by Laura S. Scott, Childfree Author and Documentary Filmmaker
When Betty White passed away on December 31, 2021 at age 99, I went into a deep mourning. I had never met Betty White but at some semi-conscious level I had adopted her as a role model growing up, likely while watching the Mary Tyler Moore and the Golden Girls television series and the Hollywood Squares game show.
[Read more…] about Betty White – A Lifetime of Creative Expression and Caringby James Glazebrook
International Childfree Day is all about celebrating childfree people, so my wife Zoe Noble and I are beyond excited to see Dolly Parton finally getting her flowers. After six decades of sublime singing and songwriting, Dolly has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, heralded as “a living legend and a paragon of female empowerment”.
[Read more…] about Our Favourite Dolly Parton Quotes that Empower Living our Best Childfree Livesby Laura LaVoie, 2015 International Childfree Day Winner
As a lover of popular culture, I get excited whenever I see positive representations of childfree people. While there are a handful of fictional childfree characters, we see more real-life celebrities who have chosen not to have children. Here are six inspiring childfree icons you should know.
[Read more…] about 6 Inspiring Childfree IconsBy Laura S. Scott, Childfree Author & Documentary Filmmaker
I will forgive you if you haven’t heard the name Senda Berenson Abbott. Senda was born under the name Senda Valvrojenski in 1868 in what was then called the Russian Empire. But you might know her as the “Mother of Women’s Basketball.”
[Read more…] about The Person We Call the “Mother of Basketball” Was Never a Mother at Allby Laura LaVoie
I have spent the better part of the last three years writing and revising a novel. People know I’m a writer, but most of my work is made up of essays, blogs, or non-fiction. After a lifetime of concern that there weren’t enough truly childfree characters represented in film, TV, or books, I figured the only way to make it happen was to create it.
[Read more…] about Childfree Representation: Film, TV, and Celebrityby Lucas Chaney, 2020 Winner Selection Panel Member
When my wife Gina and I went on our annual international vacation to New Zealand last November, we were pleasantly surprised to find a rather large childfree community there! We learned that its former Prime Minister, Helen Clark, was notably childfree. This got us interested to learn more about Helen, her accomplishments and how she has promoted the childfree life…or at least has defended it.
[Read more…] about A Notable Childfree Leader: New Zealand’s Former Prime Minister Helen Clark
