MY SO-CALLED SELFISH LIFE

As seen in the New York Times article "Kids? A Growing Number of Americans Say, ‘No, Thanks’" | "A striking and imaginative documentary" - Ms. Magazine | "Highly recommended" - Educational Media Reviews Online | ★★★★1/2 - Video Librarian Childfree Women • Pronatalism • "The Biological Clock" • Birth Control and Bodily Autonomy • Reproductive Justice • Abortion and Contraception • Nuclear Family • Population and Climate Change Date of Completion: 2021 | Run Time: 77 & 52 minutes​​ | Language: English | Captions: Yes | Includes: Transcript & Study Guide | Director & Producer: Therese Shechter Titled after one of the myths it challenges, this entertaining and insightful film draws on pop culture, science, and history to tell the stories of people who are saying no to parenthood–and the forces that marginalize them in society. With brisk, cheeky humor and an intersectional lens, filmmaker Therese Shechter journeys through a landscape of misogyny and misinformation, from “childless cat ladies” and the myth of the biological clock, to birth rate panics and ongoing threats to reproductive freedom.At a time when more women are challenging long-held beliefs about womanhood, family, and identity, the film reveals the ways that pronatalism impacts not only politics but also our personal lives - whether we have children or not. The growing childfree movement is reshaping what it means to live a fulfilling life. My So-Called Selfish Life celebrates the right to choose the lives that are best for us, because when we have control over our reproductive futures, powerful things happen.