Rethinking Loneliness: Singledom and the Stigma of Solitude

This is a development with enormous consequences for how we define family and adulthood in general, as well as how we structure taxation and benefits.

In ways both large and small, American society still assumes that the default adult has a partner and that the default household contains multiple people.

The tremendous power of life choice representation.

Tax policies have preserved the inequality that has long defined America.

Billy Baker on loneliness and finding connection.

The idea of making a home into a place for others, as opposed to one’s self, is falling out of style.

Do you want a ritual defined by the absence of settling down, or just one without its trappings?

Smart solo travel tips to help you avoid scams, creeps, and loneliness.

We’re eating alone more often than in any previous generation. But why should a meal on our own be uninspired? Why shouldn’t the French saying “life is too short to drink bad wine” still apply?

Although loneliness may seem timeless and universal, the word seems to have originated in the 16th century.

The world is rigged for Black women’s loneliness and isolation. Here’s how to decolonize love.

“Increasingly, women are both sexual and celibate at once, and perhaps that makes them doubly threatening,” writes Maria Yagoda.

Solitude is a practice that prepares one for social and political life. To be with others, first learn to be alone.

Social and legal benefits that favor the married disadvantage the single. Why should your love life be used against you?

“Living single is a life path that can be just as joyful and fulfilling as any other,” writes Bella DePaulo.

In reality, it’s the idea of marrying for love that’s untraditional.

A study shows some women downplay their ambitions to find a partner.

Investigating the disparities and pinpointing how we can do better to support all solo parents.

You never see your friends at home alone in their pajamas, watching The X Factor, and feeling sorry for themselves.

There’s a reason why the most lucrative forms of popular culture continue to ask questions about how men and women should be (or not be) together—it’s because we haven’t got it right yet.

If two’s company and three’s a crowd, maybe now one is the magic number in the kitchen.

Feeding yourself just got easier.

Defy society’s singlism and discover ways to embrace a joyful, independent life.

Six stories about making a life of one’s own.