Singles’ Crawl: Kimberly Dawn Neumann on That Happened to Me September 20, 2009
Posted by Onely in Guest Bloggers, single and happy, Singles Resource, Some Like It Single.Tags: blog crawl, kimberly dawn neumann, National Singles Week, single and happy, that happened to me
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Happy National Singles’ Week!!
We’re celebrating with a blog crawl!
Although the myriad views of singlehood expressed by participants in this blog crawl do not necessarily reflect Onely’s specific approach to singles’ advocacy, we are happy for the chance to celebrate Unmarried Single Americans Week by participating in this dialog of diverse voices in the discussion of singles’ rights, single living, and single sundries.
It’s Day 1: Head over to That Happened to Me blog to read what relationship journalist and author Kimberly Dawn Neumann has to say about the single life.
Better than a Pub Crawl: National Singles’ Week Blog Crawl! September 18, 2009
Posted by Onely in Guest Bloggers, Guest Posts, single and happy, Singles Resource, Some Like It Single.Tags: and dating, bella depaulo, blog crawl, dating advice almost daily, kimberly dawn neumann, laura dave, lies, Living Single, maryanne comaroto, National Singles Week, ronnie ann ryan, sex, simone grant, single and happy, single women rule, singlutionary, that happened to me
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Happy National Singles’ Week!!
To celebrate, we’re thrilled to be participating in a first-ever blog crawl! For the next six days, when you hit us here, we’ll redirect you elsewhere (details below). And next Saturday, September 26th, to conclude the crawl, we’ll be hosting Singles-Advocate Extraordinaire, Dr. Bella DePaulo here at Onely!
So, Copious Readers: Pull up a chair, pour a glass of wine, and let’s get our READ on!
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Join millions of people as they crawl the web’s most popular blogs for singles, during the first SingleWomenRule.com’s Blog Crawl for National Singles Week. In the virtual world, a blog crawl works like a pub crawl, or museum crawl in the real world; each day, you’ll visit a designated blog to read featured blog posts from our favorite voices in the singles community.
“The Blog Crawl is an excellent example of the strength and connectivity of the online singles community,” said Terry Hernon MacDonald of SingleWomenRule.com. Hernon MacDonald, author of the e-book, How to Attract and Marry the Man of Your Dreams, co-founded SingleWomenRule.com last August.
Featured guest bloggers include Dr. Bella DePaulo, notable psychologist and author of Singled Out: How Singles Are Stereotyped, Stigmatized, and Ignored, and Still Live Happily Ever After; author of the novel The Divorce Party, Laura Dave; dating/relationship writer and author of The Real Reasons Men Commit, Kimberly Dawn Neumann, writer Simone Grant of Sex, Lies and Dating, dating coach Ronnie Ann Ryan of NeverTooLate.biz, and Maryanne Comaroto, author of Hindsight: What You Need to Know Before You Drop Your Drawers.
“We hand-picked the guest bloggers and host blogs for their tenacious spirit and voice,” said Hernon MacDonald. “Guiding readers from blog to blog in a crawl helps each blog build their readership, while bringing a fresh perspective and new audience via the guest bloggers, each day.” (more…)
CALLING ALL SINGLE MEN! August 28, 2009
Posted by Onely in Everyday Happenings, Food for Thought, Guest Bloggers, Guest Posts.Tags: happy single men, single man blog, single men, single men stereotypes
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Ok, well not ALL single men. We want to hear from single-and-fine-with-it men. Please tell us: Why do you like being single (or why do you not dislike it)? How do people react to your single status? What difficulties do you have being a single man in a couple’s world (if any)? And most important–where do you go for information about being Onely and male? I ask because Lisa and I received an astute email from a male reader, who said:
I came across your website recently, and while I do find what you have written to be quite interesting it seems to be written by women for women. I was wondering if you know of any blogs that take a similar intellectual tone, like the one found in your blog but focus on both a man and a woman’s perspective on being single. Any links you could send me would be greatly appreciated.
Yay, he called us intellectual! (Obviously he has not been reading our series of nutsucking posts.)
Onely does try to write about issues affecting both sexes–usually in the form of gripes about legal discrimination against unmarried people. We would love to cover more single men’s issues, but unfortunately Lisa and I just don’t know what it’s like to be a single man, and we haven’t been able to find a lot of (non-heteronormative) information on the topic. As our regular readers are no doubt aware, there is a dearth of writings by empowered, Onely single males–not only on this site, but throughout media and literature. A recent search on Amazon.com for [happy single men] returned: (more…)
Who Matters? A Guest Post by THE SPECIAL K TREATMENT May 4, 2009
Posted by Onely in Food for Thought, Guest Bloggers.Tags: discrimination against singles, doing something right to find a husband, guest blog, singles bar scene, some people matter more than others, special k treatment
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Onely likes guest posts by other writers who think about singles’ issues. The views expressed in our guest posts may or may not reflect Onely’s views, but we are always interested to hear from other singles advocates. Today’s post is by Special K, who we previously profiled in our Some Like It Single series. Special K is an “over thirty, single, psychologist in need of a balanced breakfast” who in the below post ponders why singles “matter” less than non-singles, how some singles respond to this stigma, and what to do about it.
In general, in American society, single people matter less than those who are married, who matter less than those with are married with children, who matter less than those who are married with children and own property. Communities do exist where this is not the case: New York City, universities perhaps, Miami Beach. But for the most part, there is a pecking order of how much space is occupied equals social power.
“She must have done something right to get a husband” my co-worker (who happens to be a therapist even!) blurted out, when referring to an emotionally disturbed woman. “WHAT? That’s Crap!” I retorted out loud, and called him our on the fallacy of logic here. . . so she is automatically given some credit because she married? What about the man’s role in all of this? What about the fact that it was a very destructive union? (more…)
Footloose Femails April 25, 2009
Posted by Onely in Guest Bloggers, Reviews, Some Like It Single, We like. . ..Tags: accidental pornography, community of single women, footloose femails, footloosefemails, single women email group
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Guess what, everyone: One of our readers, the wonderfully named Singal, has set up a Yahoo! Groups email community for single women, called Footloose Femails. The title is a nod to the concept of singles being “free to come and go”. Singal started the group as a way to build community among single women, to make friends and exchange ideas. She wanted to call the group Singals, but unfortunately that was already taken by a porno list (we hate when that happens–see Onely’s experience with creating accidental pornography).
So click the link above to go check out the description of the group and maybe sign up. And/or see Singlutionary’s post for a few more details about the group. If you go to Yahoo! Groups and search from there, make sure to type footloosefemails, all one word.
–Christina and Lisa
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