Author Archives: The BirthStrike Movement

Hello! My name is Mariyah and I’m a Master’s student at Kings College London, and I am currently writing my master’s thesis which looks at the different sociological perspectives words climate change and population stability and its impact on climate anxiety. My study also touches on the BirthStrikers Movement, how it was formed and howContinue reading “Survey for Master’s Thesis”

Greetings everyone, I have received a request for interviews for a university research project about the complications of having children during climate change. This would be for academic purposes and potential interviewees would keep their anonymity. The researcher spearheading this project is also open to preliminary discussions before any interviews take place. Please feel freeContinue reading “Anonymous Research Opportunity”

In light of the current events taking place in the US, the BirthStrike Movement is reaching out to anyone who would be interested in speaking about this issue. Please feel free to contact me directly through the site.

Britt Wray demonstrates that desire is more important than her child’s safety. The original article can be found here: https://www.macleans.ca/longforms/is-it-ethical-to-have-kids-in-the-climate-crisis/

You can find the video here: https://youtu.be/mHw9AhZ1Gvo You can also find the original article here: https://ifstudies.org/blog/now-playing-on-social-media-sterilization-and-millennial-hopelessness

by Spencer Rocchi (This is an article that I wrote for the Industrial Worker about an organization in West Virginia, USA that helps provide clients with access to abortion. The original article can be found here.) Workers at Holler Health Justice began meeting with the West Virginia branch of the Industrial Workers of the World last yearContinue reading “Workers at Holler Health Justice Seek Self-Management”

by EsTerre I have a hesitation as to the elation or is it a vexation? Maybe the subject of commiseration? To find myself to be (or not to be if you feel Shakespearian) the manifestation of a proliferation

by EsTerre We blow the tops off mountains We dredge the bottom of seas We fly to visit other planets And have done away with bees We are prolific with our seeds And don’t give a second thought To what is in store for the weeds That into the world we brought Was that CreatorContinue reading “WHY?”

by EsTerre We are this funny creature Seeking a reason for our existence When we discovered there is none We became hell-bent on having fun But fun is a powerful drug Turning Homo Sapiens into a thug So when we thrash the place On which our existence depends A “high” IQ should tell our raceContinue reading “Hell-bent on having fun”

by EsTerre If we had children they would have been prettyIf we had children they would have been wittyIf we had children they would have been cleverHad we had children they may well never: Never forgive us the collective stupidityNever forgive us the unfettered greedNever forgive us that on the day we conceivedWe didn’t insteadContinue reading “For the love of our children”