Uncommon Mothers, Childfree Women. Check it out: Your new book, Motherhood and Choice, is based on your Ph.D. dissertation....
by Laura | Oct 1, 2017 | Baby Matrix related, Pronatalism
Have you heard that Starbucks is now offering IVF as an employee perk? A few other companies have started offering an IVF benefit, but Starbucks is going further. As the article, “How Starbucks covers pricey in vitro fertilization for even its part-time employees”...
