The Jennifer Aniston Effect is what happens when one woman’s truth makes millions of others visible. After twenty years of speculation about when Jennifer Aniston would have children—or why she had not yet become a…
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View PostWhen I first began looking for resources for living childfree not by choice, I thought I’d find shelves of books, communities, podcasts, and tools waiting for me. The truth? It took me over a year…
View PostWhen I was going through IVF—and in the thick of not succeeding—I was depressed in a way I didn’t think was possible. People thought they were being comforting when they asked me, “Why don’t you…
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