Jody Day (Gateway Women)
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Founder of the 'childless movement' with Gateway Women. Psychotherapist, speaker, thought-leader, author, TEDx-er. #AWOC ageing without children.
West Cork, Ireland
Joined March 2011
This Sunday it’s Father’s Day in 100+ countries around the world. In this blog for Gateway Women, @robertnurden explores his experience of being both childless and grandchildless, not by choice… https://t.co/LbnDE8fPKJ
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Isn't pronatalism exhausting? Wonderful groups I'm sure, but still... people without children care about future generations too! "... groups like 1000 Grandmothers for Future Generations [...] & the Society of Fearless Grandmothers [...] Moms Clean Air Force"
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Regardless of the political party, non-coupled people continue to be ignored in new reforms. In my research, 70% of the single people interviewed lived with parents or in rented communal properties. The housing crisis doesn’t just impact “families”, it impacts everybody.
My changed Labour Party will give families the opportunity to own their own home.
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This is a fascinating and important interview - understanding how pronatalism and patriarchy are intertwined and yet often hidden from view; we need to understand and unpack this. Thank you @NLInstitute and @janevandis
"Why We Must Dismantle Patriarchy to Solve the Climate Crisis" Tune in to NLR today, at 10 am PDT/1 pm EDT/6 pm BST w/ guest Dr. Jane van Dis, Assistant Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology at the University of Rochester, and co-founder of OBGYNs For A Sustainable Future.
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Here they are - the first 51 losses in our mission to find 101 different types 💗 ( https://t.co/lGfEzHnYrS). It's like one half of the big Silent Why family! And I've learnt hundreds of ways to deal with grief through these lovely humans. Full post: https://t.co/LxqiVKhfun
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How do women learn to speak up for themselves if we're taught the opposite as girls? And as grown-up and older women without children, told to sit on the sidelines of 'real' womanhood? My new essay, free to read. https://t.co/HvkeI1wsTS
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Such a lovely, surprising, wide-ranging, meaningful and, I think, hopeful conversation! Thank you @andrewgmarshall
🎙If you didn't choose to be childless, there is grief, & then there is a need to make peace with a life you didn't expect. An enriching, hopeful conversation this week with Jody Day of @gatewaywomen Listen here: https://t.co/e1kmU7omLM @ChildlessWeek #childlessnotbychoice
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Do you think the #childless are represented fairly in the media? What are your thoughts on the portrayal of the childless in films, soap operas, books, news, magazines, advertisements, politics & social media etc? Submission details at: https://t.co/FzpqPu9YiZ
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7 days to feel seen, understood & validated. 7 days for the #childless not by choice community to unite in a global voice. You can participate by sending in a submission, being a panellist in a webinar or by creating your #iamme photo. Find out more at: https://t.co/YZr6KZUfZ1
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#Ageing, #alone, #childless I’ve recently run the emotional, physically draining process of moving house alone aged 74. I’m asked to understand the issues of ‘Mums’, #kids, #families, etc. I ‘cope’ so ignore me/us? Perhaps our childless status makes many uncomfortable.
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@BibiLynch @gatewaywomen Another instance of our childless voices being unheard and our grief disregarded. Sadly, if you'd been a mum complaining of insensitivity for say grieving the loss of a second child, I feel you would have been treated differently. Pronatalism (I.e Mumsnet) has power, we don't.
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What a load of shite
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Creating community: Storyhouse Childless is helping to develop the childless community by providing a safe space. In this affective space people are courageously sharing their experiences which are received with empathy by all the people present Read more https://t.co/yqgw0senI6
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‘The Future is Degrowth’ and ‘Degrowth & Strategy’: a Review in Dialogue in @buildresilience
https://t.co/PFM3P9Bgp0
resilience.org
In the past, degrowth advocates have demonstrated why capitalism and economic growth are ill-equipped to solve socio-ecological crises and outlined what a degrowth future would look like.
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WATCH NOW: An amazing time with the NomoCrones discussing what 'radical' means to use (dictionary definitions n'all) and whether a life lived outside the mainstream of motherhood predisposes us by elderhood to such things #childlesselderhood
https://t.co/vVkjT31bK1
gateway-women.com
Join Jody Day of Gateway Women and the #NomoCrones as we explore what it might mean to be a 'Radical Old Woman'.
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Also from wise and compassionate women like Pamela @SilentSorority, who will be one of my guests :) #AWOC
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Simply incredible. The prejudice is real and programmed into our social media. It is undoubtedly replicating in our AI as well. @gatewaywomen @NLInstitute @SoloAdvocacyAus @AllenAndUnwin #sheidarenotname
Single older women with no children are obviously a danger to society. @facebook rejected our request to boost our post about a free online discussion between @mscarobaum & @donnawardwriter coming up this Thurs at 1pm. You can book your ticket here: https://t.co/AQ1k4qJeyd
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#Blog for @gatewaywomen 'Coping with Father’s Day as a Childless Man' #WantedToBeADad #FathersDay #MaleVoice, #MenMatterToo #ChildlessNotByChoice #Awoc
gateway-women.com
As a man, firstly, let me say how delighted and honoured I am that Jody has asked me contribute to Gateway Women. I’m guessing that a quite a few readers here had a poor experience of male partners;...
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#childess experiences do not fit the modern neo-liberal narrative of choice and personal agency. They are about how we can’t always have what we want. That like ageing and death some aspects of life are beyond our control. They involve grief. All unpopular!
These stories are needed in breaking the stigma that women ‘HAVE’ to have children. However, men & women who are involuntarily childless like my friends @RobinHadley1 and @JustMeandLilley need their voices heard too. Why is there such little media interest in their stories?
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#Blog Coping with Father’s Day as a Childless Man. @gatewaywomen @awoc @mhuleeds @MBCoalition @Globalmenhealth @ManMetUni @ManKindInit
https://t.co/TNVbjIJiHU
gateway-women.com
As a man, firstly, let me say how delighted and honoured I am that Jody has asked me contribute to Gateway Women. I’m guessing that a quite a few readers here had a poor experience of male partners;...
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