From Sacrifice to Privilege: Reframing the Role of Motherhood

by Laura | Aug 17, 2017 | Pronatalism, Social-Cultural Issues

The title of the recent opinion piece in the New York Times Sunday Review, “Motherhood Isn’t Sacrifice, It’s Selfishness” sure caught my eye. Was Karen Rinaldi going to get into pronatalism? Sort of… Sacrifice and Glorification Out of the gates, Rinaldi, a mother,...

Remembering Katharine Hepburn: Stories of Wit and Wisdom About America’s Leading Lady

by Laura | Apr 17, 2017

What a gem of a book.  As author, anchor/reporter, Ann Nyberg writes, “The vignettes in this book are a true gift for anyone who wants a glimpse inside the real life of Katharine Hepburn – Connecticut gal who rose to the stars.”  I’ll say.  In Remembering Katharine...

Liberating Minds: The Case for College in Prison

by Laura | Apr 4, 2017

by Melanie Holmes Ellen Condliffe Lagemann wants us to care about men and women who have sold drugs on street corners, committed burglary, and even worse: murder. In Liberating Minds: The Case for College in Prison, she calls upon America to care enough to college...

Learn More about Vincent Ciaccio, 2016 Childfree Man of the Year

by Laura | Jan 11, 2017 | Childfree Interview-Related, Childfree Media-Related, Childfree Research-related, Laura's La Vie Childfree Writings Library

The 2016 Childfree Man of the Year is a busy guy! At last, the folks at International Childfree Day recently did this Q&A with him: Can you tell us about the childfree study you conducted for your Master’s thesis? My childfree Master’s was done in 2001...

Talking The Baby Matrix on Nina Steele’s Nonparents.com

by Laura | Nov 28, 2016 | Baby Matrix related, Pronatalism

Nina Steele, who runs nonparents.com, recently asked me to do a featured post on her site about The Baby Matrix.  Read it here as well: A Glimpse into The Baby Matrix In the last 15+ years, the question, “Is it OK to not want kids?” has been discussed and studied more...