The Power of Platonic Touch, Part 3: Guest Post by M. J. Coreil
This is Part 3 of the guest post by anthropologist M. J. Coreil. Part 1 is here. Part 2 is here.
The Power of Platonic Touch, Part 2: Guest Post by M. J. Coreil
This is Part 2 of the guest post by anthropologist M. J. Coreil. Part 1 is here.
The Power of Platonic Touch, Part 1: Guest Blogger and Anthropologist M. J. Coreil Makes the Case for Snuggle Parties
[Bella’s intro: When anthropologist M. J. Coreil shared with me her essay on snuggling with strangers, I was intrigued. Dr. Coreil makes a compelling case for the importance of distinguishing…
Let’s Talk About Single Life: Save the date, November 13 2016, in Los Angeles
I’ll be talking about single people and single life in Los Angeles on November 13, 2016, from 3—6 p.m. It should be a lively conversation and I hope you can…
HOW WE LIVE NOW Shortlisted for Community-Wide Reading Program
Do you know about those programs in which an entire community or campus or freshman class is encouraged to all read the same book? I just learned that How We…
Single-Minded Change Agents: Slaying Singlism, Mocking Matrimania, and Creating a Better World for Single People
I’ve been on a decades-long mission to push back against all the misrepresentations of single people as sad and lonely losers, and to showcase more accurate portrayals of how real…
My Letter to the Editor of TIME on its Latest Matrimanical and Singlist Cover Story
It is June 13, 2016. The year is not even halfway over, but Time magazine just published its 37th story about marriage. Below is the letter I sent to the…
Health Care and Illness in the Lives of People Who Are Single
In too many ways, single people get lower quality health care than married people do (as I noted in Singled Out), or they face more obstacles to getting the care…