Finding peace after childlessness with "apprentice crone" Jody Day
Creating kinship and community for all non-parents
Episode 51
“When we ask for help, we give someone an opportunity to come into relationship with us. And in that helping, we learn about each other.”
Meet Jody Day, an icon, an inspiration, and a pioneer in creating community for non-parents 💝
From the episode:
- how Jody worked through her childless grief to feel as childfree as if she’d chosen it
- why everyone along the non-parent spectrum needs to unite to fight against the powers of pronatalism
- Alterkin, Jody’s innovative, in-person, intergenerational community of non-parents who vow to support each other as they age
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🔗 Links
Find Jody at Gateway Elderwomen
Book: Selfish, Shallow, and Self-Absorbed: Sixteen Writers on The Decision Not To Have Kids – edited by Meghan Daum
Book: The Baby Matrix: Why Freeing Our Minds From Outmoded Thinking About Parenthood & Reproduction Will Create a Better World – Laura Carroll
Book: No One Talks About This Stuff – edited by Kat Brown
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