Living Single

The truth about singles in our society.

Bella DePaulo is author of Singled Out: How Singles Are Stereotyped, Stigmatized, and Ignored, and Still Live Happily Ever After. She teaches at UC Santa Barbara. See full bio

July 19, 2008, Social Life

Comments on "Singles as Doc Stars"

Singles as Doc Stars

By Bella DePaulo, Ph.D. on July 19, 2008 in Living Single

Most of today's resources and perspectives on living single were completely missing from the societal, cultural, and intellectual landscape when I first taught a course on singles in 1999. Read More

New fairy tale

Submitted by adora on July 27, 2008 - 9:55am.

This film reminded me of this book called "The Paper Bag Princess".
http://www.amazon.com/Paper-Bag-Princess-Classic-Munsch/dp/0920236162/re...

must get it

Submitted by Living Single on July 28, 2008 - 11:15am.

Thanks, Adora. Another PT commenter also mentioned this book -- I'm going to have to get it.

Bella

What's the name of the third documentary?

Submitted by Rachel on August 10, 2008 - 6:10pm.

Hi, Bella,

I just watched part of "Single: A Documentary" and am wondering if that's the third documentary you're referring to in your post... You were in it (briefly) but, unfortunately, not every time someone voiced a singlist or matrimanical opinion (you'd been all over the place!). Unless they're doing a complete 360 in the part that I missed, the message of the documentary is clear: If you're single, you are selfish, suffer from ADD, too lazy to be in a relationship, and will live unhappily ever after. The people could choose to be single was completely not mentioned...

Thanks for the review of the other documentaries!

Rachel