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Singlism or Sexism? You Decide

Onely — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 04:07:34 +0000

Hi everyone –

Check out Christina’s latest post at Change.org, which is about singlism, family planning, and women’s ability to become astronauts.

– Lisa

Spurrious Rhetoric, continued

Onely — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 13:00:33 +0000

As a follow-up to my below Spurrious Rhetoric post, I feel compelled to acknowledge that buried in Dr. Pam Spurr’s singlist article is this one conciliatory, cover-your-ass sentence fragment: “Although, granted, there are some truly happy single women, the majority. . . ”

But at the beginning of her post she says she doesn’t believe that “any” single women are happy. So which is it? And how is she able to pass judgement on who is “truly” happy and who isn’t? In her article, she decides that one particular singleton is lying about her happiness because she crosses her arms “defensively”! Um, ever heard of air conditioning chills? Or maybe as she spoke, she was sensing Spurr’s singlist nature and steeling herself against it. Reading Spurr’s article, I felt like crossing my arms, too (and uncrossing them in the form of a right hook ) .

Do I sound righteously cranky? Or DEFENSIVE? Has this whole blog just been an elaborate exercise in denial? Copious Readers, say it ain’t so! Say it ain’t so!

–CC

Happy 2009!

Onely — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 12:23:46 +0000

OH THANK GOODNESS!

How Not To Be Onely

Onely — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 13:00:21 +0000

Whoa, this you tube video shows the kind of behavior that gives all single women a bad name, that makes people think all we want in life is to land a man. And it gives the media yet another excuse to perpetuate this myth: note how they flag the perp’s “single” status in the news headline:

Bold Moves Goes Wrong (Single Woman Calls 911 for Date).

–CC

Onely Update

Onely — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 15:19:56 +0000

Hi everyone,

Just wanted to drop a quick line to warn ya’ll (yes that’s how we talk in Kentucky!) that posting on this site may slow down slightly in the next month or so, as both Christina and I (I especially!) have found ourselves swamped with “real life” work. The last month of any semester always proves insanely busy for me, so I don’t expect to post more than once a week until approximately December 12th (unless I magically find time to do so!). Just wanted to warn you.

C & I agreed, however, that this should allow us to do more perusing of your blogs and perhaps others, so we’ll be reading and commenting on your work in the meantime! And of course if you have thoughts/comments/ideas that you’d like for us to write about here, we’re always happy to oblige!

– Lisa