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…
Before and Beyond the White Picket Fence
Having just finished a draft of a chapter on singles-friendly workplaces, I’m back to thinking about family in the lives of singles who have no children. Family, in the contemporary…
Many Voices, One Question: Should the Government Privilege Married People?
[This post is co-authored by Bella Depaulo and Rachel Buddeberg.] Same-sex marriage is advocated as a basic human right. We applaud any expansion of human rights. Yet, as we’ve watched…
Coupling Wasn’t Always So Intensive: Notes from a Social Historian
Over at my Living Single blog at Psychology Today, I asked this question: The rise of the couple and demise of all the rest: How did this happen? In the…
Do You Know About This Devilishly Clever Single Star?
“They say any fool can get married but it takes a devilish clever woman to remain an old maid.” Renowned author and life-long single woman Stella Miles Franklin put those…
Another Blogger Makes an International Case for Singles Rights
I was delighted to discover another blogger making the case for fair treatment of singles, and even better, casting her arguments from an international perspective. The blogger is “Anne,” from…