17 episodes
Women Without Kids Ruby Warrington
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- Society & Culture
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4.6 • 43 Ratings
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Women Without Kids is a special podcast series created from research interviews for my book of the same title, which will be published in spring 2023. The conversations here are with the authors, philosophers, healers, activists, anthropologists, and social scientists, whose work has helped me make sense of everything it means to be a "woman without kids" today—whatever our reasons for this.
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Women Without Kids Season 2 Trailer
Stay tuned for a new format and more impactful conversations in Women Without Kids: Season 2!
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Non-Motherhood and Mother Hunger with Kelly McDaniel
Therapist and author Kelly McDaniel on the links between non-motherhood and what she calls "mother hunger."
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Life Beyond the Biological Clock with Stacy London
Rethinking aging as women without kids, with TV host and menopause activist, Stacy London
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Questioning Our Procreative Ethics with Carter Dillard
It's time to focus on less on what potential parents want and more on what the children of the future need, says human rights lawyer and founder of the Fair Start Movement, Carter Dillard
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Opting For Irreversible Sterilization with Rachel Diamond
Childfree advocate Rachel Diamond on the complex reasons more women are opting for irreversible sterilization procedures
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Are We Witnessing a Birth Strike? with Jenny Brown
It is time to revalue the unpaid labor of childrearing, says feminist author and organizer Jenny Brown
Customer Reviews
The podcast/book I didn’t know I needed
Ruby’s work is always ahead of her time. First with creating the term *sober curious* and now leading a nuanced conversation about women without kids. Check out this podcast and definitely order her book(s)!
Women without kids (but on the fence?)
I’m really conflicted with this podcast. I appreciate the thoughtful interviews, but the most recent episode with the woman who had permanent sterilization was strange. Ruby was discussing workaround plans for the woman “in case she changed her mind”…!!! As young childfree women, we get enough of this unwarranted feedback in the world, and we don’t need to ingest more media saying so. Also several of the episodes feel like Ruby is looking to be validated in her choice not to have kids. As a 32 year old I’m looking more for other and older women who are as steadfast in their choice as I am- I’d love to hear about the life that would have been unlived had she had children.
I pre-ordered the book and I’m hoping this interview does not reflect the tenor of the text.
Another visionary pod from Ruby!
What a gift- bringing us such visionary ideas again and again x