Jody Day (the founder of The Gateway Foundation) and I discuss her journey to being childless, the ideology of pronatalism, how the festishism of motherhood serves no woman, and 50 reasons why a woman may not be a mother (they aren’t what you might expect).

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Show Notes: Gateway’s Website Gateway Meetup Groups Motherhood: Is It For Me? Your Step-by-step Guide To Clarity by Ann Davidman Not Mom Summit It’s Not You: 27 (Wrong) Reasons You’re Single by Sara Eckel Life Without Baby Yellow Curry Recipe One Part Plant Cookbook

More One Part Podcast Episodes Exploring The Idea of Motherhood: Doing Your Dharma + Questioning The Definition of Motherhood with Ruby Warrington Surrogacy, A Pigeon, and Redefining The Traditional Family with Mariah Naella

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Episode 84: Not Having Children By Chance Or By Choice With Jody Day