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...
by Laura | Nov 15, 2016 | Childfree & Sociology Topics, Childfree Research-related, Laura's La Vie Childfree Writings Library
Zoë Krupka’s piece, “Childfree: why women who choose not to have kids are given such a hard time” on theconversation.com speaks to some interesting research on the childfree in Australia. Social Exclusion One study titled “Social Exclusion of...
by Laura | Oct 18, 2016 | Childfree & Sociology Topics, Childfree Research-related, Childfree-Related, Laura's La Vie Childfree Writings Library
A Guest Post by Kimya Dennis, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Salem College A recent “What Would a Feminist Do?” podcast featured Meghan Daum and Danielle Henderson. They shared their perspectives, experiences and writings regarding the childfree—people who choose not to...
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 | 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...
