Subject:

Marriage

  • Blogs

    March 8, 2012

    Married American Women Make Less Money Than Their Husbands, Exit Workforce

    Happy International Women's Day: if you are a married and educated woman in America, you probably make a lot less money than your husband -- a fact which might have prompted ladies to leave the U.S. workforce in droves, economists say. Reuters reports that the Federal Reserve is set to release a n ... More >>

  • Film

    February 29, 2012

    Black Butterflies

    Happy International Women's Day: if you are a married and educated woman in America, you probably make a lot less money than your husband -- a fact which might have prompted ladies to leave the U.S. workforce in droves, economists say. Reuters reports that the Federal Reserve is set to release a n ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 27, 2012

    Daniel O'Donnell, First Openly-Gay New York Assemblyman, Talks About His Wedding: 'This Is About Love'

    All you need is love! And for Assemblyman Daniel O'Donnell -- the right to marry. Runnin' Scared was tired of talking to folks about the dark, gloomy world of New York City politics. All that anger and attacking gives us a headache sometimes! Why not a love story this Friday? Turns out, that's e ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 17, 2011

    Payroll Tax Cut Extended; Kobe Bryant Divorce; Rare 'Generator Suicide' to Blame for Fatal Elevator Accident?

    ​Senate leaders agreed to extend the payroll tax cut, the Washington Post reports, "averting a New Year's tax increase for millions of workers." "Under the separate Senate agreement on the payroll tax, the rate paid by 160 million workers would remain at 4.2 percent through February, rather th ... More >>

  • Film

    November 30, 2011

    Kinyarwanda

    ​Senate leaders agreed to extend the payroll tax cut, the Washington Post reports, "averting a New Year's tax increase for millions of workers." "Under the separate Senate agreement on the payroll tax, the rate paid by 160 million workers would remain at 4.2 percent through February, rather th ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    November 16, 2011

    The Terrorizers

    ​Senate leaders agreed to extend the payroll tax cut, the Washington Post reports, "averting a New Year's tax increase for millions of workers." "Under the separate Senate agreement on the payroll tax, the rate paid by 160 million workers would remain at 4.2 percent through February, rather th ... More >>

  • News

    November 9, 2011

    All the Single (Black) Ladies

    Ralph Richard Banks dares to wonder Is Marriage for White People?

  • Blogs

    August 18, 2011

    Single People Are Doomed

    ​WTF, science? Today in news we could, perhaps quite literally, live without, it turns out that not only are single people kinda screwed tax-wise and forced to buy their married friends gifts in honor of their marriages and their children whom we must also affix photographs of to our sad littl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 13, 2011

    Laura Fotusky, New York Town Clerk, Resigns Over Gay Marriage Law

    ​Citing insufficient language meant to protect religious people in the marriage equality bill, town clerk Laura Fotusky, who will soon be required to issue marriage licenses to gay couples, has resigned instead. "There was no protection provided in the legislation for Town Clerks who are unabl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 14, 2011

    Andrew Cuomo Introduces Gay-Marriage Bill; Another GOP Senator Announces Support

    Governor Cuomo formally introduced same-sex marriage legislation today, a key victory for activists pushing for a vote in the state Senate regardless of any assurance of passage. And another Republican senator, Roy McDonald, from the Capital Region, broke ranks and announced support, giving the Marr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 26, 2011

    Your Commute Could Be Killing Your Marriage

    ​Of all the factors that can lead to the dissolution of your wedded bliss -- think cheating, financial issues, falling out of love, "growing apart" -- the most stealthy and yet devastating may be (it's hard to even say it): HAVING A LONG COMMUTE. This comes to us by way of a Swedish study repo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 18, 2011

    Men Relax More When Their Wives Are Doing Chores (Seriously)

    ​Today in stereotype-reinforcing studies, we get this: Guess what? The stress levels of married women drop when their husbands help them with chores. But married men relax most when their wives are busy doing things besides relaxing. Hm! And we wonder why women seem to be less interested in ge ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    April 13, 2011

    Tokyo Twilight

    ​Today in stereotype-reinforcing studies, we get this: Guess what? The stress levels of married women drop when their husbands help them with chores. But married men relax most when their wives are busy doing things besides relaxing. Hm! And we wonder why women seem to be less interested in ge ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 9, 2011

    Kids Today Care About Parenthood, Not Marriage

    ​According to a new Pew Research Center survey, something we've had an inkling of for a while now may indeed be true. Young adults -- let's be more obnoxious and call them "Millennials" -- have changing views of social institutions like marriage and having children. Not surprisingly, they are ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    March 9, 2011

    One Hour With You

    ​According to a new Pew Research Center survey, something we've had an inkling of for a while now may indeed be true. Young adults -- let's be more obnoxious and call them "Millennials" -- have changing views of social institutions like marriage and having children. Not surprisingly, they are ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 3, 2011

    Maybe This Is Why Married People Want to Live Vicariously Through Their Single Friends

    ​A groundbreaking new study has determined that the happiness of the person you are married to is linked to your own happiness, reports the Wall Street Journal. That means that if the person you're married to is always complaining and nagging and annoyed and depressed, you probably will be, to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 13, 2011

    Don't Cheat in the Marital Bed, Lest Your Spouse Get Really Mad

    via​The New York Times gets all Closer with a huge feature on the front page of the Home section today, the subject of which is not just cheating, but cheating in the "marital bed," and how maybe that's the worst thing you could ever, ever, ever do to a partner (if you're wealthy and/or white) ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 4, 2010

    How Not to Regret Your Life in 23 Easy Steps, by The Internet

    ​What is happening to everyone? This week, two prominent blog posts about regrets people have surfaced on the internet. One, made up of all stripes of reader submissions at the New York Times CityRoom blog, the other, via The Hairpin, made up of women in their 30s' submissions at AOL's Lemondr ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    September 15, 2010

    Tokyo Twilight

    ​What is happening to everyone? This week, two prominent blog posts about regrets people have surfaced on the internet. One, made up of all stripes of reader submissions at the New York Times CityRoom blog, the other, via The Hairpin, made up of women in their 30s' submissions at AOL's Lemondr ... More >>

  • Film

    July 27, 2010

    Mental Illness Is a Bummer in Helen

    ​What is happening to everyone? This week, two prominent blog posts about regrets people have surfaced on the internet. One, made up of all stripes of reader submissions at the New York Times CityRoom blog, the other, via The Hairpin, made up of women in their 30s' submissions at AOL's Lemondr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 22, 2010

    Old Testament sex advice: "The Bible is concerned about the husband's attitude toward his wife's breasts."

    Each Thursday, your Crap Archivist brings you the finest in forgotten and bewildering crap culled from basements, thrift stores, estate sales and flea markets. I do this for one reason: Knowledge is power. ​ Bed Room Talk Author: David & Carole Hocking Date: 1984 Publisher: Har ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    April 27, 2010

    John Doe & Exene Cervenka

    Each Thursday, your Crap Archivist brings you the finest in forgotten and bewildering crap culled from basements, thrift stores, estate sales and flea markets. I do this for one reason: Knowledge is power. ​ Bed Room Talk Author: David & Carole Hocking Date: 1984 Publisher: Har ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    August 4, 2009

    Topper

    Each Thursday, your Crap Archivist brings you the finest in forgotten and bewildering crap culled from basements, thrift stores, estate sales and flea markets. I do this for one reason: Knowledge is power. ​ Bed Room Talk Author: David & Carole Hocking Date: 1984 Publisher: Har ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    June 17, 2009

    Birds of Avalon+the Library is on Fire

    Each Thursday, your Crap Archivist brings you the finest in forgotten and bewildering crap culled from basements, thrift stores, estate sales and flea markets. I do this for one reason: Knowledge is power. ​ Bed Room Talk Author: David & Carole Hocking Date: 1984 Publisher: Har ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 27, 2009

    Wedding Vows Make Me Queasy

    I HATE the idea of marriage--it's pretty much destroyed society as we know it--but if people insist on continuing with that particular soul-crushing institution, don't you think personalized vows are way better than the old "I will be your slave till death do us part" type of thing? The sweetest vo ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    December 31, 2008

    Handsome Family

    I HATE the idea of marriage--it's pretty much destroyed society as we know it--but if people insist on continuing with that particular soul-crushing institution, don't you think personalized vows are way better than the old "I will be your slave till death do us part" type of thing? The sweetest vo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 12, 2008

    Clip Job: Manville's 'Saloon Society' - A Dissenting View

    I HATE the idea of marriage--it's pretty much destroyed society as we know it--but if people insist on continuing with that particular soul-crushing institution, don't you think personalized vows are way better than the old "I will be your slave till death do us part" type of thing? The sweetest vo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 11, 2008

    From The Crap Archives: How to Be Happy Though Married

    I HATE the idea of marriage--it's pretty much destroyed society as we know it--but if people insist on continuing with that particular soul-crushing institution, don't you think personalized vows are way better than the old "I will be your slave till death do us part" type of thing? The sweetest vo ... More >>

  • Columns

    October 29, 2008

    Stuck in a Sexless Marriage? You're Not Alone.

    Why over 3000 people have shared their tales of platonic woe at ExperienceProject.com.

  • Music

    July 23, 2008

    The Non-Fatal Attractions of Martha Wainwright

    Wry tales of ill-advised crushes from a singer-songwriter as blunt as she is funny

  • People

    April 1, 2008

    My Only Friend Is a Lesbian and It Makes My Hubby Jealous. What Do I Do?

    Wry tales of ill-advised crushes from a singer-songwriter as blunt as she is funny

  • Film

    March 4, 2008

    Married Life: Far From Far From Heaven

    Inspired by Todd Haynes, this competent '50s chamber drama doesn't quite compare

  • People

    March 4, 2008

    Open marriages—do they ever work?

    Weekly sex advice from Dan Savage

  • Blogs

    August 16, 2007

    Invasion of Iraq Too Risky, Cheney Says

    Weekly sex advice from Dan Savage

  • Music

    April 24, 2007

    Small-Town Country Girl Proves Album Title Perfectly Apt

    Weekly sex advice from Dan Savage

  • Columns

    August 29, 2006

    Cheater Seeks Cheater

    Married people find other married people for affairs through websites

  • People

    August 22, 2006

    Keeping Married Sex Hot

    Reddened cheeks, damp panties, and bedroom bliss

  • NYC Life

    June 13, 2006

    Bliss or Miss

    Getting over the gay-wedding jitters

  • News

    September 13, 2005

    Marriage of Two Minds

    Gay nups may have become inevitable, but for now it's a world of pain

  • News

    June 8, 2004

    Awkward Kerry, Hopeless Bush

    The candidates' pitiful pitch for single women

  • Film

    March 23, 2004

    Film

    The candidates' pitiful pitch for single women

  • News

    March 2, 2004

    Gays Need Not Apply

    Nick and Marc-Anthony Learn You Can't Fight City Hall

  • News

    December 9, 2003

    Standing on Ceremony

    A Rites Issue: Straight Couples Who Refuse to Marry Because Gays Can't

  • News

    July 22, 2003

    Stop the Wedding!

    Why Gay Marriage Isn't Radical Enough

  • News

    April 30, 2002

    Beyond the Threshold

    Marriage Programs Preview What Bush Has in Store

  • News

    May 29, 2001

    Love That Dare Not

    Why We Should Support the Right to Marry Plurally

  • News

    October 3, 2000

    The Last Temptation of Minister Benjamin

    Inside the Sex Scandal at Nation of Islam Mosque No. 7

  • News

    June 6, 2000

    Make a New Plan, Stan

    Divorce Sites Offer 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover

  • Columns

    May 23, 2000

    Two’s Too Tough

    Divorce Sites Offer 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover

  • News

    December 15, 1998

    Sikh and You Shall Find

    The American face of arranged marriage.

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