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Laura Carroll

@lauracarroll88.bsky.social
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Twitter escapee! ; ) Check out my books, media & podcast highlights, 15+ years of writings, my LiveTrue Books library and more at: lauracarroll.com

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Laura Carroll @lauracarroll88.bsky.social · 3h
Always like seeing pieces debunking #childfree myths coming out of Africa. This one in Daily Nation Africa, the largest in Kenya and East Africa: nation.africa/kenya/news/g...
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Women deserve respect beyond motherhood and children
A woman’s worth should be measured by her character, work and contributions, not whether she has children.
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Laura Carroll @lauracarroll88.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
No to confirming "a CDC Director who has signaled a willingness to increase surveillance of people seeking abortion care and cater to anti-abortion extremists’ demands...[and] authority to conduct biased studies or suppress evidence that yet again proves abortion is safe." nwlc.org/resource/rep...
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Reproductive Rights, Health, and Justice Organizations Oppose the Nomination of Dr. Erica Schwartz for Director of the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention - National Women's Law Center
Dear Senator, The undersigned organizations committed to reproductive rights, justice, and health equity urge Senators to vote against the confirmation of Dr. Erica Schwartz to serve as the Director o...
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Laura Carroll @lauracarroll88.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Many reasons amazing women from history never had children, and Many ways they lived fascinating lives. #ASpecialSisterhood: [just] 100 Fascinating Women From History Who Never Had Children shines light on them for young adults and all ages! aspecialsisterhood.com theconversation.com/childless-wo...
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Childless women who shape history and culture are still judged on not being mothers
Traditional motherhood has always been recognised, while women’s other achievements and bequests must continually prove their worth.
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Laura Carroll @lauracarroll88.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
👉These "challenges not only seek to overturn state-level bans, but could be used as part of a larger argument that the Dobbs decision that overturned Roe v. Wade is itself unworkable and should be reversed." www.autonomynews.co/new-lawsuits...
autonomynews.co
New Lawsuits Argue That Pregnant People Also Have a Right to Life
Lawyers are fighting abortion bans in state court by establishing that pregnant people have a right to life and liberty—or at least self-defense.
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Laura Carroll @lauracarroll88.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Add this to what to be outraged about re data centers: www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/t...
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How Meta Uses A.I. Data Centers to Avoid Billions in Federal Taxes (Gift Article)
Meta is exploiting a lucrative tax break intended to support research and experimentation. Its own accountants say the gambit is risky.
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Laura Carroll @lauracarroll88.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A new reason people aren't having children-a "romance famine"? My first reaction is - in part this is a #pronatalist hypothesis, as underneath it is the assumption that once you Do find romance and fall in love, you will want to have a baby with that person. www.thetimes.com/life-style/p...
thetimes.com
I love my childfree life, but we need more women to have babies
A new book says we’re in a ‘romance famine’ and it’s affecting the birth rate. Too many have made the same choice as me
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Laura Carroll @lauracarroll88.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
While I have contributed a US Supplement to the site that explains all about the Swtizerland Alternative (www.theswitzerlandalternative.com), I do agree that "Nobody should have to leave their own country to die on their own terms." thegooddeathsocietyblog.net/2026/09/27/a...
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A Personal Note
They were not doing anything wrong. They were dying; they knew it, and they wanted some say in how it happened. For that, they had to behave as though they were doing something shameful.
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Laura Carroll @lauracarroll88.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
And...one of many bad ass female athletes now and from history who never had children : ) #ASpecialSisterhood
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Laura Carroll @lauracarroll88.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Whoa did not know!
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Laura Carroll @lauracarroll88.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Sept is #WorldAlzheimersmonth. Today The Times of San Diego ran my op-ed related to this! It's part of my work on getting info out there about end-of-life choices, and this month, what too often public education on Alzheimer's awareness lacks. timesofsandiego.com/opinion/2026...
timesofsandiego.com
Opinion: Thinking ahead about options in late-stage Alzheimer's disease
Along with knowing more about Alzheimer’s disease, public education needs to openly address the option of not having to live with it in the late stages.
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Laura Carroll @lauracarroll88.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
"where the difference between us and the machines cuts deepest..." www.nytimes.com/2026/09/27/o...
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Opinion | The Id, the Ego and the Superintelligence (Gift Article)
Artificial intelligence isn’t coming for philosophers’ jobs — it needs philosophers, and always will.
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Laura Carroll @lauracarroll88.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Another smart (and disturbing) piece by Bruce Gritton: resistreflectrebuild.substack.com/p/why-would-...
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Why Would Trump Keep an Unpopular War Going Until After the Midterms?
The Pretext Theory - Why keeping the Iran war active through the midterms could create a domestic election-security pretext.
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Laura Carroll @lauracarroll88.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Today is #WorldContraceptionDay. Here's to the goal of everyone having "access [to] the information, services, and contraceptive options they need to make informed decisions about their future." www.your-life.com/en/world-con... (Planned Parenthood Image)
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Laura Carroll @lauracarroll88.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
👉"...this whole industry is built on theft, right? The way that these models were created is by stealing enormous amounts of intellectual property.There has been this sense of carte blanche for behaviors that are criminal in a very straightforward sense..." 1/2 www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/o...
nytimes.com
Opinion | The Wild West of A.I. Needs to End. Here’s How. (Gift Article)
It’s time to give the public what it wants: A.I. regulation.
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Laura Carroll @lauracarroll88.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Ida Noddack is also part of #ASpecialSisterhood of fascinating women from history who never had children. In my book with this title, learn about just 100 (there are so many!), including a whole chapter called "Brainiacs" in which she definitely fits! www.amazon.com/Special-Sist...
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A Special Sisterhood: 100 Fascinating Women From History Who Never Had Children
A Special Sisterhood: 100 Fascinating Women From History Who Never Had Children - Kindle edition by Carroll, Laura, Tonyeva, Nataliia. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading A Special Sisterhood: 100 Fascinating Women From History Who Never Had Children.
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Laura Carroll @lauracarroll88.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Talbot finally gets there-yes to this: "...perhaps some part of the fertility decline reflects a change in what people want from their lives..." a"genuinely enlarged sense of what a satisfactory life might contain." Also the views discussed in this piece lack... www.newyorker.com/magazine/202... 1/2
newyorker.com
What’s Really Behind the Baby Bust?
Are people having fewer children because modern life makes parenthood too difficult—or because the meaning of a satisfying life has changed?
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Laura Carroll @lauracarroll88.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
"8.3 Billion humans growing at a rate of a million (births minus deaths) every 5 days." ~ Population Counts Birth rate plummet fears, fertility crisis messaging are both #pronatalist myths. #overpopulation
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Laura Carroll @lauracarroll88.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Not only does Iowa Not have a medical aid in dying (MAID) law, no state with MAID allows it for those with Alzheimer’s or any type of dementia. MAID needs to expand to include people with... 1/2 thegooddeathsocietyblog.net/2026/09/20/r...
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Rusty Martin Dies, Leaving These Final Words For Iowans
I do not want to be in a hotel room thousands of miles away. I want to be at my home in Des Moines.
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Laura Carroll @lauracarroll88.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Another way “they've assimilated all of this stuff, and now they’re spitting it back at us." www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
theatlantic.com
The Rise of Parasite Authors
First, AI stole their books. Now it’s stealing their readers.
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Admirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Ruth Bader Ginsburg died #OTD in 2020. Champion of race & gender equality. Pioneering lawyer on women’s equality. Civil rights hero. Major pop icon. Notorious RBG. Key justice on America's highest court. #WomensRights #CivilRights #SCOTUS #RBG
A three-panel chronological photo collage of Ruth Bader Ginsburg (1933–2020), tracing her historic journey from a pioneering civil rights lawyer to an influential Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. The composition transitions from left to right across three distinct eras. The left panel: A black-and-white portrait of a young Ginsburg, smiling warmly with bright, forward-facing eyes. Her hair is pulled back, and she wears a patterned blazer over a draped scarf, exuding a welcoming yet determined mood. The center panel: A color portrait from her early Supreme Court tenure. She wears her hair pulled back into her signature low ponytail with a black bow, paired with large, gold-rimmed glasses and elegant gold earrings. Donning her judicial robes with a crisp white jabot, her thoughtful expression reflects her status as a formidable legal mind. The right panel: A portrait of Ginsburg in her later years against a rich red backdrop. Her hair is sleekly pulled back, showing turquoise earrings that contrast with her black robes and intricate white lace jabot. She looks directly at the camera with a subtle, resilient smile, projecting an aura of quiet strength. The overall mood shifts seamlessly from youthful optimism to seasoned, historic authority.
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Laura Carroll @lauracarroll88.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Yes, indeed. Looking forward to seeing his new movie, Babies : )
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Laura Carroll @lauracarroll88.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
On #childfree men, in my interview research with happily married childfree couples, I'd add here that it was the man who drove the childfree decision more than people might think. lnkd.in/e8HXTwE4 www.newsweek.com/child-free-w...
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Child-free women get asked this question all the time. Then a man did
"There's still this deeply ingrained idea that motherhood is something we're all supposed to want," Tina told Newsweek.
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Laura Carroll @lauracarroll88.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
#Pronatalism is way beyond "a set of policies or attitudes designed to pressure women into having more children" and "part of [a] pattern." It is a whole system of beliefs that exalt the role of parenthood. Beyond having "more" children... otherwords.org/gen-z-women-... 1/2
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Gen Z Women Don’t Owe America Babies - OtherWords
We need an economy where having a family is actually affordable — and where reproductive choices remain our own.
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Laura Carroll @lauracarroll88.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I thought that it would not be long before we saw this argument: "Criminal prosecutions have occurred after oil spills, airline disasters, and toxic-waste dumps. The criminal liability was obvious in those instances. AI companies deserve no special treatment." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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Destroying Humanity Is Against the Law
Don’t wait for a mass-extinction event before holding AI developers accountable.
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Laura Carroll @lauracarroll88.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
What a cool shot!
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Laura Carroll @lauracarroll88.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
"I now join thousands of other journalists in wildly ringing the alarm bells.There is simply no hope for the future of American journalism if we don’t wrest control away from private-equity and hedge-fund newspaper profiteers..." Such concerning times. goldenstatereport.substack.com/p/california...
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California loses another editorial board at the worst possible time
I went from wrapping up endorsement interviews for The Sacramento Bee to being laid off in another round of cuts at hedge fund-owned newspapers.
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Laura Carroll @lauracarroll88.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
👏"Some of the best books are from independent publishers."
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Laura Carroll @lauracarroll88.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
And as this great piece by Melissa Wood adds to the religion aspect end-of-life options: "Someone else’s faith or moral convictions should not determine the choices available to a mentally capable adult who does not share them." www.peacefulendoflife.com/the-people-m...
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The People Medical-Aid-In-Dying Leaves Behind - Peaceful End of Life
End of Life Doula, Virtual Services
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Laura Carroll @lauracarroll88.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I had a feeling #childfree Hollywood couple Miller & Seth Rogen would do a film that loops in a childfree component! They have gotten so much ink for being out there about being childfree in their personal lives. I read the storyline doesn't follow the usual... deadline.com/2026/09/babi... 1/2
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'Babies’ Review: A Witty, Heartfelt Exploration Of Childless Adulthood
After years of fielding questions about whether she wants to be a mom, Lauren Miller Rogen gives the definitive answer in the form of 'Babies'.
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Laura Carroll @lauracarroll88.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Check out the author of the new book, Reining in the Bulls, Michael Marx, talking with the infamous Ralph Nader on his radio hour! (his interview starts at 32:00 minutes in) www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/p/citizens-i...
ralphnaderradiohour.com
Citizens Impeachment/Stopping Corporate Abuse
Ralph welcomes Keira Havens a United States Air Force veteran and the executive director of Citizens’ Impeachment a grassroots organization that lobbies Congress and supports candidates who are willin...
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Laura Carroll @lauracarroll88.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Direct link to the essay: darioamodei.com/post/we-must...
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Dario Amodei — We Must Pace the Frontier
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Laura Carroll @lauracarroll88.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
What "legislators, policy researchers, futurists and computer scientists" say about ways to regulate A.I." What do we do? "...all of it." www.nytimes.com/2026/09/11/o...
nytimes.com
Opinion | This Is Really Bad (Gift Article)
We can no longer pretend that A.I. is safe.
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Laura Carroll @lauracarroll88.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Add today's misinformation and messaging promoting fear of falling birthrates and fertility 'crisis' to the behemoth of what I call #TheBabyMatrix. Go down the rabbit hole of pronatalist history, ... www.resilience.org/stories/2026... #pronatalism 1/2
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Are people really having fewer kids than they want?
How pronatalist misinformation fuels low-fertility alarmism.
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Laura Carroll @lauracarroll88.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
From what I can find, the Calatayud publication comes from a regional Argentine platform. Good discussion, especially about reimagining 'legacy' when one does not have children. Also, thumbs up to this: nuevo.calatayud.com.ar/why-leonardo... 1/2
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Why Leonardo DiCaprio Stays Childfree: A Deliberate Choice in a Celebrity World - Calatayud
Why Leonardo DiCaprio Stays Childfree: A Deliberate Choice in a Celebrity World At a time when Hollywood is defined by high-profile parenthood and g
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Laura Carroll @lauracarroll88.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
"slowing pop growth is 'breaking the U.S. economy,' fear "ignore a concept familiar to anyone who’s sat thru Econ 101: What powers economic growth is not just numbers of workers and consumers, but increasing productivity – more output per unit of input." overpopulation-project.com/a-shrinking-...
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A shrinking population might actually be a good thing - The Overpopulation Project
A shrinking population actually benefits the economy. Living standards can rise while labour-saving tech can counteract a smaller labour pool.
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Laura Carroll @lauracarroll88.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
"As I write this, the world seems in a tailspin. Many feel that all the progress we’ve made is being reversed. When you’re lucky enough to have lived a long life, as I have done, your role as an older person is to remind us how far we have come." www.newyorker.com/culture/life...
newyorker.com
Gloria Steinem’s Final Essay
Gloria Steinem writes about what she meant when she called herself a feminist.
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Laura Carroll @lauracarroll88.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Great Q&A with Michael Marx, the author of the new book, Reining in the Bulls, in Princeton University Press' Ideas publication: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
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Michael Marx on Reining in the Bulls | Michael Marx
Following the release of my book "Reining in the Bulls," Princeton University Press recently published a Q & A interview with me in their "Ideas" publication. They asked for my thoughts on several que...
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Laura Carroll @lauracarroll88.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Insightful "anthropomorphizing" take: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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AI Is Already Making Us Less Human
As we learn to think more and more highly of the bots, we will learn to think less and less highly of our fellow humans.
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Laura Carroll @lauracarroll88.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
All so good, but two of my favs: "Do what you love; do what you’re curious about." "Aging is a gift...age however the hell you want to." www.glamour.com/story/gloria...
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Gloria Steinem: Lessons on Living
Earlier this year, the feminist icon welcomed Glamour into her home for an original interview and photo shoot, spending the day reflecting on a lifetime of lessons learned about independence, love, wo...
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Laura Carroll @lauracarroll88.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
From her upcoming memoir, "My role as an older person is to remind people how far we have come." It's mine too when it comes to... www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0... 1/2
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‘Everything We Do Matters’
Gloria Steinem on what older people can teach America
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Laura Carroll @lauracarroll88.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
“'The Hippocratic oath says do no harm,' Dr. Shapiro said. 'And I don’t think we’re harming anyone by doing this. I think we’re actually being compassionate and relieving suffering.'” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/03/n...
nytimes.com
The Start-Up That Helps People Die (Gift Article)
Medical aid in dying is now legal in New York. A team of clinical professionals decided to create a practice to help their clients die on their own terms.
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Laura Carroll @lauracarroll88.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Even if you are not fans of either of these podcasts, please listen to these episodes on AI. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/03/p... www.nytimes.com/2026/08/18/o...
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A.I. Is Outsmarting Its Creators (Gift Article)
When OpenAI’s agents went rogue in July, they demonstrated ingenuity and drive beyond what many experts had imagined.
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Laura Carroll @lauracarroll88.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Another RIP of note: Wendell Berry. 🙏 "Berry's writing is a lesson for the ages on slowing down, noticing, and deeply loving and respecting our surroundings." www.npr.org/2026/09/01/1...
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Beloved writer and environmentalist Wendell Berry has died at age 92
Wendell Berry has died at age 92 He was a beloved American poet, novelist, essayist, and farmer.
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Laura Carroll @lauracarroll88.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
One of my favorite quotes of hers: "People often ask me if I am 'passing the torch.' I explain I am keeping my torch, thank you very much - and I'm using it to light the torches of others." I feel this way about my 25+ year work on the social and cultural acceptance of the #childfree choice : )
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Laura Carroll @lauracarroll88.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
🙏RIP to multidimensional trailblazer Gloria Steinem. In addition to her activism, she openly spoke about not wanting children, and the most honest, saying she just did not want them enough to have them. #childfree Check out this excellent never-before-seen interview. www.nytimes.com/video/obitua...
nytimes.com
Video: In Her Words: Gloria Steinem
In a never-before-seen 2008 interview with The New York Times, Ms. Steinem reflected on her career as a writer, organizer and fund-raiser.
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Laura Carroll @lauracarroll88.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
The personal note in this WFRtDS Autumn update by Ed Peter Warren resonates with my end-of-life options advocacy (lauracarroll.com/childfree-ch... ), as I agree that "to be able to choose an assisted death should be a fundamental human right." preview.mailerlite.io/emails/webvi...
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Laura Carroll @lauracarroll88.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
One of so many "Stars of the Screen & Stage" as I call it in #ASpecialSisterhood, she also has no children (and for her by choice) : ) #childfree
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Laura Carroll @lauracarroll88.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
"Bill Ryerson believed something radical: that a well-told story could change what people believe is possible for their own lives. That belief built PMC—and touched millions of people across the world." Thank you so much for your many years of great work! www.populationmedia.org/newsroom/a-l...
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A Letter From Our Founder | Population Media Center
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Laura Carroll @lauracarroll88.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
"Perhaps the greatest value of the debate on ecocide lies not only in the possibility of creating a new legal concept...lies in reminding us that the true progress of a society is not measured solely by what it builds,but also by what it chooses not to destroy." www.stopecocide.earth/sei-guest-bl...
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Ecocide: the conversation I owe my son — Stop Ecocide International
There are conversations you know you will have with your children, even if you do not yet know when. One day I'll have to explain to my son why wars exist, why inequality exists, or why people make d...
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Laura Carroll @lauracarroll88.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Fun fact: her contraception work started with diaphrams which at the time were in short supply in the US. She posed as a scientist, went to diaphragm manufacturers in Europe... 1/2
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