Baby Steps: To Have Kids or Not Have Kids, That is the Question

by Laura | Apr 1, 2014

Last year a lovely woman named Mara Altman contacted me and asked if I would be willing to talk with her about my book, The Baby Matrix. She is a freelance writer, and has published best-selling Kindle Singles. One of them, Thanks for Coming, “follows her on an...

Talking The Baby Matrix With the East Bay Childfree Meetup Group

by Laura | Feb 26, 2014 | Baby Matrix related

Last night I had the pleasure of joining members of the East Bay Childfree-by-Choice Meetup to talk about my book, The Baby Matrix. It was a stimulating discussion, and sparked a great idea to pursue that supports action towards a post-pronatal society. First, a few...

New Book Looks at Modern Day Parenthood

by Laura | Feb 7, 2014 | Nonfiction Related, Pronatalism

In 2010, New York Magazine writer Jennifer Senior’s feature article, “All Joy and No Fun: Why Parents Hate Parenting” created quite the buzz. Now hot off the press is her book, All Joy and No Fun: The Paradox of Modern Parenthood.  In her recent interview with NPR’s...

Tell Your Story and Get a Free Copy of The Baby Matrix!

by Laura | Jan 21, 2014 | Baby Matrix related

I have recently had the pleasure of being contacted by the founder of a new blog, Childfree Indian, who gets the many negative impacts pronatalism has on our world. To kick off the blog discussions, there is a cool offer-tell your story of being pressured to have kids...

Q&A With Kimya Dennis on her Childfree Research

by Laura | Dec 6, 2013 | Childfree Research-related

I recently had the pleasure of doing a Q&A with sociologist and criminologist, Kimya N. Dennis, who is currently conducting an interesting study on childfree Black women:   What inspired you to do a study on childfree Black women? First, my sociological interests...