by Laura | Dec 30, 2024 | Childfree & Sociology Topics, Laura's La Vie Childfree Writings Library
It’s time for my annual childfree trending post! I am calling this year’s theme, ‘sprouting’. Why? We’ve seen some sprouting of good and bad trends this year. Let’s start with the bad. Problematic Sprouting The sprouting of pronatalist discussion grew a bit from...
by Laura | Dec 15, 2023 | Childfree & Sociology Topics, Childfree Media-Related, Laura's La Vie Childfree Writings Library
It’s the time of year to talk childfree trending for 2023! Two big themes that stick out for me this year: Continued Expansion As I have commented in previous childfree trending pieces, the amount of ink, print and digital, on a range of childfree-related topics has...
by Laura | Apr 21, 2022 | Childfree & Sociology Topics, Childfree Interview-Related, Childfree Lifestyles, Childfree-Related, Laura's La Vie Childfree Writings Library
Davinia Thornley, a colleague of mine, has a book that just came out: Childfree across the Disciplines: Academic & Activist Perspectives on Not Choosing Children. I had the pleasure of interviewing her about the book: What inspired you to do this collection of...
by Laura | Mar 16, 2022 | Baby Matrix related, Pronatalism, Social-Cultural Issues
Check out my interview with Christine Erickson, the founder of New Legacy Institute (NLI), on Voice America. Christine Erickson She created NLI to: “…address the social and policy inequities faced by those who do not have children, and to put the onus of...
by Laura | Dec 18, 2021 | Childfree Issues, Childfree Lifestyles, Childfree Media-Related, Laura's La Vie Childfree Writings Library
It’s time to look back on the year and talk 2021 childfree trending! The Pandemic, Climate Crisis & the Childfree Choice Last year there was growing talk about how the pandemic was causing people to put having children on hold or decide they did not want to have...
