Women Without Kids1 Jan 2023

Creation, Contribution, and Collectivism with adrienne maree brown

Author, activist, and doula adrienne maree brown on mapping our procreative choices against the emerging needs of our species. In the episode we discuss:

-The concept of “emergence” as a way to think about creation and contribution beyond procreation

-Why we are both wary of describing our books as our “babies”

-What the drop off in the birth rate globally shows us about how society is evolving - particularly in terms of prescribed patriarchal gender roles

-The impact of increased acceptance of queerness on baby-having and baby-rearing

-What it means to engage in “science fictional behavior” when considering the future of our species and our planet

-What our responses to the pandemic showed us about what we believe is at the center of life and whose needs we prioritize as a result

-Why our collective addiction to accumulation extends to pro-natalist ideas about family formation

-Why the concept of bodily autonomy often does not extend to our procreative potential - and who decides who and what our bodies are “for”

-How being introverts has influenced both of our feelings about becoming parents

-Adrienne’s “big gay theory” for saving the world

Learn more about adrienne's work HERE, and check out her new book, Fables and Spells HERE, and find her podcast, How to Survive the End of the World HERE.

You can pre-order your copy of Women Without Kids: The Revolutionary Rise of an Unsung Sisterhood HERE—and enter your order details to receive a free reading group guide to accompany the book.

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