{"id":8997,"date":"2025-11-29T16:19:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-29T16:19:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/viralitynews25.com\/?p=8997"},"modified":"2025-11-29T16:19:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-29T16:19:07","slug":"ava-duvernay-says-it-was-her-decision-not-to-be-married-or-have-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/viralitynews25.com\/?p=8997","title":{"rendered":"Ava DuVernay Says It Was Her Decision Not To Be Married Or Have Kids"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ava DuVernay\u00a0has joined in on the conversation surrounding successful Black women opting out of getting married and having kids while still living a full life.\u00a0Tracee Ellis Ross has become the poster child\u00a0for that thanks to social media memes created of the actress fitting the \u201crich auntie\u201d aesthetic, but she is just living her best single, happy life.<\/p>\n

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“I didn’t see enough examples of different versions of how a woman can find happiness and joy and power and\u00a0sensuality,\u00a0sexuality, all of that, without it being through the lens of how I’m seen by a man,\u201d she told\u00a0Harper\u2019s Bazaar<\/em>. \u201cPeople are like, ‘You’re the poster child for\u00a0being single.’ And I was like, ‘Great.’ But what I would prefer is that I’m the\u00a0poster child\u00a0for living my life on my terms. And that there’s a version of that for everyone.”<\/p>\n

Ava is making a conscious effort to do the same.\u00a0The director\u00a0got her start in television and film later on in life in\u00a0comparison\u00a0to her counterparts and so she\u2019s been more so focused on her career, but she\u2019s now learning that life is more than just work. Ava opened up about it to\u00a0InStyle<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI’ve gotten a bit stagnant in my relationships with people, the way that I’ve organized my life. We need to keep meeting new people, challenging relationships, moving out of relationships that don’t serve us anymore,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere’s that line people say, \u2018No new friends.\u2019 But there can be. I can’t mature in my work if I don’t open my life a bit more. I didn’t have kids by choice, and I’m not married by choice. I was able to embrace my career\u00a0later in life, in my 30s. So I’m going to do what feels good to me, and I’m going to have fun.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Los Angeles native worked as a publicist for many years before she picked up a camera and began to make films at 32 years old.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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I picked up a camera for the first time at the age of 32. I continued working a full-time job while directing my first 5 feature length projects. It\u2019s never too late to pursue your passion. But you already know that deep down. \ud83c\udf38\u00a0https:\/\/t.co\/M5HfYIUymo<\/p>\n

\u2014 Ava DuVernay (@ava)\u00a0July 16, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

After the success of her first short film\u00a0Saturday Night Life,\u00a0<\/em>Ava went on to film\u00a0Middle of Nowhere, I Will Follow<\/em>\u00a0and her breakout film\u00a0Selma.\u00a0<\/em>Her seemingly meteoric rise to fame has kept her busy. So, much so that she has been called a \u201cworkaholic,\u201d a term she despised. However, she no longer has to worry about being called that because she is making living a full life her priority.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel like I’ve made it through something. We are still in the pandemic, and it’s a tough time. I’m clear about the things that are important to me now and prioritizing things. I’m someone who was a real\u00a0workaholic<\/a>\u00a0and I always resented being called a workaholic because that makes it sound like an addiction of some kind. My work is my heartbeat, and I enjoy doing it, so I always resented it being called something negative,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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