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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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Bella DePaulo @belladepaulo.bsky.social · 5d
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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Kim Martinez Phillips, Ph.D. @ichoosefeminism.bsky.social · 7d
ichoosefeminism.com/news read new article in Women’s Health
I Choose Feminism
Studying the lives of childfree and never-married single women
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Bella DePaulo @belladepaulo.bsky.social · 11d
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Single at Heart - Bella DePaulo
Discover what it means to be “Single at Heart” with Dr. Bella DePaulo. Embrace the essence and joys of the single life.
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Bella DePaulo @belladepaulo.bsky.social · 11d
I love that this article describes Diane Keaton as having #SingleAtHeart characteristics
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Bella DePaulo @belladepaulo.bsky.social · 12d
Here’s to the single women who are flourishing and the journalists, such as @amymwilk.bsky.social
who are recognizing that! #SingleAtHeart
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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.
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Bella DePaulo @belladepaulo.bsky.social · 15d
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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Bella DePaulo @belladepaulo.bsky.social · 15d
I hope you love it!
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Bella DePaulo @belladepaulo.bsky.social · 16d
Polish translation of #SingleAtHeart is now available. Other translations: Spanish, Portuguese, Korean, Japanese, Albanian, Serbian
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Bella DePaulo @belladepaulo.bsky.social · 16d
From the No Kings rally in Carpinteria, CA. Lots of horn-honking in solidarity!
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RubinRubin 🌈 @thetallsister.bsky.social · 28d
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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Bella DePaulo @belladepaulo.bsky.social · 28d
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
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Bella DePaulo @belladepaulo.bsky.social · Oct 3
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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Bella DePaulo @belladepaulo.bsky.social · Sep 27
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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Elizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · Sep 24
Civility Is a Fantasy www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/o...
Opinion | Civility Is a Fantasy
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Kim Martinez Phillips, Ph.D. @ichoosefeminism.bsky.social · Sep 24
New article about single, childfree WOC. Check out here ichoosefeminism.com/my-blog/f/my... #academicsky @academic-chatter.bsky.social
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Bella DePaulo @belladepaulo.bsky.social · Sep 24
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.
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Bella DePaulo @belladepaulo.bsky.social · Sep 22
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.
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Bella DePaulo @belladepaulo.bsky.social · Sep 18
Done -- thanks!
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Kim Martinez Phillips, Ph.D. @ichoosefeminism.bsky.social · Sep 17
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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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Bella DePaulo @belladepaulo.bsky.social · Sep 17
Congratulations! Just read the abstract and looking forward to reading the rest. Love the title!
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Bella DePaulo @belladepaulo.bsky.social · Sep 17
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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Bella DePaulo @belladepaulo.bsky.social · Sep 10
I think I know another singlehood scholar who has been writing about singlehood and solitude for quite some time
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Bella DePaulo @belladepaulo.bsky.social · Sep 9
Yes -- thank you! We're on it. Several people from Community of Single People have written in. So have I.
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Kim Martinez Phillips, Ph.D. @ichoosefeminism.bsky.social · Sep 8
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Bella DePaulo @belladepaulo.bsky.social · Sep 7
“Movies make female singlehood something terrifying.” #SingleAtHeart gets a shout-out in very interesting article in El Pais (Spain)
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“El tópico de la mujer madura, sola y loca pervive”: el cine hace de la soltería femenina algo terrorífico
Desde ‘Atracción Fatal’ hasta ‘Weapons’, el cine a menudo trata la soltería como una condición que puede volver a las mujeres perturbadas y desesperadas
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