When single, straight men choose to live together, we see them as childish…but why? Last week, The New York Times did a story about a seemingly curious phenomenon: four unmarried straight men, not related to each other and approaching 40, who have lived together for 18 years in various apartments in New York City. On […]
Chanel Dubofsky says punishing people for having opinions is a way to silence them, and she will not be silenced. Recently I wrote a piece about how happiness is a complex expectation, especially when it comes to things like weddings and babies. It resulted in a lot of conversation among my friends (and their friends, […]
This was originally published at In Our Words: A Salon For Queers & Co. Republished here with permission. Dana Norris once went on 71 Internet dates. This is date no. 19 (we posted no. 18 here). Eric is bald—but in that cool way where it’s a choice. His profile says that he bikes a lot […]
Society says we should be elated for our friends and relatives who announce engagements, weddings, and babies, but happiness isn’t always the feeling that comes up. It’s almost a week later, and I am still finding glittery confetti in strange places. It’s a strange, but not unpleasant problem to have. There is something particularly intoxicating […]
This week’s roundup of our favorites from across the interwebs to help you make sense of men and women. 1. Where Are the Women in Political Fundraising Battles? by Amy Schiller of Alternet.org says women dominate do-gooder nonprofit fundraising jobs, but without a corresponding presence in the field of political fundraising, they’re forfeiting an avenue […]
Katerina Zacharia’s son misses his daddy, but still considers his mommy—who often fills the role of both parents—a superhero. Yesterday was like any other day. I picked my son up from daycare. He jumped into my arms and I tossed him high up in the air a few times and carried him to the car…no […]
This was originally posted at In Our Words. Republished here with permission. As I start dating, I find myself going through waves of excitement. And suspicion. I don’t know if this is because of my break from dating or if it’s because of my joke of a love life beforehand. Either way, I can’t shake […]
This was originally published at In Our Words: A Salon For Queers & Co. Republished here with permission. Dana Norris once went on 71 Internet dates. This is date no. 16 (we posted no. 15 here). I wake up. There’s a tall man in my bed next to me. Crap. With all of Benji’s twitching […]
Karen Roberts always wanted children, so when “the one” hadn’t come along by the time she was in her late-30s, she decided to have a child on her own. She discusses that decision and offers support for other women considering it. I am a single mom who started out single. I had a child on […]
In response to a recent Washington Post article that asserts that two-parent households are better, Perry Threlfall defends single motherhood and says that getting married just to raise a child could prove disastrous. In her recent Washington Post opinion piece, “20 years later, it turns out Dan Quayle was right about Murphy Brown and unmarried […]
This was originally published at In Our Words: A Salon For Queers & Co. Republished here with permission. Dana Norris once went on 71 internet dates. This was date number 15 (we posted date number 14 here). I’d like to take a moment to ask everyone who is my parents/ever held me as a baby to […]
This was originally published at In Our Words: A Salon For Queers & Co. Republished here with permission. Dana Norris once went on 71 internet dates. This was date number 14 (we posted date number 13 here). My third date with Benji is on my 30th birthday. He calls me in the morning, sings me “Happy […]
