Stefani’s studies have taken her through modern, medieval, and ancient languages and literature, gender studies, reproductive sociology, and education. She is currently most preoccupied with climate change and human overpopulation and hopes that humanity will muddle through, in some way…
Out of the Void
Today’s post is by El McGillivray. El is a part-time illustrator, nascent activist, and one third of a small engineering partnership. She studied art, modern languages, and philosophy in Switzerland and the USA before settling permanently in the UK six…
How To Decide When You Can’t Decide
By Emma of fluxedupchick.blogspot.com OK so I’m THE worst decision maker on the planet. I’m a hot mess, I don’t mind admitting it. At times, the stress of just choosing the right outfit has had me in fits of tears, and expensive…
I think it all began when I was a kid…
We recently received an email, subject line “Thanks for this awesome blog!!!” Normally we ignore anything with less than two or less exclamation points. I mean, if you’re not excited to write us, what’s the point? Right? Anywho, in this…
The Road Not Taken
This Childfree Story is brought to us courtesy of Elizabeth Barton and is a re-post from her blog The Lizard Chronicles. Why “The Lizard Chronicles” you ask? Maybe she gets lethargic in cool weather…or it could have something to do with…
No Grand Epiphany
Our latest childfree story comes from Sarah. Sarah is a Registered Nurse and primarily prefers to work with older folks. She and her partner love to be outdoors hiking, biking, and exploring. She writes about random shit, adventures, books, and…
You’ll Change Your Mind! Childfree Myth, Busted
“I never wanted to have kids since as early as I can remember. I remember when I was twelve I read something about the likelihood of breast cancer being higher for women who don’t have kids. And I was just…
Completely Childfree
Cross-posted from Feminist Reflections with permission. In sixteen short words, Marisa Tomei sums up pretty much everything I think about having kids. It’s not for me but I understand it’s a choice that has meaning for lots of people. Whatever any woman’s…
I didn’t have a good childhood…
Here at w{n}hab! we like to tackle childfree myths. Of course when we say something is a myth what we’re actually saying is that empirically the evidence to date refutes the particular notion. And since we’re all smart we know that empirical patterns do not mean…
Childfree AND a Kid Person? It’s Possible!
Sometimes the childfree stories we share teach us a totally new perspective from our own. Sometimes it feels like we’re reading our own story! Courtney’s is a case of the latter. We too assumed we’d have kids one day and…