For much of modern history, women like Joan were cast as anomalies, freaks, or worse: cautionary tales. There’s “the ...

Single-mother families make up one in five American families with children under 18. I grew up in one of them. Solo parenting is no easy feat. Even though my Philadelphia childhood was filled with ...

Women would rather accept the “singles tax” than couple up. The “singles tax” — the higher costs that singles pay financially supporting themselves — recently rose to over $7,000, according to Zillow, ...

If you’re a happily single woman, I’d recommend keeping that to yourself. Not because the information itself is so very damning, but because there’s no good way to convey it—no safe way for those ...

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OLD MAID. SPINSTER. CHILDLESS CAT LADY. For literally centuries now, everyone from gossipmongers to vice presidential candidates has slung dismissive sobriquets to describe the single woman experience ...

If you are Catholic, one might recognize that the three Church-designated vocation callings are — religious life, marriage, and being single. However, within the Catholic community discourse, one ...

Being single is more than just an empty window of time between two relationships. When used correctly, it can forge the unshakeable self-love. Most people treat singlehood as a waiting room. It’s seen ...

If you’re a woman in your 20s, being single may feel like an empowering lifestyle choice. Taking smug delight in the recent Vogue article, Is Having A Boyfriend Embarrassing Now?, you can rest assured ...