One in five women in the United States will not have a biological child, and Christen Reighter is one of them. From a young age, she knew she didn’t kids, in spite of the insistence of many people (including her doctor) who told her she’d change her mind. In this powerful talk, she shares her story of seeking sterilization — and makes the case that motherhood is an extension of womanhood, not the definition.
Category Archives: Sexual Psychology
ANTINATALISM: “The Friendly Antinatalist: Thoughts on Adoption” ☮
Venting my frustration about the ignorance and gross oversimplification of the realities of adoption in recent antinatalism facebook group posts.
ANTINATALISM: “The Glorification of Motherhood” ☮
Harriet Tubman, Marie Curie, and Elizabeth Cady Stanton are not remembered for how many children they had.
h/t: Harper’s Bazaar
ANTINATALISM: “The Friendly Antinatalist: Update – Blogging, Tweeting, Earth Day and More” ☮
ANTI-NATALISM: “What is Anti-Natalism? (Is it Wrong to Have Children?)” ☮
An explanation of Anti-Natalism, the position that it is wrong to procreate, or have children. In this video we will briefly describe Local Anti-Natalism, Global Anti-Natalism, Negative Ethics, and objections to each of these claims. We will draw on the work of David Benatar and Julio Cabrera.
ANTI-NATALISM: “Parents Open Up About Regretting Having Kids” / The Young Turks / Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian ☮
Not all people should have kids and these people wish they hadn’t. Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian, the hosts of The Young Turks, tell you why they regret becoming parents.
The Guardian Article: ‘It’s the breaking of a taboo’: the parents who regret having children
ANTINATALISM: “Are All the World’s Problems a Result of #Overpopulation?” / Thom Hartmann☮
PERFORMING ARTS – THEATER: “The Judas Kiss” / British Play / Rupert Everett plays Oscar Wilde / by David Hare / 2016 ☮
Rupert Everett plays Oscar Wilde in David Hare’s The Judas Kiss —a compelling drama about the power of all consuming love and the cruelty of betrayal. It is 1895 and Oscar Wilde’s masterpiece, The Importance of Being Earnest, is playing in the West End after a triumphant premiere, but already the wheels are in motion, which will lead to his imprisonment, downfall and vilification.
Forced to make a choice between his lover, Lord Alfred Douglas, and his freedom, the ever romantic Wilde embarks on a course towards self-destruction.

Read: New York Times / “Rupert Everett Gets His Oscar (Wilde, That Is)”
ANTI-NATALISM: “Non-Motherhood Challenge” ☮
h/t: Ellie Taylor
Non-Motherhood Challenge: I was nominated by myself to post five pictures that make me happy to be a non-mother. Such special memories.