An Anti-Marriage Society, by Samantha Koch

Several weeks ago, Matt Walsh [brought attention] www.https://x.com/MattWalshBlog/status/1698375234909307373) to a well-known TikTok influencer who openly advocates for the childfree lifestyle. He posted one of her videos in which she spent 90 seconds detailing the activities she had planned for her Saturday as a single 29-year-old woman. She told her audience that she was grateful for the opportunity to sleep in until after 10 a.m., that she was excited to learn to make shakshuka, and that she had a long list of reality TV shows to catch up on, adding up to what she described as a “stacked day.”

Her video was met with a large amount of criticism. Why? Viewers didn’t take issue with a young adult woman deciding to make a video about how she intended to spend her weekend. They objected to the fact that after every activity she had already done or had planned for later, she felt the need to emphasize how much easier these things were because she didn’t have children. They didn’t wake her up early, she didn’t have to call a babysitter to leave the house, and she could watch her favorite shows uninterrupted by little ones demanding her time and attention. …