Thread by @monaeltahawy

I never wanted children and I am childfree by choice so #ThxBirthControl - all of the various methods I’ve used.

My maternal grandmother was pregnant 14 times. She had 11 children, the eldest of whom is my mother who has 3 children, the eldest of whom is me.

I am happily childfree by choice. #ThxBirthControl

https://twitter.com/MsMagazine/status/1329138554899996676

I wish I could talk to my grandmother so that I can hear from her what it was like to be pregnant 14 times. I was 13 yo when she died and had not had that conversation with her.

My paternal grandmother had eight children.

#ThxBirthControl

I often give talks titled My Body Belongs To Me or I Own My Body.

That declaration is at the heart of any sexual revolution, or any revolution really, because at the heart of any revolution is consent and agency. #ThxBirthControl

https://twitter.com/monaeltahawy/status/1329144937892499457

I am 53yo. I cannot imagine having any children at all, let alone 11 children.

Love to our grandmothers. Everywhere.

#ThxBirthControl

I’ve often said I’ll write about being happily childfree by choice and always wondered where and now that I have FEMINIST GIANT, it will be an essay there soon.

#ThxBirthControl