by Laura | May 17, 2017 | Pronatalism, Social-Cultural Issues
While pronatalism remains a powerful social and cultural force around the world, we are seeing signs of global cracks in the armor. Take India and Africa. In India, in recent years we have seen more publications discussing the idea of foregoing parenthood. A very...
by Laura | Jan 26, 2017 | Social-Cultural Issues
I went to the Women’s March in DC last weekend! As I am sure you have read, the March made history! Why did I go? For a number of reasons, but the two biggies: the current administration’s policy positions seriously stand to worsen climate change and have...
by Laura | Oct 18, 2016 | Childfree & Sociology Topics, Childfree Research-related, Childfree-Related, Laura's La Vie Childfree Writings Library
A Guest Post by Kimya Dennis, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Salem College A recent “What Would a Feminist Do?” podcast featured Meghan Daum and Danielle Henderson. They shared their perspectives, experiences and writings regarding the childfree—people who choose not to...
by Laura | Oct 4, 2016 | Childfree Media-Related, Childfree-Related, Laura's La Vie Childfree Writings Library, Pronatalism
I was recently contacted by Tatiana Weinstein, Assistant Director/Director of Adult Services in the Lisle, IL Library District, about an August feature article she published in the national magazine, Public Libraries Online. She speaks to her colleagues on an...
by Laura | Sep 29, 2016 | Baby Matrix related, Man Swarm Related, Population Issues, Pronatalism
Michael Cook has an interesting article on bioedge.org: “Let’s fight climate change with population engineering.” Yes – “population“engineering.” What is it? Check it out. Population Engineering Cook summarizes the article,”Population Engineering and the...
