You can now connect to other single women via an email group: The Footloose Femails. “footloosefemails” has been created as a place for single women to connect with each other and talk about issues that we face as we “fly solo” through life – the types of things that we often can’t talk about with others. And hopefully along the way we’ll be making new friends who can relate to everything we say! So wonder over to Yahoo and sign up! Well, assuming you’re a woman and single by choice: “the group is not open to men or even women … Continue reading »
Apr 252009
A new reality show is out! Fortunately, there is hope for all of us single women. Phew! Because as Sarah Haskin tells us “It is a truth universally acknowledged that the worst thing a woman can be is single. Worse than leprosy you ask? Yes. Because lepers live in a colony. Single women live alone.” Hold on! Wait for the last sentence (yeah, I was ready to kill her, too): “So, follow those [dating] rules, and you’ll see that first date turn into a second divorce in no time!” While she’s poking fun at the show, the show is real! … Continue reading »
Apr 192009
I thought I’d write biased summaries of the book “The Challenge of Being Single” as I read it. Here are the first two chapters. The first chapter addresses the question “how come you’re not married?” Edwards suggests that society’s theme song toward singles is “there’s something wrong with you.” She goes further than identifying this, though: “This social contempt eventually brings about self-contempt. Like any group that has been constantly ignored or downgraded, singles come to believe what others say about them.” (18) She suggests that we are learning to create a need that is experienced so strongly that it … Continue reading »
The Pew Forum presents an interesting chart showing what people think about global warming: If it occurs and if so, what causes it. All this is broken out by religious affiliation. Overall, 71% of the US population agree that the average temperatures are rising but only 47% of the population (or two-thirds of people who agree with a warming trend) think that this is mostly due to human activity. So, one-third of those observing the warming trend think it’s caused by natural patterns. Apparently, they know better what’s going on than the experts… But fully 21% don’t even notice that … Continue reading »
Apr 132009
Last week, an ice bridge broke off in Antarctica. And at work, we started a new recycling program. Each day, I notice the recycables in the trash and the trash in the recycling bin. How hard can it possibly be to get this right? Sure, some things are confusing but what is more obviously recycable than newspaper?!? It is frustrating! The Antarctic is falling apart but people are too lazy to recycle.
Apr 042009
Ever since I wrote about Bella DePaulo’s interview with Jaclyn Geller and the ensuing discussion about using “spinster” to describe ourselves, I’ve wondered about the history of the word “spinster.” Let’s start with some definitions. From Merriam-Webster: 1 a: woman whose occupation is to spin 2 b: an unmarried woman and especially one past the common age for marrying 3 a: woman who seems unlikely to marry 2b is also the definition given in the New Oxford American Dictionary.
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