David Boaz Embeds Some Singlism in His Op-Ed
In a recent op-ed in the Los Angeles Times, David Boaz includes some needless stereotyping in an otherwise compelling argument. Here’s the letter I wrote to the editor, which you…
Barbara Walters Schools Piers Morgan on His Dopey, Intrusive, Matrimaniacal Questions
On February 2, as the protests on the streets of Egypt were riveting the nation and the world, Piers Morgan found time to ask Barbara Walters about the men in…
A Pioneering Woman Whose Husband Got the First Paragraph of Her Obituary
When I started high school in 1967, the principal was a no-nonsense woman named Eugenia DeFazio. Mrs. DeFazio, as we all called her, had already been the principal for 7…
Year, Interrupted: Guest Post by Psyngle (Part 2)
[From Bella: Over at Living Single, I posted the first part of Psyngle’s story of her traumatic accident and inspiring recovery. This is Part 2.]
Help a Non-Profit So You Can Reel in a Mate?
With Valentine’s Day approaching, my inbox is filling up with the usual pitches from people who think that since I write about single life, what I and my readers must…
NY Times Asks about Naughty and Nice Single and Married Men
Over at Living Single, I wrote an in-depth critique of a recent study about single men and their purportedly more anti-social behavior than married men. In the first post, Actual…
Singles’ Gatherings and Rituals – Do You Have Any?
I love the story of the singles’ cooking club that has lasted 39 years and counting. That’s the one that was told by the distinguished historian Mary Beth Norton, that…
Feeling Exposed as Not Half of a Couple?
Happy New Year, everyone. Sorry to have been out of touch but one of the things I love to do over the holidays is to leave my computer off for…
Enmeshed and Proud of It!
As part of our continuing discussion of singlism and matrimania in pictures, I just had to share the image of this sleep shirt. Fits right in with the “you are…