Tag / childfree

by Lexine

Happy International Childfree Day 🥳

A quote from Hollywood film legend Katharine Hepburn that reads: "I would have been a terrible mother because I'm basically a very selfish human being. Not that that has stopped most people going off and having children."

Us childfree by choice may not get special sales events or merch of Hallmark cards celebrating our chilldfree-ness today, but at least we don’t have to worry about kids in the end because we chose not to have them. Happy International Childfree Day to us childfree* peeps! 🥂

*Those who gave birth to kids and no longer have to live with them are not and will never be childfree, thus they can’t celebrate with us. I shouldn’t have to bring this up but I’ve seen some parents on Bluesky lately legit calling themselves “childfree” just because their kids have moved out of the house. No. They’re parents for life and they already have their own day.

by Lexine

Yes I Wrote That

Just published: my essay in the latest issue of Bi Women’s Quarterly! The theme for the current issue is “Childfree” (the theme was given back in the spring this year, and it means a lot more now), so if you’re not JD Vance or a crazy breeder, please give my piece a read! (Click on header pic) I actually submitted two pieces to the newsletter, and maybe I’ll share the other piece here another day.

Also, something I noticed: many of the other submissions in the current newsletter have the author’s profile pics as the header image. Kudos for BWQ for not doing that with my piece 😆 although it would’ve been hilarious and fitting if they caught me on a really bad day😆