13k hits, another milestone! :)
Feburary
17, 2008: New blogs, travel, media, personal websites,
essays, and political action section added.
December 3, 2007: Media, overpopulation essays, personal
websites, blogs, information, and newspaper articles added.
November 25, 2007: Newspaper article, essays, media, info,
and blogs added. Closed loophole in childfree definitions.
October 30, 2007: Travel section, newspaper articles, essays,
personal websites, blogs, and items added.
October 21, 2007: Blogs section, childfree essays, childfree
resource, online community, and newspaper articles added.
August 29, 2007: Poetry section, items section, childfree
communities, personal websites, and news article added.
August 13, 2007: Email adress restored. Somehow I added "mailto:"
into the webpage. If it happens again, I'll have get another new one.
Added new childfree communities and childfree essays.
July 23, 2007: New childfree essay from childfree and happy
added.
July 16, 2007: New childfree book added.
May 26, 2007: Added new childfree essay, very interesting
March 17, 2007: Added childfree essays and quotes.
February 25, 2007: Added childfree by choice and childfree
meetup communities.
January 4, 2007: I'm taking over from the first owner, until they
get over their personal issues. I will try to update often. A new
childfree community site and overpopulation essay added.
December 31, 2006: Site clean up complete, all dead links removed.
February 8, 2006: Three childfree media clips added.
January 1, 2006: Major
site clean up, all dead links removed. A childfree singles site
added.
Countries of Regulars: United States, Canada, Australia
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Childfree
novel available. MSN's childfree and happy is an invite only.
About for
sale sites, don't know if their legit or not, at your own risk.
Banner copied from when Turtle(of rants) was using it.
"Among the Dahomeyan people in West Africa, if a pregnant
woman was ill, the fetus was formally tried. If found guilty of
causing her illness, it was aborted."
"When you
rescue a dog in bad straits and feed him, take care of him, and give
him a home, the dog is grateful. This is the chief difference between
a dog and a human being." -- Mark Twain
"Not since
the overthrow of the Weimar Republic have the leaders of a major
democracy used their offices and the mass media to disseminate
invective against millions of their own citizens. In fact it was
Adolf Hitler who urged that 'the state must declare the child to be
the most precious treasure of the people' and who explained, in the
words of Rabbi Daniel Lapin, that 'as long as government is perceived
as working for the benefit of children, the people happily will
endure almost any curtailment of liberty.' Using children to tug on
our heartstrings may be not only a weakness of the sentimental. It
also may be a ploy by those cynical and unscrupulous enough to
exploit children for their own purposes. This is likely to be
remembered as one of the most diabolical perversions of governmental
power in our history, a time when we allowed children to be used and
abused by fast-talking government officials and paid for it with our
families, our social order and our constitutional rights."
--
Stephen Baskerville
From "Northern Exposure"(TV),
Maggie to Joel, on having a brat:
"They're slobbery and
they're whiney and they look at you just like they could see right
into your soul and they're unpredictable and they smell and they're
noisy and the world revolves around them and why!? I don't get it.
They're not interesting. They can't tell jokes, they don't have
opinions, and they're boring, you know? They're just boring and
annoying and I don't want to have one."
What kind: Not a
rant -- a rave! (Film)
I was watching "Bridget Jones's Diary"
last night. Although Bridget's "I feel like such a freak because
I'm not married" attitude is annoying, there was one scene that
made me want to break out in applause: when she's interviewing for a
job at a TV station that specializes in kiddie programming. She
delivers her canned spiel about the importance of (fill in the blank)
programming. The guy interviewing her asks if she has brats. She
says, "Oh God, No! Ick!"
"The perpetuity by
generation is common to beasts; but memory, merit, and noble works
are proper to men. And surely a man shall see the noblest works and
foundations have proceeded from childless men, which have sought to
express the images of their minds, where those of their bodies have
failed. So the care of posterity is most in them who have no
posterity."
-- Sir Francis Bacon
"Beware the leader who bangs the drums of war in order to
whip the citizenry into a patriotic fervour, for patriotism is indeed
a double-edged sword. It emboldens the blood, just as it narrows the
mind. And when the drums of war have reached a fever pitch and the
blood boils with hate and the mind has closed, the leader will have
no need in seizing the rights of the citizenry. Rather, the
citizenry, infused with fear and blinded by patriotism, will offer up
all of their rights unto the leader and gladly so. How do I know?
For this is what I have done. And I am Caesar."
--
Caesar, leader of the roman empire
"Nature, Mr. Allnut, is what we are placed on this Earth to
rise above."
Katharine Hepburn, to Humphrey Bogart, from "The
African Queen", 1951
"I rented the movie 'State and Main' the other night. It's a comedy about a film crew who descends on a small New England town to make a movie, and the various trials and tribulations that ensue. There were a few great CF moments: One of the main characters, a writer, is developing feelings for a local woman. Since it is a small town she knows everyone, and anytime someone passes her they say hello. At one point the two are talking and a kid comes by and says something. The writer looks at her and says 'Do you like kids?' and she answers 'I never saw the point of them'. He smiles and says 'Me too'. There is a running gag where one of the crew is trying to take time off to fly home because his wife is having a brat, and none of the people in charge will let him go. At one point he asks the director, and the director shoots back 'with all the people in the world, you just had to have another?'" -- Rant Number: 25067 When: October 13, 2002
"They who can give up liberty for a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety", Ben Franklin
"Between 15-25 million Americans over the age of 35 have never had children, either by choice or by chance." Leslie Lafayette, Childfree Network Newsletter
"At any given time in America only 34% of households have children under the age of 18." Leslie Lafayette, Childfree Network Newsletter
"According to the National Survey on Family Growth conducted by the National Center for Health Statistics in 1988, about 20% of women who had no children expected not to have any. That figure had risen from 17.5% in 1982."
Ann Landers in her column Dear Abby once did a survey of 10,000
parents. She asked them "If you had it to do over again, would you have
children?" 70% of the 10,000 said they would not.
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Definitions
of childfree, childless, and fencesitter
Some sites mistakenly use childless or childless by choice for
childfree. If you are new here, read this link first.
Selected
Rants from Turtle’s Board - Nov. 26, 2001
Dec 11, 2001 Feb
19, 2000 Mar
8, 2002
April 2, 2002
July
13, 2002
September 20, 2002 November
4, 2002 December
29, 2002 Feburary
23, 2003
Goodbye to the rant board, I'll miss your awesome site.
:)
Journal Articles on the Childfree
"A comparison of voluntarily
childfree adults and parents" Journal of Marriage and the
Family(August 1993)
"Stigmatization
of Non-Normative Family Size
Status" Sex Roles(December 1999)
"Assessing the
Cost Benefits of Children: Gender Comparisons among Childfree
Husbands and Wives" Journal of marriage and Family(February
1991)
"A comparison
of Childfree and Child-Anticipated Married Couples" Family
Relations (April 1985)
Non-Motherhood: Ambivalent
Autobiographies Feminist Studies (Fall 1999)
Psychologic effects of vasectomy in voluntarily childless men (Urology 1979 Jul;14(1):55-8.)
NOTE: Some websites or posters on message boards
incorrectly use "childless by choice", "childfree by choice", or
"childless" for childfree. Some incorrectly use "formerly childfree"
for childless.
Don't post this email
anywhere without my permission!
My
favorite picks
The
Onion: great articles, a laugh fest
Misanthropic
Bitch: She rocks!
Censorship
for the Sake of Demonspawn
Project
Censored
Free
Expression
Abortion
Supported by the Bible
Why
Abortion is Moral
Save Roe
People
for the American Way
Internet
Personals Advice
How
to deal with spam
The
FAQ's on Trolls
Frequently
Asked Stupid Questions
The
voice of abortion providers
Vote
to impeach bush
Online Communities
Childfree
and Happy
Childfree
Choice
Childfree by Choice
Childfree meetup
Childfree atheists and
agnostics
Childfree Issues
Purple Women
Northern Colorado
Child Free Social Group
Alt Support
Childfree
Cyber-Church
Childfree Atheists
Babes without brats
Childfree
misc sites
The
childfree by choice pages | main
Childfree
and assorted articles
Childfree
Pagans - Yahoo
Voluntarily-childfree-women-experiences:
signup required
Childfree information
No more infecting your
babe with a parasite
Wanna
get fixed? Vasectomy Info
Wanna
get fixed? Tubal info
Wanna
get fixed? New form for women
Results
of a Parasitic Infection
Exploring
that CF Island Idea
Petition
for Childfree Theaters
Hurray,
I cured my parasitic infection
Pro-choice
America
Protecting
our freedom of choice
Childfree Issues
Harvard Law
School
Famous Childfree
People
Why cafeteria
Plans? Childfree Issues
A call to
women who will never breed
Childfree Zone
- Famous Childfree
Political
Action - Give it time
Fair
Play for Childfree Couples and Singles - UK
Childfree
Personals - Sites have not been examined for privacy issues
Sexy
childfree singles
Why anything is better
than
brats
10 Reasons Why Kittens are Better than
Brats (if anyone has these, email me)
25 Reasons Why Cats are Better than Brats
Why
Books Are Better Than Brats
Why
Robots Are Better Than Brats
Childfree Media
No
Candy
Having
Brats
Being
a Teenage mum
WKSU
news: No Kidding!
Adult
Space Childfree Podcast
Childfree Couples
on Good Morning America
Childfree
Documentary - Uses terms incorrectly
Child-Free
Zone on Australian '60 minutes'
Assorted childfree
essays
Child-free
Whybreed?
Prepping
for Breeding
Choosing to
be Childfree
Me
breed? Are you insane?
Brats
suck!
Reason
magazine: The media's brat obsession
Breeder
Freeloaders
Abolish
the Breeder Subsidy!
Spinster
by Joan Jett and The Blackhearts
Saying
No To Breederdoom
Keep
your %@$#ing brats out of restaurants
Japanese
Enjoying Childfree Life
Pets
and Brats
Book
Banning for the sake of Cumstains
Childfree
Dinning
Few
Women Regret Getting Snipped
Brats
and Salad Bars Don't Mix
The
Childfree Arouse Dislike
Two
is enough
Why
the hell would I want to breed
Top ten
reasons not to breed
Prep notes
for breeding
Breeding is a Sin!
Politics
of
Breeding
Being Childfree
Happily
Childfree
You are not alone
Resources for the childfree
community
Moral Childfree
Childfree
House
Conflict
with religion and the childfree
Cara
Swann - Articles
Challenging,
breed for the sake of your race
Childfree
or Childless
Rockin' Childfree
Childfree
Housing
On being
childfree
We're
childfree DINKs, got a problem with that punk
Dollymix
- Big Question
Views on being Childfree
Childfree Nicole
Childfree
Jews
Proud to be
Childfree
Search
your love - childfree living
Web
Md - Childfree Living
Dutched
Pinay on Expatriotism
Happy I'll Never Breed, I'm Fixed
Explain
your decision to be childfree
Spiritual
Eastern Aspects
Voluntarily
childfree women: experiences and counseling considerations
Hispanic
Online - Why some Latinas are saying no to breeding
Childfree
Study by Susan Stobert and Anna Kemeny
Why
I choose to be childfree
We
celebrate being childfree
Childfree
and Adoptee
To
breed or not to breed that is the question
African-American
Childfree - link glitch: press enter on location bar
Abortion and Being
Childfree
Heartless
Bitches International - Childfree for me
The
Childfree Option
Feminist Women's Health
Center - Cindy's Story
The
Shame of not wanting brats
Slice
and Dice of Anti-Childfree Article
Baerana Commentary
Childfree
with an attitude
Childfree University Final Projects
The
Childfree and the Media - Journalism 400 final project
Master's
Thesis On The Childfree
Childfree Poetry
Child-Free
CF Salute
Childfree Humor
Brat
Smasher
Sprogopolis
Childfree Cartoons No
direct link to pics available on old host
Nina
Paley: Nina's Adventures
Comics
from ucomics.com and comics.com
Brats
and Pets
Brats
innocent, what planet are you from?
So,
much for a quiet evening out
Not
my problem
Newspaper articles -- read
quick, address may change
Childfree
Poor Get Screwed in Health Care
Childfree Europe
No
brats, please
Childfree
employees get screwed in workplace
Married,
Successful and Happy to Be Child-Free
Childfree Dining,
a smoking ban backfires
Were
childfree, were here, we rock
The
childfree, southern style
Childfree Zone -
Articals
The
One Show - brit childfree women
Lifestyle
Choice - Childfree Zone
The
Childfree are Fighting Back
Childfree
women take on the moo mafia
Two,
a couples magazine - Interview with Jerry Steinberg
National
Public Radio - Equity for childfree workers
Embracing
the decision not to Breed
If
want the patter of little feet, i'll put tap shoes on my cat
Without
brats and loving it
Oh, No Brats
Washington
Post - Childfree
Growning
number of couples choosing not to breed
Childfree
dating can really suck
The
Age - Please, let me be childfree in peace
La
Times - Our brightest days are yet to come
Colorado
Springs Independent - The ecstasy and agony of living childfree
Orlando
Weekly - Were not gonna take it anymore
University
of Western Ontario - Breeding ain't for me
Just
scraps in a childfree trough as breeders pig out
No Kidding: Dinks or
one brat
BBC - Childfree
and Cross
Overpopulation
essays and websites
Facing
The Future: A Guide To Population Issues, Impacts, and Solutions
Granta
Magazine: The Case Against Brats
The
shrinking earth
Love the
Earth Network
Negative
Population Growth
Overpopulation
Awareness
Dismantle
The World
NPG:
Why We Must and How We Could Achieve it
The
Earth Will Expire by 2050
The
world has finite resources
Blind
overbreeding is destorying the planet
Good
news for eastern europe
People
don't see what they don't want to see
To Breed or Not
to Breed(many other essays)
Population Connection
Personal Websites
Brenda
Sharpe's Humble Homepage
Nightingale's
Childfree Page
About
Me
Childfree
not childless!
The
Narrow Definition of Womanhood
Deal
with it, I'm childfree
I'm
childfree, What's That Mean
Thou
shall not breed
Hylo's
Page
Auntie
Dia
Childfree Ghetto
Childfree Abby
Choosing to be Childfree
ChildfreeMan1962's Website
Childfree
Photographer
Ms Mars Bar
Childfree Twiga
Childfree Tina
Morning Star
Hall
Brendan K
O'Rourke
Childfree T-Shirts and
Gifts
Childfree
Vacations
Childfree
Vasectomy
Sticker
Giant
Political Buttons
Tee-shirts
and Tote bags
Childfree
Teeshirts
Non-fiction books
Beyond
Words--Pride and Joy
How America Cheats The
Childless (wrong term used here, should be childfree)
Childfree and Loving It! by Nicki Defago
The Choosen Lives of Childfree Men by
Pride and Joy: The Lives and Passions of Women Without
Children by Terri Casey
Families of Two by Laura Carroll
Childfree
And Sterilized; Women's Decisions And Medical Responses
Book
Review: Adults Only Travel
Childfree
book reference
Childfree
net book list
Brats not on board
Cheerfully Childfree
Books exploring
the decision
Fiction books
No
Kidding: A Novel by Wendy Tokunaga
THE UNWELCOME CHILD, a
supernatural thriller NEW!
Petitions
Childfree Dinning
No
Kidding!
A social club for childfree singles and
couples LINK
Related
Essays
A
Feminist Writer: Why Marry?
Rise
of the Creative Class
Misc information
Books:
Gendered Lives: Juila T.Wood (a bit
pro-natalist bias in it)
We The Media:
Don Hazen (excellent, a must read)
Yahoo!
email
Adbusters
All
Recipes
Jump The
Shark
Admuncher
Search engines
MetaCrawler
- Multi MegaSpider
- Multi Dogpile
- Multi
HotBot
Yahoo
Webcrawler
AltaVista Excite