What Do You Aspire To?
Over half of the women in America are livin’ single. It’s an amazing statistic that shows just how far women have come in the past few decades. We’re not waiting around for a white wedding to jump...
View ArticleAll My Friends Are Getting Married, And I’m, Well, Not Even Close
In the last month or so, three of my close friends have gotten engaged. Meanwhile, I haven’t had a serious relationship for three years. For some reason, whenever I tell people that another one of my...
View ArticleGirl Talk: The Two Kinds Of Single Woman
In January, I left a live-in relationship after three years. The experience was all the sad adjectives you can imagine. But after the sobbing spells and the heavy drinking, the fog lifted—I was finally...
View Article5 Kinda Lame Things Single Women Do That Are Actually Fun
Last night, my guy went to watch Megan Fox’s hot body, I mean, “Transformers 2.” One girlfriend wanted me to grab dinner and another wanted to see a movie. But the only thing I wanted to do was eat...
View ArticleDating Amelia: Happy, Finally, To Be Truly Single
The last time I went on a date was a month ago and it was decidedly “meh.” I deleted my profile off OKCupid because I was sick of getting new messages from guys who were, at best “meh,” at worst...
View ArticleGirl Talk: A Single Gal’s First Baby Shower
A few weeks ago I found myself in a peculiar situation. But first, let me give you some background. I live in New York City but grew up in Akron, Ohio, which is located in a region where landscapes...
View ArticleDo You Feel A Social Stigma As A Single Woman?
In a new study, researchers talked to a whopping 32 never-married women over the age of 30 and discovered that some of them feel a social stigma because of their single status. For example, they may...
View ArticleTina Fey: Not Feminist Enough?
I knew this was going to happen: Tina Fey hosted “Saturday Night Live” this past weekend and yesterday morning, our fellow lady blogs were all abuzz with complain-y posts. Bloggers I read and respect,...
View ArticleWhat Men Don’t Like About Single Women
Every day, single women devote countless hours to pondering the mystery of men. We analyze our behavior, their behavior, vocal nuances, hypothetical scenarios, even the punctuation of a text message,...
View ArticleThe “Cathy” Comic Strip Was “Sex & The City,”“Bridget Jones,” And “30 Rock”...
By now you’ve probably read a news article with the lede: “Ack! The ‘Cathy’ comic strip is ending!” Yes, it’s true. Cartoonist Cathy Guisewite, 60, announced yesterday that she will retire the...
View ArticleDon’t Be The “Single Friend”!
Somewhere back there, I was left behind. It happened at my book club. When the group started, we were seven women who craved cheap wine more than Jhumpa Lahiri’s The Namesake. The text was just an...
View ArticleWhich Single Woman Stereotype Are You?
In my early 20s, I’d say I was an Organic Slow and Steady. When I was engaged to my fiance, I definitely thought of myself as a Ritual Re-Inventor. And after our breakup? A Phoenix, baby. Nowadays, I’d...
View ArticleToday’s Lady News: “Why You’re Not Married” To Become TV Show
Last year the internet was pissed off at a Huffington Post blog post by “Mad Men” writer Tracy Terry McMillan entitled “Why You’re Not Married,” which let us all in on the secret that men don’t like...
View ArticleAll The Single Ladies … Say This S**t
I’m too intimidating. I hate birthdays. I hate New Year’s. Yup. I’ve said all of these things and more. Behold, shit single ladies say. [YouTube]
View ArticleThe Louise Neathway Conundrum: Being Single Will Make You Crazy, Says Times...
Single ladies, be warned: your singleness may sometimes be confused with craziness. That’s the message New York Times writer Ginia Bellafante sent this past weekend, in a piece entitled, “A Tale of...
View Article“Bachelorette” Writer/Director On Struggling To Define Single Women
“With ‘Bachelorette,’ I thought of these really thin, beautiful women, who if you saw walking down the street you’d think, ‘These girls have their lives together and it makes me feel bad about myself.’...
View ArticleHitched: Reliving The Bachelorette Life
I made sure to get the thin crust pizza, because I knew that once it was just me and a couch and Liam Neeson rescuing some people from some horrible shit and/or wolves, I was going to eat all that...
View ArticleHitched: What I Miss About Being Single — And What I Don’t
People just love to get engaged at Christmastime. I imagine this is a result of a combination of factors, from feeling more family-oriented than usual (although the holidays have the opposite effect on...
View ArticleHitched: Everybody Panic, Single Women Are Planning Weddings!
The New York Times, ever concerned about the plight of the three people it takes to make a Style Section trend story, has identified a disturbing new tendency among women to … plan their weddings. But...
View ArticleHitched: Who’s Next?
How about this: unless you’re speaking to a person who is literally about to walk down an aisle to an altar at which they will proceed to exchange vows of lifelong love to another human being, don’t...
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