Articles Married People Are Happier—Maybe Because We Make Singles Hate Themselves Nona Willis AronowitzJun 03, 2012
Articles How to Ditch Happily-Ever-After and Build Your Own Romantic Narrative Liz MamontAmanda HessApr 29, 2012
Articles Ethical Style: Angelina Jolie's Engagement Ring and the State of the Ethical Diamond Angelina Jolie's Engagement Ring and Ethical Diamond Sourcing Tabea SorianoJessica De JesusApr 28, 2012
Articles 1 in 7 New Marriages Are Now Interracial—But Biases Still Linger No matter how much we tout the melting-pot concept, our "personal preferences" are often tinged with ingrained stereotypes.Nona Willis Aronowitz20 Feb, 2012
Articles How the Fight for Marriage Rights Is Strengthening My Relationship The fight for marriage rights is a roller coaster. Of love.Tyler Bonilla12 Feb, 2012
Articles Open Marriages Aren't Wrong–Newt Gingrich Is Newt Gingrich isn't the poster child for healthy open marriages. He is a prime example of how a sexist, repressive culture hurts relationships.Nona Willis Aronowitz22 Jan, 2012
Articles Five Things More Likely to Save Marriage Than an Anti-Porn Crusade Romney, Gingrich, and Santorum signed an anti-porn pledge to save marriage. If they really cared about matrimony, they'd do these things instead.Nona Willis Aronowitz14 Jan, 2012
Articles The Year in Marriage We fiercely defend marriage even as we perpetually redefine it. This year was no exception.Nona Willis Aronowitz30 Dec, 2011
Articles The Marriage Paradox Half of young people think matrimony is becoming "obsolete." So why do we still want to do it so badly?Nona Willis Aronowitz18 Dec, 2011
Articles Cohabitation Is the New Marriage Living in sin used to be social suicide, but couples are now afforded the space to conduct their private business privately.Amanda Hess07 Dec, 2011
Articles Why I'm Glad Kim Kardashian Got Divorced Someone needed to burst the bubble of the "storybook wedding" fantasy.Nona Willis Aronowitz07 Nov, 2011
Articles Marriage Isn't Sacred Let Kim Kardashian's 10-week romance serve as a reminder that love, not marriage, is what's holy.Cord Jefferson03 Nov, 2011
Articles Nearly Beloved: How to Celebrate the Day You Don't Get Married Weddings have become such a mega-monster event in the United States, it seems appropriate to offer some kind of shadow event.Jen GirdishLiz Mamont02 Nov, 2011
Articles Intermission: A Wedding Proposal by Flash Mob A man proposes to his girlfriend with the help of a giant flash mob on the UCLA campusNina Lincoff30 Sep, 2011
Articles The Conservative Evolution of Gay Marriage While 57 percent of people under 30 see gay sex as "morally acceptable," only 46 percent of them would say the same about having an abortion.Amanda Hess01 Sep, 2011
Articles How Marriage (and Divorce) Tips the Scales for Men and Women Weight Gain Trends in Marriage and Divorce Marriage is linked to a heightened risk for significant weight gain among women. For men, the pounds come a little bit later—after the divorce.Amanda Hess25 Aug, 2011
Articles Are Wedding Bells a Prerequisite For Raising Healthy Kids? A new study says kids are worse off with unmarried, cohabiting parents. But it's not because their folks haven't tied the knot.Nona Willis Aronowitz18 Aug, 2011
Articles Should You Move for Your Partner? As couples fall into cohabitation earlier and delay marriage later, moving to a new city for a partner has become a relationship rite of passage.Amanda Hess12 Aug, 2011
Articles Planning Your Indie Wedding: A Modern-Day Cautionary Fable Blend Etsy impulses and well-to-do lefties with pressure-cooker marriage culture, and you just might end up with hobo-themed wedding.Nona Willis Aronowitz09 Aug, 2011