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....
by Laura | Oct 3, 2017 | Baby Matrix related, Childfree & Sociology Topics, Childfree Interview-Related, Childfree Media-Related, Childfree-Related, Laura's La Vie Childfree Writings Library
Filmmaker Therese Shechter is currently running a Kickstarter Campaign for her film on childfree women, My So-Called Selfish Life. Here’s the trailer: I met Therese earlier this year in NYC, and recently had the chance to catch up with her again for an interview...
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 | Jun 14, 2017 | Baby Matrix related, Childfree Issues, Childfree-Related, Laura's La Vie Childfree Writings Library
We see a lot of pieces out there with titles including “X number of things” to do/not to do or say/not to say regarding childless and childfree people, but a piece by Helene Tragos Stelian is one of the smartest I have seen in a while. After years with suburban moms,...
by Laura | May 31, 2017 | Baby Matrix related, Pronatalism, Social-Cultural Issues
Have you heard of the non-profit organization, Project Prevention? Led by founder Barbara Harris, Project Prevention helps addicts and alcoholics get on long term or permanent birth control. Why? So they don’t conceive children. Here is the deal she does with them....
