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I laughed when I read this article by Shelly Horton in the Sydney Morning Herald. Outside of the term “Clucky” —which I’ve never heard used before and I assume must be short hand for “mother hen” in Australia— so much of what Horton related about her childfree experience in Australia is what I heard in my interviews for the Childless by Choice Project in North America.It seems whether you are in Seattle or Sydney, you will have people who imagine all kinds of things about your decision to remain childfree—like you just simply decided, over a bowl of mussels and a glass of sauvignon blanc, that you were going to opt out of parenthood.
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As you can see from this photo, some 5,000 naked people gathered outside of the Opera House in Sydney, Australia for Spencer Tunick's latest photography project. The Sydney Morning Herald has a silly write-up and many more photograp... Read Post

February 2, 2010 – Dr. Americana Apparently they’ve never heard of Fedor in the land down under. Let me explain. I was reading what was a fantastic article about Minotauro from the Sydney Morning Herald. It recounted the story of Bi... Read Post

Excellent discussion last Friday on ABC Radio National's morning show Life Matters. You can currently listen to the podcast and read the comments on the show's site. One of the interviewees was journalist Shelly Horton, discussing a... Read Post