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My So-Called Selfish Life

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My So-Called Selfish Life is a paradigm-shifting documentary by award-winning filmmaker Therese Shechter about one of our greatest social taboos: choosing not to become a mother.

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Peter Bradshaw Guardian At all events, this is an interesting and worthwhile essay. Rated: 3/5 May 3, 2022 Full Review MaryAnn Johanson Flick Filosopher Dismantles myths about motherhood and misconceptions about child-free women with brisk, cheeky humor and intersectionality, and begins to build the cultural scripts we need for paths without kids. Rated: 4/5 May 10, 2022 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member This is a funny and well-done documentary about the child-free by choice movement and the issues faced by women who choose not to have children. It provides information, personal accounts, and resources yet does so in an entertaining manner. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/14/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis My So-Called Selfish Life is a paradigm-shifting documentary by award-winning filmmaker Therese Shechter about one of our greatest social taboos: choosing not to become a mother.
Director
Therese Shechter
Producer
Therese Shechter
Screenwriter
Therese Shechter
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
May 6, 2022
Runtime
1h 18m