by Laura | May 21, 2018 | Pronatalism, Social-Cultural Issues, Workplace Issues
The new documentary on Ruth Bader Ginsburg, RBG, is a must-see. As The Economist piece, “How Ruth Bader Ginsburg became a trailblazer for gender equality” summarizes, this film gives us a real feel for how “Ms. Ginsburg built America’s gender equality standards brick...
by Laura | Mar 28, 2018 | Childfree Issues, Childfree/Parenthood Related, Laura's La Vie Childfree Writings Library
Reading “Let’s hear it for the single, childless women: We get tired too,” by Mika Sarmiento got me thinking, especially when she writes about a “specific kind of guilt that comes with talking about sleepless nights and long days with said great wives and mothers.”...
by Laura | Feb 6, 2018 | Baby Matrix related, Pronatalism
A recent “Ask Polly” on The Cut shocked me. A woman writes in with the question, “Should I have a baby?” and even though Polly assures readers the “column is not a parody,” I admit I read the response more than once to be sure her advice actually seemed serious. ...
by Laura | Jan 25, 2018 | Baby Matrix related, Pronatalism, Social-Cultural Issues
In my 2017 childfree trending piece, I discuss how in recent years we’ve been seeing more talk about pronatalism. Some articles use the word directly, some not. An excellent feature article that appeared on money.good.is magazine last fall by Mike Mariani gives us a...
by Laura | Jan 9, 2018 | Baby Matrix related, Book Related - General, Pronatalism, Social-Cultural Issues
I recently had the pleasure of interviewing New Delhi research scholar and activist, Amrita Nandy, about her new book, Motherhood and Choice: Uncommon Mothers, Childfree Women. Check it out: Your new book, Motherhood and Choice, is based on your Ph.D. dissertation....
