Welcome

I'm Bella DePaulo, a social scientist (PhD, Harvard) and the author of SINGLED OUT: How Singles Are Stereotyped, Stigmatized, and Ignored, and Still Live Happily Ever After. Singled Out is a myth-busting, consciousness-raising, totally unapologetic take on singles and their place in contemporary American society.

Do you, or anyone you know, believe that single people are miserable and lonely, and that getting married makes people happier and healthier and even means that they will live longer? Do you think that the children of single parents are doomed? Do you, or anyone you know, think that singlism (the stereotyping and stigmatizing of people who are single) does not really exist? Then Singled Out is for you and those enlightenment-challenged people in your life.

In the book, I draw from decades of scientific research to smash the myths about marriage and singlehood. I include examples from popular culture as well as the touching, aggravating, and hilarious personal experiences shared by so many of the single people I've gotten to know along the way.

In addition:

• I write the Living Single blog for Psychology Today.
• I contribute to the Huffington Post.
• I have appeared on the Today show and on morning shows on ABC, CBS, and CNN.
• I can be hired to speak at your event.
• I write occasional op-ed pieces, such as…

            …this one in the New York Times

            …this one in the Chronicle of Higher Education

            …this one in the San Francisco Chronicle

            …and others

You can read more about Singled Out here, and also

            …in the New York Times (1)

            …in the New York Times (2)

            …in the New York Times (3)

            ...in the New York Times (4)

            …in the Wall Street Journal

            ...in the Washington Post

            ...in TIME magazine (1)

            ...in TIME magazine (2)

            ...in the Chicago Tribune

            ...in Feministing

            …and in many other places

Read my December 22, 2008 article in Forbes:

Yes, there is a single demographic

Josey Vogels, host of CBC's "Between You and Me," described her talk with Bella DePaulo as one of her favorite interviews of the season. Listen to it here.

The opinion page of the New York Times posted Bella DePaulo's video conversation, with Ann Althouse, about singlism. Watch it here.

The Freakonomics blog at the New York Times has linked to my Living Single post on myths about marriage that just won't die, but should.

Contact Bella DePaulo