by Laura | Sep 15, 2014 | Nonfiction Related
Interesting information is being gathered about the millennial generation. The latest has to do with their reading habits. Check it out. Could they be readers? Here’s what a recent Pew Research Center report says: 88 percent of those ages 16-29, “the core of the...
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...
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...
by Laura | Nov 26, 2013 | Baby Matrix related, Nonfiction Related
Reading Rifflebooks giving thanks for November nonfiction releases inspired me to think about nonfiction books I am thankful for… There are so many! Here are just two that immediately came to mind: Reconceiving Women: Separating Motherhood From Female Identity ...
by Laura | Nov 19, 2013 | Childfree Book-Related
According to the recently released book, Baby Bust: New Choices for Men and Women in Work and Family by Stewart Friedman, it summarizes a cross-generational study of college students that produced a “stark discovery: the rate of graduates who plan to have children...