On a (Few) Positive Note(s)… February 24, 2009
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OK, so we know that our readers love us for our witty and (sometimes) snarky prose that aims to raise consciousness about our (unnaturally?) HAPPY lives as singles. And we know ya’ll love us for exposing and resisting the difficult position singles are often put in by heteronormative cultural and traditional assumptions and practices.
BUT — for a change of pace, Christina and I are happy to report on two positive representations of singles in the media that we noticed recently:
“So, what are you wearing right now?” January 10, 2009
Posted by Onely in Everyday Happenings, We like. . ..Tags: benefits to being single, pajama gram, putting on pajamas
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My pink fuzzy pajamas, covered with little nobbins of black fuzz left over from their monkey business in the drier with my new black sweatshirt.
My single coworker said that she loves coming home and putting on her pajamas right away. “I couldn’t do that if I had to come home to someone,” she said, citing her married friend who was envious of my coworker’s ability to come straight home and strip.
I told her I do the same thing–in the door, off with the slacks! Aaahhhhhhhhhh. I also told her she needed to check out pajamagrams. And that she should not throw them in the drier with a new black sweatshirt.
–CC
We could teach Brad Pitt a thing or two December 27, 2008
Posted by Onely in Food for Thought, Pop Culture: Scourge of the Onelys, We like. . ..Tags: Brad Pitt, Make it Right, new orleans, people magazine, single
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I wanted a Brad Pitt link to put in my Christmas post, so I googled around looking at lists of his film credits, best actor awards, sexyist awards, humanitarian efforts, and fifty-bedroom chateaus.
Just when I was beginning to feel a little bit like an underachiever, I found this bio. Check out the right sidebar, “Heart Monitor”. My man Brad has not been Onely since 1987! WtF? (more…)
Great Onelies in History: Sarah and Angelina Grimké December 12, 2008
Posted by Onely in Great Onelies in History, Profiles, We like. . ..Tags: abolition, angelina grimke, anti-racist, first feminist, literacy, pro-woman, quakers, rhetoric, sarah grimke, sisters, social activism, suffrage
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Sarah Grimké
Last week we announced a new series: Great Onelies in History, featuring Frances Willard. Luckily for our copious readership, I’m finishing up a semester’s graduate course in the history of rhetoric, and so I’ve got two more important rhetorical figures for us to celebrate! This week, we’re happy to introduce:
Sarah and Angelina Grimké, Great Onelies in History!
1792-1873
Famous for: Advocating for women’s rights, suffrage, and the abolition of slavery. Angelina Grimké happened to be married, but much of her activism work occurred while she was single — we think she deserves Honorary Oneler status!
UnOnely Pleasures: Country Music December 3, 2008
Posted by Onely in As If!, Pop Culture: Scourge of the Onelys, We like. . ..Tags: alan jackson, country music, lonestar, progressive, richochet, sexist, single, toby keith
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It’s ok to like something even if it’s unOnely! Some of my best friends are unOnely. And some of my favorite music is country. I have three country music stations programmed into my car radio. Although independent-minded female singers with progressive attitudes are edging aside the good ol’ boys, the genre is still steeped in old-school heteronormative rhetoric. And I find myself rocking out to even the worst of it. Ignoring for a moment the philosophical issue of whether one can actually “rock out” to country music, here are some catchy tunes with lyrics you don’t want to listen to too closely: (more…)
Onely Thanks! November 26, 2008
Posted by Onely in We like. . ..Tags: family, giving thanks, nut sucking, pumpkin pies, turkey day, we love being single
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- Our families (immediate and extended)
- Our friends — who we may as well call family
- Our readers — you! — for keeping us interesting and interested, and for proving to us that there *are* others out there happy to be single! 🙂
- Our cats and dog (Hi Kitty!)
- Our homes, which we come back to after long days and extended trips, empty to our relief.
- Pumpkin pies. All to ourselves. Good any time of the year!
- All the friends who offer their families as substitutes for our own when we’re far away, working through the holiday to get a Ph.D. (OK, that’s Lisa’s special one)
- Nut-sucking!!!! hahahahahahaha (that’s Christina’s special one, and Lisa wrote it)
Readers — what else are you thankful for?
Become a Spokesperson for the Single Life November 18, 2008
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Copious Readership,
Do you think your single life is just fine? Or even–gasp–GOOD? Yes? Well, then you might want to help the Alternatives to Marriage Project by being a spokesperson.
Here’s an excerpt from the site, with details! –CC
AtMP maintains a database of unmarried people who are willing to talk about their lives with journalists who are working on articles or news pieces about marriage, cohabitation, and related topics. We think these real life stories are an important part of educating the public about unmarried relationships. (more…)
Fun Sites for Singles: SoloTravel November 13, 2008
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I was out to lunch with my coworkers the other day and we were talking about our travel dreams. I said I was going to go to Thailand alone, to see a particular monastery. I said I wanted to do a solo trip. My coworkers–about five of them, a variety of ages and sexes (well, two sexes), mostly married but not all–in almost one unified breath said, “WHY would you want to do THAT?” (more…)
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