The bushfires turned an abstract fear into a concrete reality. Having lived on the frontlines of climate collapse, I’m not sure I will choose to get pregnant again
On Boxing Day I had an article published about being pregnant in a climate emergency. It was about the conflicting and contradictory emotions many of us are forced to hold if we choose to take the leap of faith of bringing a child into the world in the midst of climate collapse.
At the time I wrote that piece, the smoke came and went. Occasionally we caught snippets of blue sky.
Related: If I have no hope for the planet, why am I so determined to have this baby? | Gemma Carey
Gemma Carey is a researcher at the University of New South Wales. She has written for Meanjin, the Mandarin and has appeared on ABC Radio. Her memoir No Matter Our Wreckage will be published in 2020 by Allen and Unwin.
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