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Bella DePaulo
@belladepaulo.bsky.social
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Author of "SINGLE AT HEART: The Power, Freedom, and Heart-Filling Joy of Single Life." Always have been single, always will be. I write the "Living Single" blog for Psych Today. Bylines in NY Times, Wash Post, Atlantic, etc. TEDx talk, 1.7 million views.
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Do you know about the Singles Bill of Rights? Christina Campbell discusses this important new development, and I discuss #SingleAtHeart on Peter McGraw’s SOLO podcast.
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Single at Heart, Singles Bill of Rights, and Singles' Day
Bella DePaulo returns to talk about her new book Single at Heart, why solo diners are more influential than you think, and what it means to thrive alone.
petermcgraw.org
November 12, 2025 at 9:19 AM
belladepaulo.bsky.social
Imagine being a single person with no 2nd income and no back-up income if they lose their job
laureneahmed.bsky.social girl fieri @laureneahmed.bsky.social · 7d
I am not going to participate in the question of whether women belong at work in a country where the job market and wages are so shitty I’m frankly wondering if our family needs a THIRD income
November 9, 2025 at 6:43 AM
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At Bravo TV, a discussion of the Spanish translation of #SingleAtHeart (discussion is translated into English)
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“Solteros por naturaleza” de Bella DePaulo
YouTube video by Emprendi2 TV
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November 7, 2025 at 10:00 PM
belladepaulo.bsky.social
Oh wow, they get the most fundamental fact wrong! Pew 2022: 72%, not 27% like being single. The article should have gone in an entirely different direction. #SingleAtHeart
@economist.com
November 7, 2025 at 9:28 PM
belladepaulo.bsky.social
Hey, I thought we single people with no kids are supposed to curl up into a sad little ball as we grow older. Ha! Here’s an 80-yr-old who hiked the entire Appalachian trail! I bet she’s #SingleAtHeart
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She hiked the entire Appalachian Trail at 80, unaware she’d just made history
“We put all kinds of limitations on ourselves,” said Betty Kellenberger. “Sometimes the biggest one is we don’t get up and try it.”
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October 30, 2025 at 6:26 AM
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ichoosefeminism.com/news read new article in Women’s Health
I Choose Feminism
Studying the lives of childfree and never-married single women
ichoosefeminism.com
October 27, 2025 at 6:43 PM
belladepaulo.bsky.social
I love that this article describes Diane Keaton as having #SingleAtHeart characteristics
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October 24, 2025 at 8:19 AM
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Here’s to the single women who are flourishing and the journalists, such as @amymwilk.bsky.social
who are recognizing that! #SingleAtHeart
www.womenshealthmag.com/relationship...
Why Are Single Women So Much Happier? The Answer Probably Isn’t What You Think
One of the fastest-growing demographics in the U.S., solo rollers have a thing or two to teach everyone about happiness.
www.womenshealthmag.com
October 23, 2025 at 10:38 AM
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MahSa Hariri, brilliant & courageous Iranian scholar & advocate for single women, interviews me. In my previous post (linked here), I asked her the same questions.
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Voices of Single Women in an Unequal World
MahSa Hariri interviews Bella DePaulo about singlism
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October 19, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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I hope you love it!
October 19, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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Polish translation of #SingleAtHeart is now available. Other translations: Spanish, Portuguese, Korean, Japanese, Albanian, Serbian
October 19, 2025 at 8:15 AM
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From the No Kings rally in Carpinteria, CA. Lots of horn-honking in solidarity!
October 19, 2025 at 7:50 AM
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In our culture, being a woman, being single, and being independent are three taboo identities — markers of defiance that society is unwilling to accept.

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October 7, 2025 at 10:38 AM
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I think this person is truly inspiring. And the singlism she deals with is staggering.
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Single Women in Iran: Courage amidst Extraordinary Challenges
Meet a brilliant and brave scholar and activist
belladepaulo.medium.com
October 7, 2025 at 8:28 AM
belladepaulo.bsky.social
I got listed with authors way, way above me – e.g., Virginia Woolf, Audre Lorde, bell hooks, Simone de Beauvoir, Susan Sontag, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Zora Neale Hurston, Angela Davis, Judith Butler, Kate Chopin, Maggie Nelson, Glennon Doyle, Elizabeth Gilbert
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The Breakup Canon: 12 Feminist Works Every Woman In Her Single Era Should Read
Why do breakups feel like the end of the world? How do I decenter men and work on myself? As a newly single woman, I look to feminist literature to answer these questions. These are the works every wo...
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October 3, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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Married people get around $1,000 more per month in Social Security income than never-married people! TY for your important research, Deborah Carr @carrds723.bsky.social Leping Wang @lepingwang.bsky.social & Pamela J Smock
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How Social Security Helps Married People More Than Singles
Social Security is a vital system, but it also perpetuates inequality between married and never-married people and men and women.
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September 27, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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Civility Is a Fantasy www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/o...
Opinion | Civility Is a Fantasy
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September 24, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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New article about single, childfree WOC. Check out here ichoosefeminism.com/my-blog/f/my... #academicsky @academic-chatter.bsky.social
ichoosefeminism.com
September 24, 2025 at 6:17 PM
belladepaulo.bsky.social
In this article about a new book about singles in Italy, “Stop telling us we’re not happy,” #SingleAtHeart and other upbeat books about singles are discussed.
www.donnamoderna.com/news/societa...
Donne, single, felici: la singolitudine sotto una nuova luce - Donnamoderna
Scopri come le donne single possono essere felici e realizzate senza partner. Storie, studi e consigli per vivere da sole con gioia.
www.donnamoderna.com
September 24, 2025 at 7:50 AM
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Guess whose reviews are more trusted? People on their own in restaurants, movie theaters, museums, etc. I love this new work by Yuechen Wu and Rebecca Ratner
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/livi...
Today’s Secret Influencers: People Going Solo in Public Life
Solo consumers may be especially influential. New research finds that their online reviews of restaurants and films are considered more helpful than those posted by others.
www.psychologytoday.com
September 22, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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Done -- thanks!
September 18, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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My New Article is Here!
The second article from my dissertation research “Planning Trips not Weddings: Intersecting Single and Childfree Women of Color” has now been published online in the new issue of Tijdschrift voor Gend...
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September 17, 2025 at 2:51 PM
belladepaulo.bsky.social
Congratulations! Just read the abstract and looking forward to reading the rest. Love the title!
September 17, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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In this study, the only single people who were given the option of saying positive things about themselves were the ones who wanted to be in a romantic relationship
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How Social Scientists Perpetuate the Belief that Single People Aren’t Happy
In a recent study, single people were given no opportunity to say they were happily single
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September 17, 2025 at 10:40 AM
belladepaulo.bsky.social
Yes -- thank you! We're on it. Several people from Community of Single People have written in. So have I.
September 9, 2025 at 7:53 PM