Tasty Myth-Busting from the New “Going Solo” Book
Solo dwellers, we have our book! Eric Klinenberg’s book, Going Solo: The Extraordinary Rise and Surprising Appeal of Living Alone, will be published tomorrow. My advanced copy is already dog-eared. At...
View ArticleSingles Rule! The Surprising Media Phenomenon of 2012
Mid-February is supposed to be all about couples – treacly, dewey-eyed, Valentine’s Day lover couples. In a phenomenon that even surprised me, this February the media has been all about singles – and...
View ArticleUpdates, Plus Coming Soon: First Results of Single-at-Heart Survey
Seems like this “All things single” blog has been a bit neglected of late. Sorry about that. I have been happily busy with lots of things. I’m getting that new-ways-of-living project off the ground,...
View ArticleSingle-at-Heart: What Do We Know about It?
Because of the prominent mention of people who are single-at-heart in the New York Times, I have been getting more inquiries than usual about what it means to be single-at-heart. Research on the...
View ArticleNew Book Project Is On!
Last January was when I first decided, with lots of input from my agent, on the theme of my new book project. It is about the many creative ways that we are living now that Americans are spending more...
View ArticleHow We Live Now: Here’s Some of What I’ve Written So Far
In a previous post, “New book project is on,” I described my long road to getting offers of book contracts for my project on new ways of living. I discussed the theme of the book there, too. While...
View ArticleWhat’s Great About Solitude: Here’s What We Know
Psychology journals are overflowing with articles about loneliness, and have been for decades. Recently, scholars are starting to study solitude, in the sense of the positive aspects of being alone....
View ArticleThe New Science of Living Alone: Here’s a Lot of What We Know
Now that solo living is becoming increasingly popular around the world, we know much more about it than we did before. Below is what I have written on the topic so far. Living Alone: The Basics The...
View ArticleThe Best of Single Life: A New Collection
I’ve just put together a collection of 65 of my writings on single life in a book called The Best of Single Life. I think these are some of my most empowering articles, making a strong positive and...
View ArticleSingle for the Holidays – with Attitude!
Matrimania – the over-the-top hyping of marriage, weddings, and couples – is pervasive every day of the year, but it really gets ramped up over the holidays. So does singlism – the stereotyping,...
View ArticleNot the Usual Story Lines about Loneliness
In research on stereotypes of single people, my colleagues and I found that other people believe that single people are lonelier than married people, and that they become even lonelier as they get...
View ArticleSingle for the Holidays – with Attitude!
Matrimania – the over-the-top hyping of marriage, weddings, and couples – is pervasive every day of the year, but it really gets ramped up over the holidays. So does singlism – the stereotyping,...
View ArticleNot the Usual Story Lines about Loneliness
In research on stereotypes of single people, my colleagues and I found that other people believe that single people are lonelier than married people, and that they become even lonelier as they get...
View ArticleSingles Rule! The Surprising Media Phenomenon of 2012
Mid-February is supposed to be all about couples – treacly, dewey-eyed, Valentine’s Day lover couples. In a phenomenon that even surprised me, this February the media has been all about singles – and...
View ArticleUpdates, Plus Coming Soon: First Results of Single-at-Heart Survey
Seems like this “All things single” blog has been a bit neglected of late. Sorry about that. I have been happily busy with lots of things. I’m getting that new-ways-of-living project off the ground,...
View ArticleSingle-at-Heart: What Do We Know about It?
Because of the prominent mention of people who are single-at-heart in the New York Times, I have been getting more inquiries than usual about what it means to be single-at-heart. Research on the...
View ArticleNew Book Project Is On!
Last January was when I first decided, with lots of input from my agent, on the theme of my new book project. It is about the many creative ways that we are living now that Americans are spending more...
View ArticleHow We Live Now: Here’s Some of What I’ve Written So Far
My most extensive writing on how we live now is in the book by the same name, How We Live Now: Redefining Home and Family in the 21st Century. That book has been named as one of the 12 Nonfiction Books...
View ArticleWhat’s Great About Solitude: Here’s What We Know
Psychology journals are overflowing with articles about loneliness, and have been for decades. Recently, scholars are starting to study solitude, in the sense of the positive aspects of being alone....
View ArticleThe New Science of Living Alone: Here’s a Lot of What We Know
Now that solo living is becoming increasingly popular around the world, we know much more about it than we did before. Below is what I have written on the topic so far. Living Alone: The Basics The...
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