by Laura | Dec 1, 2017 | Childfree Issues, Childfree Research-related, Laura's La Vie Childfree Writings Library
I have been enjoying Lilli Blackmore’s posts on her site, the American Spinster. Her most recent post, “Why Having Kids Is Not a Retirement Plan” inspires me to riff on this important topic. Please indulge me. The Pronatalist Elderhood Assumption Much of what Lilli...
by Laura | Nov 29, 2017 | Population Issues, Social-Cultural Issues
One particular phrase relating to a study that came out last spring continues to pop up online: moral outrage. The study, “Parenthood as a Moral Imperative? Moral Outrage and the Stigmatization of Voluntarily Childfree Women and Men” has a finding that not having...
by Laura | Oct 1, 2017 | Baby Matrix related, Pronatalism
Have you heard that Starbucks is now offering IVF as an employee perk? A few other companies have started offering an IVF benefit, but Starbucks is going further. As the article, “How Starbucks covers pricey in vitro fertilization for even its part-time employees”...
by Laura | Sep 22, 2017 | Childfree Interview-Related, Laura's La Vie Childfree Writings Library
Check out my interview with filmmaker Maxine Trump!
by Laura | Aug 17, 2017 | Pronatalism, Social-Cultural Issues
The title of the recent opinion piece in the New York Times Sunday Review, “Motherhood Isn’t Sacrifice, It’s Selfishness” sure caught my eye. Was Karen Rinaldi going to get into pronatalism? Sort of… Sacrifice and Glorification Out of the gates, Rinaldi, a mother,...