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Sharing ideas and provocations on living single while happy. Reflecting on the social psychology of stereotypes and other cultural phenomena.

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Dark Side of Couplemania

Posted on May 25, 2013 by Rachel
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When I saw a link to an article on “10 things you might not know about love,” I was curious enough to follow it even though the associated picture made me wonder if I’d just be rolling my eyes and …
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Posted in Activism, Singles By Choice | Tagged community, couplemania, love, matrimania, singlism | Leave a reply

Taxing Singles

Posted on April 15, 2013 by Rachel
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Despite a lot of press about the marriage penalty that is supposedly imposed by the U.S. tax code onto married couples, the reality is that unmarried people are taxed far more than married folks. The marriage penalty impacts only couples …
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Posted in Activism, Singles By Choice | Tagged couplemania, matrimania, singlism | 2 Replies

That Marriage Thing

Posted on March 30, 2013 by Rachel
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You may (or may not) have been wondering about my silence here regarding the two big hearings that happened at the US Supreme Court this week: On Prop 8′s constitutionality and on DOMA. No, I didn’t miss it. (How can …
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Posted in Activism, Singles By Choice | Tagged Bella DePaulo, couplemania, matrimania, singlism | 4 Replies

Pediatric Matrimania

Posted on March 21, 2013 by Rachel
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It seems like the American Academy of Pediatrics has endorsed same-sex marriage. On closer look, though, it becomes clear that what they have really endorsed is matrimania – or, specifically, the idea that marriage magically creates the environment children thrive …
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Posted in Activism, Singles By Choice | Tagged matrimania, singlism, violence against women | 1 Reply

Entrepreneurism and Marriage

Posted on February 17, 2013 by Rachel
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Maybe there is such a thing as singlism radar because with some stumbling from link to link, i landed on an article that irks me: A Love Letter to all the Men who Love Entrepreneurial Women While i am all …
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Posted in Activism, Singles By Choice | Tagged basic income guarantee, health care, matrimania, singlism | Leave a reply

It’s the System, my Dear!

Posted on November 21, 2012 by Rachel
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I’ve been going through a big internal shift, it seems. I don’t quite fully understand it yet. And i still lapse into self-judgment, though that is tempered by an increase in acceptance: Of myself, my good girl habit, my life, …
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Posted in Activism, Lebensexperiment, Singles By Choice | Tagged good girl habit, matrimania, singlism, systems thinking | 4 Replies

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