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…
Candidate Claims She Is Superior Because She Is a Mother
In Oklahoma, the Republican candidate for governor is telling the people of that state that they should vote for her instead of her opponent because she is a wife and…
U.S. Senator Says Single Women Sleeping with Partner Should Be Banned from Teaching
At a campaign rally a few days ago, South Carolina Republican Senator Jim DeMint proclaimed that single women who are sleeping with their boyfriend should be banned from classroom teaching….
Singlism in the E.R.
There are some questions that keep coming up as I think about the role of family among singles with no children. Who are the important people in the lives of…
SWR Blog Crawl: Visioning a World without Singlism – Guest Post by Rachel Buddeberg
2010 SingleWomenRule.com Blog Crawl for National Unmarried and Single Americans Week September 19-25, 2010 Bella’s Introduction I’m delighted to have Rachel Buddeberg crawl over to All Things Single with this…
How Did Singles Week Happen? Guest Post by Thomas F. Coleman
Bella’s Introduction Did you know that every year the Census Bureau issues a press release, “Facts for Features – Unmarried and Single Americans Week”? I admit I’m easily amused, but…
Singles Week 2010 Blog Crawl Starts Today!
The second annual Singles Week blog crawl starts today. The brainchild of our friends at Single Women Rule, a blog crawl is an online version of a pub crawl or…
Next Up: Emotional Independence
In a recent post over at Living Single, I reviewed Rachel Moran’s argument that second-wave feminism had forgotten the single woman. The focus, instead, was largely on the superwoman who…
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…