The Jennifer Aniston Effect

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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How to Help Your Friend Struggling with Infertility

My friends didn’t know how to help me when I was struggling with infertility. They didn’t know what to say, and so they said nothing. When I was in the thick of infertility—IVF cycles, miscarriages,…

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Childfree Not by Choice: No Kids, No Shame – A Manifesto

Embracing the Childfree Not by Choice Identity I never imagined I’d be writing publicly about being childfree not by choice. For the last year, I did not even have that phrase. I thought, “I am…

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