David Boaz Embeds Some Singlism in His Op-Ed
In a recent op-ed in the Los Angeles Times, David Boaz includes some needless stereotyping in an otherwise compelling argument. Here’s the letter I wrote to the editor, which you…
Help a Non-Profit So You Can Reel in a Mate?
With Valentine’s Day approaching, my inbox is filling up with the usual pitches from people who think that since I write about single life, what I and my readers must…
NY Times Asks about Naughty and Nice Single and Married Men
Over at Living Single, I wrote an in-depth critique of a recent study about single men and their purportedly more anti-social behavior than married men. In the first post, Actual…
Enmeshed and Proud of It!
As part of our continuing discussion of singlism and matrimania in pictures, I just had to share the image of this sleep shirt. Fits right in with the “you are…
The Deep-Down-Inside List
A few weeks ago, over at Living Single, I wrote about the stranger hawking a mate-bait program who believed that she knows what we singles want “deep down inside.” Our…
The Billboard that Just Won’t Go Away
Recently, my friend and colleague Wendy Morris sent me the picture of this billboard. (In case the words are hard to see, it says, “Married people earn more money.”) Wendy…
What Is the Best Way to Point Out Singlism?
This “All Things Single (and More)” blog is still fairly new, and so I see it as a place that, for now, is mostly read by what I think of…
The Heart of Friendship (Or, What the Pew Marriage Researchers Just Don’t Understand)
The Pew and Time magazine report generating all those headlines (mostly about how 39% of Americans think marriage is becoming obsolete) set out to look beyond just married people to…
‘Put Down That Mommy Card,’ Post Writer Tells Oklahoma Candidate
Quick follow-up to my most recent post here (“Candidate claims she is superior because she is a mother”). Washington Post opinion writer Ruth Marcus just published a piece titled, “With…