Tag Archives: Bella DePaulo

New Book on Singlism

Posted on May 19, 2011 by

I am so excited to let you know that Bella DePaulo has edited a new book that was just published: Singlism: What It Is, Why It Matters, and How to Stop It. The list of contributors is very diverse and … Continue reading →

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Envisioning a New Society

Posted on September 21, 2010 by

[This essay is cross posted at All Things Single as part of the Blog Crawl in celebration of Singles Week!] One of the challenges of choosing to be single is that there are so few role models for a different … Continue reading →

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Guest Post over at PT

Posted on June 12, 2010 by

Please check out my guest post over at Bella DePaulo’s Psychology Today blog! It’s a continuation of a comment I made regarding the oddity – at least in my mind – of considering divorce a failure… And I am just … Continue reading →

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Studying Singlism

Posted on May 20, 2010 by

I’ve been thinking a lot about singlism lately. In fact, my first philosophy paper uses it as an example prejudice. While writing the paper, I was mulling over why I should study singlism with all those other prejudices and biases … Continue reading →

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The Challenge of Sex

Posted on June 14, 2009 by

There have been quite a few posts on singles blogs recently about sex, in particular on how to deal with sexual energy when there’s no obvious outlet like an intimate partner (for example, the Onely post and Bella DePaulo’s writing). … Continue reading →

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What is in a word?

Posted on May 30, 2009 by

During a recent discussion amongst footloose femails, we bounced around some idea for self-descriptive labels that don’t come with truck-loads of baggage. Single or spinster came up, of course. One woman had the idea to look at thesauruses, which revealed … Continue reading →

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