Netflix’s ‘Bojack Horseman’: Animation Tackles Abortion and The Childfree Choice
By Laura LaVoie Netflix has been producing a lot of great original content lately. You can’t swing a cat on the internet without hearing about its new 80’s-themed series, Stranger Things. Unbreakable...
View ArticleChildless & Childfree in Pop Culture: Six Women to Know
By Laura LaVoie It’s the most wonderful time of the year! And I don’t mean Christmas. No, for me, Labor Day weekend means heading to Atlanta, Georgia to geek out with 75,000 of my closest friends at...
View ArticleMaternal Yearning Is “The Light Between Oceans”
By Karen Malone Wright I am a reader. Always have been. (Only children, represent!) But these days, with The NotMom, and The NotMom Summit, and my husband, and Life, I adopted a pitiful system of...
View ArticleDigital Companions Aren’t a Bad Idea, But Is Kirobo Mini the One?
By Karen Malone Wright We should all have the ability to write scroll-stopping headlines like this one from Reuters in October 2016. It sure stopped me. Toyota unveils robot baby to tug at maternal...
View ArticleChildless in Downton Abbey: The Unenviable Position of Lady Rosamund
By Karen Malone Wright If you’re not a fan of Downton Abbey, this post may not be for you. Not the smartest marketing tactic perhaps, but I gotta get this rant out. Blame PBS for airing a marathon of...
View ArticleWhy Don’t Childless Women Share Their Pain? Singer Kylie Minogue Might Know.
By Karen Malone Wright My online workday generally starts at 8:45 am with a check of email, which is often guaranteed to eat up my morning, sometimes until Noon. The New Year, 2017, is barely more than...
View ArticleMillennial Women, Here’s Why Mary Tyler Moore Mattered
By Karen Malone Wright I’m writing this post on January 25, 2017 because actress Mary Tyler Moore died today, and my heart broke a little bit in the way it does when it thinks some celebrity, or her...
View ArticleThe Flip-Side of Celebrity Pregnancies: ‘What About Me?’
By Karen Malone Wright In fairness, this post needs to begin with two disclaimers: 1) The friendship and partnership between Laura LaVoie and I keeps The NotMom moving forward, and fuels my personal...
View ArticleAnother Childless Celebrity Gets a Fairy Tale Ending. This Time It’s Hoda.
By Karen Malone Wright In the first eight weeks of 2017, Beyoncé announced her second pregnancy (twins); Pharrell Williams and his wife Helen Lasichanh, parents of an 8-year-old son, welcomed triplets....
View ArticleNotMoms On the Job: Dissecting Sarah Silverman’s ‘Why I Don’t Have Kids’ Tweets
By Laura M. LaVoie As a former recruiter, and author of the book Your Job Search, I have a lot of knowledge to offer NotMoms when it comes to careers, employment, and job hunting. Our new feature,...
View ArticleSo Many Ways For Women to Grow Up, But On TV, It’s Probably Pregnancy
By Laura LaVoie I know this joke. Want to hear it? The punchline is predictable, but it isn’t actually funny. Here goes… How does television like to show growth and personal development for female...
View ArticleA Love Letter to Netflix: Childfree Women Don’t Have to Change Their Minds on TV
By Laura M. LaVoie Thank you, Grace and Frankie. And thank you, Netflix. This is a love letter to Netflix, and the third season of its popular show Grace and Frankie. If you’re not current with the...
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