Overview

Should we become parents? This question forces us to reckon with what we love and fear most in ourselves, in our relationships, and in the world. When Gina Rushton considered this decision, the choice was less straightforward than she had assumed. Her search for an answer only uncovered more complexity. How do race, gender and class affect our experiences of pregnancy, birth, and parenthood? How do we address the paradox of creating new life on a planet facing catastrophic climate change? How do we navigate uncompromising workplace cultures and the pitfalls of excessive emotional labour? How does our own childhood impact how we choose to parent, if we do so at all? Drawing on a depth of knowledge gained through her extraordinary work as an award-winning journalist, as well as her personal experiences, Rushton wrote the book she and others needed to transform the discourse around the parenthood dilemma.

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Extract: Why Would Anyone Want To Have Kids When It Feels Like The World Is Ending? -- Gina Rushton * Junkee * Review: The easiest—and hardest—decision  -- Melody Tan * Mums at the Table * Review -- Rebecca Whitehead * Books + Publishing * Review: The Most Important Job In The World shows that parenting really can be a giant motherload! -- Natalie Salvo * The AU Review * Review -- Jackie Tang * Readings (ANZ) * When is the right time to freeze your eggs? * Harper's Bazaar Australia - syndicated to Harper's Bazaar Arabia * Interview: Gina Rushton on writing The Most Important Job in the World -- Sharon Green * She Defined * The case for not having kids: Why women are putting the conversation on ice -- Kelley Dennett * Stuff NZ * The question around having children: a nine month long study! * RNZ * Panel on The Drum with Ellen Fanning * ABC * Nature and grief, rethinking motherhood on Life Matters * ABC * Ten Terrifying Questions * Booktopia * Why the question 'do you want kids' tears women open like nothing else -- Gina Rushton * Body + Soul * The Millennial Anxiety Of Having Kids In A Climate Crisis -- Alex Bruce-Smith * Elle * What comes after guilt when family planning in a climate crisis? Anger. -- Gina Rushton * Sydney Morning Herald * Show Your Working: Gina Rushton -- Gina Rushton * Kill Your Darlings * The best Australian books out in April -- Donna Lu * The Guardian * As a science journalist I’m reconsidering having kids. I’m not the only one -- Donna Lu * The Guardian * The most anticipated books of 2022 -- Melanie Kembrey * Sydney Morning Herald *

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Gina Rushton is an editor, reporter and author living and working on Gadigal land. She is currently news editor of independent news and analysis website Crikey. She has worked as a journalist for a decade holding reporting or editing roles at Nine, Australian Associated Press, AAP FactCheck, The Australian and BuzzFeed News. She has also been published in the Guardian, Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, The Monthly, The West Australian, Business Insider Australia, O&G Magazine and The Saturday Paper.

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