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by Bella DePaulo | Oct 1, 2022 | Uncategorized
By Veronica Davis
[From Bella: During the pandemic, lots of people pitied people who were single, especially if they were living alone – even though many of them were doing fine. In this guest post, Veronica Davis describes some of the ways in which it was the couples who were having a hard time.]
During the pandemic and especially following the worldwide lockdowns, the rate of divorce began skyrocketing. Couples who had been together for years and even decades were filing for divorce at a much higher rate than before. The trend seemed to extend to all couples, with relationships ending all over the world after couples had been locked in their homes together for months.
The pandemic provided the perfect opportunity for marital problems to arise, as people were stuck at home with little to do. Even with lockdowns lifted today, the increase in people working from home and unresolved issues that arose during those times has left some relationships unrepairable.
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by Bella DePaulo | Jan 28, 2022 | Uncategorized
Maria Hartwig and Mark Fallon, who previously contributed the important and popular guest post on state-sponsored bullshit, are back with another timely, insightful, and significant piece. I thank them for sharing it here.
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by Bella DePaulo | Apr 2, 2021 | Uncategorized
[Bella’s intro: Mark Fallon is the distinguished co-author of a previous guest post here, the important and popular “State-Sponsored Bullshit.” He is back with another creative and thoughtful contribution. Fallon does not play an NCIS special agent on TV – that’s what he is for real. In this essay, he explains that “renditions of my art are sent to the Pentagon, and possibly to the FBI and CIA in Langley for review and possible censorship.” I am grateful to him for sharing his insights here.] (more…)
by Bella DePaulo | Oct 3, 2020 | Uncategorized
I am delighted to let you know that a landmark online conference, “Singles Studies: Global Perspectives,” will take place on October 10, 2020. I am honored to be giving the keynote address, “Changing thinking, changing language, changing lives: The power and promise of Singles Studies.”
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by Bella DePaulo | Jan 26, 2020 | Uncategorized
I need your help! I’m writing a book about people who are “single at heart” and I would love to get your suggestions for what to call 4 groups of people who identify to different degrees with being “single at heart.”
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by Bella DePaulo | Jan 8, 2019 | ALL THINGS SINGLE, singlism, Uncategorized
Unlike other isms that are more widely recognized, singlism (the stereotyping, stigmatizing, and discrimination against single people) is not on most people’s radar. What’s more, if they do hear about it, they often deny it or minimize it or lash out at the people who point to it. What’s going on? Here are some of the blog posts I’ve written about this. The book, Singlism: What It Is, Why It Matters, and How to Stop It, is relevant, too.
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