Singles in the Workplace: Issues, Values, and Action
Questions about singles in the workplace are coming up more and more often. That’s a good thing. For too long, conversations about the workplace, and about achieving “balance,” have focused…
What Do We Know about the Experiences of Singles around the World?
Over the course of many years writing about single life, I have found that readers are very interested in the experiences of single people in places beyond the U.S. So…
Single Parents and their Children: Don’t Believe the Prophecies of Doom
In Singled Out, I devoted a chapter to debunking the myth that the children of single parents are doomed. I described various studies and showed how the results are exaggerated…
Psychological Inquiry, Double Issue on Singles — Copies Available
In 2005, Wendy Morris and I were invited to write the target article, “Singles in society and in science,” for the journal Psychological Inquiry. This was my very first publication…
A Table for One: Guest Post by Leslie Jones
Bella’s intro: When I write about single life, I do so from the perspective of having been single all my life. I always like hearing from others who have also…
Bogus Claim that Marrieds Win: Can You Help Explain the Cheater Technique?
I need your help. I’ve been trying for years to explain what’s wrong with the cheater technique. That’s the one where researchers compare all single people (whether they want to…
My No Good, Very Bad 4th of July from the Past
Back during my East Coast days, there was a year when a colleague invited me to go to her daughter’s play on the 4th of July. I don’t like doing…
Fantasies about Supporting Single People and Singles Advocacy
Writing about singles has been an enormously meaningful experience, but it has not been a lucrative one. I’ve had fantasies about making a mint on Singled Out or Singlism or…
The Misfit: A Short Story by Scott Larson
Bella’s Introduction: A reader, Scott Larson, recently sent me this short story. I’m not a fiction writer and so I can’t claim to be a qualified judge of that genre,…