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When someone’s childfree experience doesn’t match your own
You ask questions
A woman whose childfree writing and tweets (Xes?) I’ve been following for a few years has written/posted things recently that have caught my attention. Though childfree, myself, what she was expressing didn’t resonate with me. It didn’t need to — not everything must be relatable or resonate — but it did make me want to learn more, to understand why she was saying what she was saying.
There’s still a lot I’m ignorant about when it comes to other people’s childfree perspectives. We don’t all arrive at “childfree” the same way, don’t have the same feelings about our place in the world, etc., and this interview with Ali Hall is my attempt to learn more about why she feels and thinks the way she does about certain childfree matters. I’ve since discovered that those thoughts and feelings have as much to do with the broader childfree experience as they do with her, personally.
About Ali: Ali Hall is a kindness advocate and shapeshifter of life. Trail runner, nature bather, and dog lover. You can find her writing on Medium or through her Abnormally Normal substack. She is also the face behind the Childfree by Choice Twitter account.
ME: You wrote in a tweet, “I don’t feel I’m allowed to talk about being childfree in standard circles as it seems to…
