Consciousness-Raising about Singlism: Taiwan Edition
This past Sunday, the first day of National Singles Week 2012, was such a fun day for me. A journalist from Taiwan who had read the Chinese translation of Singled…
Yasmin Nair Asks Whether We Would Defend Limbaugh’s Targets if They Were Not “Good Girls”
Just after I posted Undeterred, Rush Limbaugh bashes another single woman, Yasmin Nair sent me a heads-up about her own post on the Rush stuff. It is long, so I’ll…
Is Marriage a Risk to Your Credit Rating? Guest Post by Rajiv Garg
[Bella’s intro: Rajiv told me this story by email and I asked him if I could share it here. Thanks, Rajiv, for agreeing. ]
Single in the Navy, Part 2: Guest Post by Roger Morris
[Bella’s intro: If you have not yet read Part 1 from guest blogger and Navy veteran Roger Morris, you can find it here. Now, on to Part 2 and the…
Single in the Navy, Part 1: Guest Post by Roger Morris
[Bella’s intro: Recently, a retired Navy veteran, Roger Morris, wrote to say that while he believed there was some singlism in the Navy, he also thought there were advantages to…
Singles Rule! The Surprising Media Phenomenon of 2012
Mid-February is supposed to be all about couples – treacly, dewey-eyed, Valentine’s Day lover couples. In a phenomenon that even surprised me, this February the media has been all about…
A Half-Century of Singles in the United States
Check out the image below for a contrast between the rise of singles in the United States over the past half-century, and the second-class citizenship of those same single people…
My Next Talk about Singles
On Monday October 17 at 2 pm, I’m giving a talk on singles at Loyola University in Chicago. It is open to the public. Here are the details.
It Is Happening – Please Share Your Thoughts!
What’s happening? Two things – National Singles Week (Sunday September 18 – Saturday September 24) and the new website that will aggregate feeds from enlightened singles blogs, provide resources, and…