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…
The Deep-Down-Inside List
A few weeks ago, over at Living Single, I wrote about the stranger hawking a mate-bait program who believed that she knows what we singles want “deep down inside.” Our…
The Billboard that Just Won’t Go Away
Recently, my friend and colleague Wendy Morris sent me the picture of this billboard. (In case the words are hard to see, it says, “Married people earn more money.”) Wendy…
Holiday Book Offers
Holiday season is here so I wanted to offer you a good deal on copies of Singled Out (signed, if you’d like) and a few other books:
What Is the Best Way to Point Out Singlism?
This “All Things Single (and More)” blog is still fairly new, and so I see it as a place that, for now, is mostly read by what I think of…
The Heart of Friendship (Or, What the Pew Marriage Researchers Just Don’t Understand)
The Pew and Time magazine report generating all those headlines (mostly about how 39% of Americans think marriage is becoming obsolete) set out to look beyond just married people to…
The Marriage Penalty That Has Nothing to Do with Taxes
If you’ve read Singled Out, you know my take on the so-called marriage penalty in taxes – it is actually a bonus. Single people are the one who get penalized….
Sweating the Small Stuff: Micro-Inequities and Micro-Affirmations
In my writing about singles, I’ve often pointed to the big ways that singles are targets of discrimination. Singles are discriminated against in the housing market, in ways that are…
A Story About a Tribe Should Not End with a Couple in a Hot Tub
Knowing my interest in different kinds of personal communities, a friend recently gave me a copy of Isabel Allende’s 2008 memoir, The Sum of Our Days. She thought I would…