Childless

Childfree: Conversations About Choice, Circumstance, and Ambivalence by Miriam Schaer

Childfree Flyer final I hope you can join me as I will be presenting my work on Childfree: Conversations About Choice, Circumstance, and Ambivalence,a panel at Jane Addams Hull-House Museum, Residents' Dining Hall on THURS Dec. 5 | 6-8 PM

Jane Addams-Hull Houses 800 S. Halsted, Chicago, IL

Reserve a free spot here: http://childfree.eventbrite.com

Organized by Kirstin De Mello

+Carrie Ruckel, moderator and filmmaker, creator of the short film “This is not a feminist theory about motherhood” +Nannette Banks, Reverend and coordinator at McCormick Theological Seminary +Gloria Bowman, writer and author of Human Slices, a love story about the choice to be childfree +Sekile Nzinga-Johnson, Asst. Prof. in Gender & Women’s Studies at UIC and editor of Laboring Positions: Black Women, Mothering and the Academy (2013). +Miriam Schaer, artist and professor at Columbia College, recent work includes Baby (Not) on Board:  The Last Prejudice? +Edra Soto, artist and creator of The Franklin exhibit space

What's Your Baby? at the Fountains Foundation 916 by Miriam Schaer

Mimi2_1 What's Your Baby? is on view at the Fountains Foundation 916, 916 S Wabash, 2nd Floor, Chicago, IL, through the end of the summer. There is a box for those who wish to share 'their baby': their dreams and desires. For those not in Chicago, please submit your 'baby' here.

Photo: Leo Selvaggio

Baby (Not) On Board listed as top 12 in 2012 by Miriam Schaer

Baby (Not) On Board was listed as one of the top 12 posts in 2012, on Why No Kids? Top 12 of 2012 Virtual Davis asks about what is up for the future: stay tuned! I am starting to research traditional proverbs about childlessness, and childless women, so please send them along as you find them to miriam.schaer@gmail.com To see the series: miriamschaer.com

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