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The Neurodivergent WomanBeing ChildfreeWe kick off Season 6 with a chunky episode about being childfree, and share our personal experiences on this topic. This was a really meaningful and important topic for us – we hope you find it useful! We cover: The cultural and normative context of motherhood Understanding your desire for or against motherhood and what are the complexities and nuances in this. Ruby Warrington’s ‘Motherhood Spectrum’ Reasons why you might not want to be a mother – both in general and factors specific to neurodivergent folk. Finding meaning in life outside motherhood and exploring alternate archetypes for differe...
2024-09-161h 23
Thrive SoloThe One Where I Talk To Journalist, Author & Podcaster, Ruby WarringtonSend us a textSupport the showIn this week's episode of Spinsterhood Reimagined, I talk to journalist, author, editor, thought leader and podcaster, Ruby Warrington. Ruby latest book 'Women Without Kids' will be published in the spring but is available to pre-order now. She is the creator of the term ‘Sober Curious’, and the author of the 2018 book and million download podcast of the same name. Her work on the subject has spearheaded a global movement to reevaluate our relationship to alcohol. Her other books include ‘Material Girl, Mystical World’ and ‘The Sober Curio...
2023-01-171h 05
Women Without KidsThe Women Who Regret Having Kids with Orna DonathSociologist Orna Donath, author of the book Regretting Motherhood, on the roots and the impact on women of society's greatest taboo. In the episode we discuss:-Why the subject of “regretting motherhood” is so taboo – and why it is so hard for women to express their regret about having kids-The “feeling rules” about motherhood, which only permit us to feel a certain way about it-Why loving one’s children and loving being a mom are not the same thing-Why there is no country or society where femininity is not synonymo...
2022-10-0956 min