Lifelong Single People: Here’s What We Know
The number of single people has been growing for more than a half-century. Of all Americans who are unmarried, the biggest proportion of them, by far, are people who have never been married. Yet not...
View ArticleOlder Single People: Here’s What We Know
According to the prevailing cultural narratives, single people in later life have two big things going against them: They are single and they are old. Now focus on the older single women and you have...
View ArticleMy TEDx Talk – With References and Some Bonus Material
On March 25, 2017, I gave a TEDx talk in Belgium, “What no one ever told you about people who are single.” Here I’ll tell you about it, give you a link to the talk, and also provide some references and...
View ArticleTravel in Style with a Party Bus [SPONSORED CONTENT]
The summer is here, and with it come all the best parties and the best music festivals. Get your friends and head out to whatever event caught your attention. However, getting to these parties and...
View ArticleWhat the Heck is Singlism? [SPONSORED POST]
Almost all singles have experienced it, being discriminated because you are not married. It is everywhere, from the media, advertisements, your workplace, even your friends and family. You know what...
View Article4 Reasons Why Being Single is Better for Your Health [Content provided by...
Content provided by Sarah Cummings Falling in love and getting hitched, that’s everyone’s dream, right? Wrong. That’s just the narrative that’s constantly being fed to us. In reality, more and more of...
View ArticlePeople Deny Singlism Exists and Get Mad at You for Pointing It Out. Why?
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...
View ArticleFor My Next Book: What Should I Call These Groups of People?
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...
View ArticleSingles Studies: Global Perspectives, an Online Conference on October 10, 2020
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View ArticleThe Views Expressed are Those of the Artist: Guest Post by Mark Fallon
[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...
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