by Bella DePaulo | Dec 6, 2010 | ALL THINGS SINGLE, singles rights and advocacy, Singlism and matrimania
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 as an inner circle of people. Of course, I don’t know everyone who is reading this, but I do recognize the names used by many of the people who post comments. Some have participated in conversations at Living Single. Sometimes I hear from readers by email as well. I hope that the readership will grow over time, but for now, I’m kind of enjoying the more personal feel of this blog.
With that in mind, I thought we might discuss the recent (and perhaps ongoing) kerfuffle over at Living Single. My post about Helen, who presumed to know what singles want ‘deep down inside,’ has sparked a bit of a flame war. Helen has weighed in (I deliberately sent her the link, so she could speak for herself if she so desired), and she is none too pleased.
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by Bella DePaulo | Nov 19, 2010 | ALL THINGS SINGLE, Friendship, Singlism and matrimania, What the research really shows (media myths)
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 other family members and family forms. One question participants were asked was this:
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by Bella DePaulo | Oct 28, 2010 | ALL THINGS SINGLE, politics, Single women, Singlism and matrimania
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 two women on the ballot, things that should be off limits.” Among those things are
“marital and family status. The unstated premise of Fallin’s comment is: ‘I’m a mom and she’s not.’ And the unstated but barely disguised conclusion is: ‘And that makes me better and leaves her lacking in a material way.’”
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by Bella DePaulo | Oct 26, 2010 | ALL THINGS SINGLE, politics, Single women, singles rights and advocacy, Singlism and matrimania
In Oklahoma, the Republican candidate for governor is telling the people of that state that they should vote for her instead of her opponent because she is a wife and mother. Seriously.
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by Bella DePaulo | Oct 15, 2010 | ALL THINGS SINGLE, Books about singles, politics, Single women, Singlism and matrimania
Politics aside, Condoleezza Rice’s achievements have been amazing. As I noted at some length in Singled Out, I was appalled by how often this ever-single woman got the singles treatment when she was in the public spotlight.
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by Bella DePaulo | Sep 22, 2010 | ALL THINGS SINGLE, Books about singles, Singlism and matrimania, What the research really shows (media myths)
Blog crawl news first. The featured writers today were Lisa and Christina from Onely. They wrote a great post hosted by Living Single called Fun with fallacies: The rhetoric of singles-bashing. It is in the form of a screenplay, and it will give you some great ideas for come-backs, as well as some insights and a few laughs. Tomorrow (Thursday September 23), Michelle Cove is the guest writer at The Single Filez.
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