Writing and illustrating a history book of women without children. Literary agent: @Haley_J_Casey she/her
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Emma Duval retweeted
This has been a LONG time coming, and I couldn't be more excited to finally share the news: UNWED AND UNBOTHERED, written and illustrated by the incredible, thoughtful, talented @MillennialEmma, is going to be on shelves in 2025!
In a world that equates maturity for a woman with motherhood, what does it mean to be child-free? @paulavarjack's film #TheBabyQuestion explores women, children & choice. Watch it at home from Jan 8-14
📺 Trailer vimeo.com/755639836
🎟️ bit.ly/4aMSnps
Emma Duval retweeted
Why Does Focusing on Pronatalist Influences & Policy Matter Now? Tune in live today, 2 January @ 10am PST/1pm EST/6pm GMT, for the first episode in this quarterly series by New Legacy Institute Founder & host of New Legacy Radio, Christine J. Erickson.
#PeopleWithoutChildren
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Dolly Parton says she doesn’t regret not having children:
“I haven’t missed it like I thought I might. When you’re a young couple, you think you’re going to have kids, but it just wasn’t one of those burning things for me. I had my career and my music and I was travelling. If I’d had kids, I’d have stayed home with them, I’m sure, and worried myself to death about them. With everything that’s going on, I’d hate to be bringing a child into this world right now.”
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Join us today @ 10am PST/1pm EST/6pm GMT on NL Radio, for the first episode in our singles series, with Donna Ward! Tune in to learn about emerging developments recognizing & advocating for single women without children, in Australia & single people without children, globally.
Interesting article from a scholar whose work links the representation of flowers in the late 19th century to representations of the female body & especially of #childfree and #childless women
Being child-free has been deemed ‘selfish’ for decades – our lecturer Aude Campmas from @ModernLangs explains the history of this misconception in our latest @ConversationUK article 👇👇
theconversation.com/being-ch…
Some positive #childfree representation (and support) in this new ad for ginger ale ✨
Be The Real You At The #TableForEveryone
youtube.com/watch?v=8cidFTNr…
Emma Duval retweeted
"I’ve chosen to be child-free: here is how I plan to build a life full of joy and meaning" -- an article by me for @guardian
theguardian.com/lifeandstyle…
"She never married or had children, which she long believed had granted her more freedom and adventure" - New York Times
Dorothy Hoffner, who tried skydiving for the first time at the age of 100 and gained international attention for it, recently passed away.
#childfree
Emma Duval retweeted
Check out our new project #Birthgap Facts!
We expose the fallacy of the 2021 film "Birthgap – Childless World" and its scapegoating of #childless people, and its baseless fearmongering around an imagined #population collapse due to declining #fertility birthgapfacts.org/
Emma Duval retweeted
Special thanks to @LaetitiaLit @IndieNovella @ktsetsi @jenniferflint5 @ChildFreeBC @bynicolelouie @Matt_Tucker for helping shape Fledging into what it is today & others @thebabydecision @MillennialEmma for their encouragement & support
Emma Duval retweeted
"Living childfree is essential for my mental heath... This freedom gives me the ability to breathe and to heal emotionally.
For me being childfree is the most pure and authentic way of living."
- Jule, 32, Germany
#WeareChildfree
Although I’ve been a little quiet on here I wanted to share this @ElleCanada article which talks about the research done by @jennawneal as well as my own work on the long history of women without children ✨
ellecanada.com/culture/socie…
#Childfree #NoKids #ChildfreeHistory
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August 1 is International Childfree Day and we’ve made it easy for you to celebrate! Check out our new website internationalchildfreeday.co… and grab your free eCards to share on the day!
Barbie: a #childfree icon? With all the buzz around @barbiethemovie, check out this article which explores how the creator of #Barbie intended her to be a representation of womanhood that isn't focused on marriage or children ⤵️
hadassahmagazine.org/2023/06…
ALT Background: a still from the Barbie movie (with Margot Robbie). Foreground: a quote from the article which states: ”By the early 1960s, Mattel was flooded with fan mail from girls asking for Barbie to marry her perpetual boyfriend, Ken, and have a baby. Handler refused, not wanting to reinforce the idea that young girls should aspire only to marriage and motherhood. Despite donning numerous wedding gowns, Barbie has never walked down the aisle. Instead of a baby, in 1964, Handler gave Barbie a kid sister, Skipper.”
Emma Duval retweeted
Today I was told that maybe I'd understand the world more if I was actually a mother.
Motherhood may be an incredible thing, but please can we stop making it the only female life experience that has value?
Emma Duval retweeted
If someone asks “do you want kids?” and you say “no”, remember you don’t have to justify your decision or preface it with “Oh, but I love children!”. A simple “no, I’m childfree” is enough. If someone assumes you hate kids that’s their problem, not yours 💕
Emma Duval retweeted
"I feel completely fulfilled without children of my own. I love my nephews and children of friends...And I love all the time I have to myself. I don’t feel like anything is missing from my life."
Anonymous
#WeareChildfree
The #childfree actress Harriet Walter, known for her roles in hit-shows Succession, Ted Lasso & Downton Abbey, recently opened up about parenthood and how she “never felt cut out for it.”
She also reminded people that marriage & parenthood are not a requirement to a happy life.
ALT A close-up photograph of Harriet Walter on a pink background with the following quote: “I have friends with children who have been in long marriages and they’re unhappy. I have friends with no children, no partner and they’re blissfully happy. There are no rules.”
There's also an episode narrated by Dame Harriet Walter on the @end_line_story audio drama, powerful stories about we treat women who don't have kids. #NoKids #childfree podbean.com/ew/pb-axben-fed4…
