by Laura | Sep 29, 2016 | Baby Matrix related, Man Swarm Related, Population Issues, Pronatalism
Michael Cook has an interesting article on bioedge.org: “Let’s fight climate change with population engineering.” Yes – “population“engineering.” What is it? Check it out. Population Engineering Cook summarizes the article,”Population Engineering and the...
by Laura | Sep 14, 2016 | Baby Matrix related, Pronatalism
A few months ago I did a Q&A with New Delhi-based researcher, activist and journalist Amrita Nandy on her paper, “Outliers of Motherhood.” A few days ago she had a great piece post in The Wire – so good, with her permission, here it is:...
by Laura | Aug 31, 2016 | Childfree Events, Childfree Interview-Related, Laura's La Vie Childfree Writings Library, Pronatalism
I am so happy to share this news! Canadian Filmmaker Magenta Baribeau, and the 2014 Childfree Woman of the Year, has won the 2016 Best Feature Film Award for her film, Maman? Non merci! (roughly translated as Being a mom? No thanks!) at the London Feminist Film...
by Laura | Aug 26, 2016 | Childfree Interview-Related, Childfree Relationship Topics, Childfree Research-related, Laura's La Vie Childfree Writings Library
I was pleased to recently see an interview study conducted by sociologist Amy Blackstone and Mahala Dyer Stewart. Amy and I have worked together on International Childfree Day and have been involved with the NotMom Summit. She and Dyer Stewart interviewed 21 women and...
by Laura | Aug 19, 2016 | Childfree Events, Childfree Interview-Related, Laura's La Vie Childfree Writings Library
Want to learn more about Crystal Money, the 2016 Childfree Woman of the Year? She was kind enough to do this Q&A: Can you tell us about your work with the Siegel Institute for Leadership and the annual Phenomenal Women’s Conference? I have been with the...
by Laura | Aug 9, 2016 | Baby Matrix related, Pronatalism
I predict you have seen Jennifer Aniston’s recent piece, “For the Record.” It coupled with Chinmayee Manjunath’s, “Why Motherhood is Choice I Decided not to Make” deserve discussion. Getting Beyond Being Fed Up Jennifer...
by Laura | Aug 1, 2016 | Childfree Events, Laura's La Vie Childfree Writings Library
Each year on International Childfree Day (today!), the winners of the Childfree Man and Woman of the Year are announced. Here are this year’s winners and their nomination submissions. Ladies first: 2016 Childfree Woman of the Year *Nomination by Mike Jacobs...
by Laura | Jul 23, 2016 | Childfree Events, Laura's La Vie Childfree Writings Library
The nominations for 2016 Childfree Man and Woman of the Year have gone to the Selection Panel. Winners will be announced on August 1, International Childfree Day! Meanwhile, want to know about past winners? Check them out Here!
by Laura | Jul 13, 2016 | Childfree Book-Related, Childfree Media-Related, Laura's La Vie Childfree Writings Library
I recently had the pleasure of asking author Gloria Bowman about her novel, Human Slices, which has a main female character who is childfree. We also got into the childfree in novels and films. Check it out: Q&A with Gloria Bowman What inspired you to write Human...
by Laura | Jul 6, 2016 | Childfree Events, Childfree-Related, Laura's La Vie Childfree Writings Library
by Laura Carroll & Marcia Drut-Davis It’s official – With Marcia Drut-Davis, author of Confessions of a Childfree Woman, in her 70s and me in my 50s, we’re childfree elders. Childfree crones. We’ve been working toward societal acceptance of having no...
