childfree
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This plugin keeps baby pics off your Facebook by replacing them with bacon or cats
Are you childfree, anti-population-growth, or just an STFU Parents fan? Unbaby.me will get rugrats off your social media feeds for good, and replace them with pictures of kittens, puppies, bacon, swimsuit models, or whatever you want. Here’s how it works: The Chrome extension has an editable list of keywords that usually herald a precious, sticky […]
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Feminist funnywoman Caitlin Moran says the planet doesn’t need your babies
The "British Tina Fey" makes the best case you've ever read for not having kids. And for feminism too.
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I am the population problem
Population growth tends to get blamed on other people. But actually the population problem is all about me: white, middle-class, American me.
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Betty White is greener than you (and a GINK role model too)
Betty White, honorary forest ranger and ardent environmentalist.Photo: USDAWhite is the new green! Did you know that the octogenarian actress is a longtime environmentalist? She’s starring in a new campaign for The Wilderness Society: “Keep it wild with Betty White!” “Wilderness is harder and harder to find these days on this beautiful planet, and we’re […]
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Is coming out as childfree like coming out as gay?
As I’ve talked to and read about people coming to terms with their decisions not to have kids, the comparison has come up over and over. “I felt like a gay person must feel, coming out of the closet and having these people validating me.” — Jason Gill, quoted in a New York Times Magazine […]
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8 things you can do about population
Things anyone can do to lessen population pressure: improve sex ed in local schools, support abortion rights, & don't push others to have kids.
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I talk population and 7 billion on Green Patriot Radio
This week I got the chance to talk about my recent post "2011: The year we’ll hit 7 billion" on Green Patriot Radio with host David Steinman.
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The 10 most popular Grist posts of 2010
From Audi ads to BP coffee spills, with locavore ball-busting and Obama-baiting in between, here are the stories you loved to debate this year.
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How the childfree can be parents too
Deciding to be childfree doesn't have to mean forgoing the joys of parenting. Co-parenting has a lot to offer for the childfree, parents, and kids.