Man Of Rust · @ManOfRust
120 followers · 1079 posts · Server spoonie.community
Keira (She/Her) · @keira_reckons
527 followers · 1434 posts · Server aus.social

If you wanted kids but didn't get to have them, for any reason, you are invited to participate in .

They're taking submissions of stories, essays, letters, poetry, and images until August 27.

You can be anonymous or use a pseudonym or be credited basically any way you prefer. No critique, if it meets the guidelines they publish it.

worldchildlessweek.net/past-ev (for the topics)

worldchildlessweek.net/submiss (for the submission guidelines)

#worldchildlessweek #writing #writingprompts #creative #childless

Last updated 1 year ago

Keira (She/Her) · @keira_reckons
499 followers · 1385 posts · Server aus.social

Hey that's me!

I wrote a thing for World Childless Week

worldchildlessweek.net/theblog

#worldchildlessweek #childless

Last updated 1 year ago

Keira (She/Her) · @keira_reckons
489 followers · 1320 posts · Server aus.social

I made a thing!

nokidsbooks.com

It has lists of books for, by, and about childless and childfree people.

It also has some information for librarians about making libraries more inclusive around these issues.

It's a little rough around the edges still, but I'm proud I've gotten it this far.

@bookstodon

#books #reading #bookstodon #childless #childfree #imadethis

Last updated 1 year ago

steve dustcircle ⍻ · @dustcircle
224 followers · 7457 posts · Server masto.ai
Keira (She/Her) · @keira_reckons
406 followers · 794 posts · Server aus.social

I had a good time at a family wedding last week and seeing baby nephews and cousins, but the childlessness hangover has come for me today.

Sad morning and a slow day. Focusing on what my counsellor calls "letting go of the struggle", and what I call "just letting things be shit without also making them a shit action item panic".

Not sharing to elicit sympathy, but because I don't see these things voiced in public much and invisible pain is isolating, and I don't want that for others. Solidarity.

#childless #cnbc

Last updated 2 years ago

Christine · @christine
40 followers · 406 posts · Server mastodonapp.uk

ISO the best response to "why don't you want to have children?" The snarkier, the better.

#childless

Last updated 2 years ago

Leelia_Comics · @Leelia_Comics
121 followers · 175 posts · Server socel.net
Yael Wolfe · @yaelwolfe
2 followers · 4 posts · Server me.dm

Haven’t I thought about adoption or IVF? Are you kidding me? Of course I’ve thought about every option! Do you think I just woke up yesterday and realized that I’m at the end of my fertility and damn, too bad, I missed my window? Do you really think I haven’t researched and obsessed over my options for the past decade? yaelwolfe.medium.com/stop-givi

#childless #women

Last updated 2 years ago

KaleLover08 · @KaleGirl08
124 followers · 627 posts · Server masto.nu

Also before you fit follow = no kids ever (bio, step, adopted) no kids yet, unsure, open to adoption ect . World of difference.

#childfree #childless

Last updated 2 years ago

CelesteSenters · @celestesenters
55 followers · 507 posts · Server mastodon.world
Marco Albertini :verified: · @marcoalbertini
633 followers · 815 posts · Server mastodon.uno

"The study sheds light on people who voluntarily live without children and suggests that being childless is not always the result of opportunities and external constraints, but it could be a choice originating from personal and intimate domains of life"

#childless #ChiaraFrancini

Last updated 2 years ago

Marco Albertini :verified: · @marcoalbertini
633 followers · 814 posts · Server mastodon.uno

Dopo il monologo di Chiara Francini a si parla di donne senza figli (anche come scelta).

Ne avevamo scritto qui, parlando anche della stabilità o meno della scelta di non avere figli:

tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.108

#

#Sanremo2023 #childless #childfree

Last updated 2 years ago

Jess · @craypapermoon
21 followers · 26 posts · Server mstdn.party

I'm totally fine with growing older. It's a gift. That being said, I'm not sure I'm going to get over being old enough to be my bartender's mom.

#childlessnotbychoice #childless #childfreelife #childfreebychoice #oldfolksofmastodon #childfree #xennialproblem #xennial

Last updated 2 years ago

dustcircle · @dustcircle
21 followers · 324 posts · Server masto.ai

Me when a child scampers by my legs at what is supposed to be a party

#childless #ewww #lgbtqia

Last updated 2 years ago

The Full Stop · @FullStop
11 followers · 23 posts · Server mindly.social

We're looking forward to being with you through 2023, to Storyhouse Live and gathering in person. Take good care of yourselves and thank you for being part of our story in 2022. We appreciate all of you x
#2023
thefullstoppod.com/community/2

#childless #newyear #infertility

Last updated 2 years ago

If you don't celebrate, then to you, but otherwise, , everyone! I plan on and ' away, like a good man in his 30s should. I hope the day is for everyone else as well! to all ✌️

#happyholidays #merrychristmas #smoking #sleeping #babyjesus #bday #childless #magic #peace

Last updated 2 years ago

The Full Stop · @FullStop
10 followers · 21 posts · Server mindly.social

We are wishing you a peaceful holidays and Christmas. We recognise that for many of us, it can be a difficult time of the year to navigate, we may feel alone in our storm but many of us travel in boats beside you and with you.

Maybe you'll find a new tradition this year, however small or large and moments in the coming days that may bring you comfort even if that’s coming back to your own sofa.

#childlessnotbychoice #infertility #childless #christmaswishes #mentalhealth

Last updated 2 years ago