In her November 2011 cover story in The Atlantic “All the Single Ladies,” Kate Bolick asserts that “recent years have seen an explosion of male joblessness anda steep decline in men’s life prospects that have disrupted the “romantic market” in ways that narrow a marriage-minded woman’s options,” to deadbeats and playboys. But amid this strange state of affairs, Bolick sees an opportunity to “acknowledge the end of “traditional” marriage as society’s highest ideal.”One of The Atlantic’s most-talked-about stories in recent years, Bolick discusses her article and subsequent public reaction with Hanna Rosin, a senior editor at The Atlantic and author of the book End of Men; and Garance Franke-Ruta, a senior editor at The Atlantic."
Bio
Kate Bolick
Kate Bolick's November 2011 Atlantic cover story,
"All the Single Ladies," about the social and economic trends shaping
America's current romantic landscape, drew more than 1 million readers to The
Atlantic's web site, earned 50K "likes" on Facebook, is the
magazine's most responded-to article of 2011, and was optioned by Sony for a TV
series.
In February 2011, Kate closed a book deal with
Crown/Random House to write AMONG THE SUITORS: SINGLE WOMEN I HAVE LOVED,
described by Publishers Marketplace as "developing her own sly blend of
autobiography and literary portraiture to question the conventional marriage
trajectory."
Kate is a contributing editor at The Atlantic, culture
editor of Veranda, and contributes regularly to Elle, The New York Times, The
Wall Street Journal, and Slate, among other publications. Previously, she was
executive editor of the late Conde Nast home lifestyle magazineDomino and was a
columnist for The Boston Globe Ideas Section.
A recipient of a MacDowell fellowship, she holds a
Master's in cultural criticism from New York University, where she also taught
writing.
Bolick has appeared on The Today Show, CNN, Fox News,
MSNBC,The Gayle King Show, and numerous NPR programs across the country.
Garance Franke-Ruta
Garance Franke-Ruta is the politics editor of TheAtlantic.com, but when she's not trying to understand the mysterious charm of Rick Santorum or why Newt Gingrich would post a picture of himself jauntily posing in front of Auschwitz, she's maintained a sideline in writing about women in politics. She was the first person to report, in a 2002 American Prospect article, that the baby-bust among high-achieving women was a myth, related only to their greater unwillingness to become single moms and not to any kind of reproductive issues inside marriages. Before joining The Atlantic, she was an online politics editor and blogger at The Washington Post, and in 2006 she spent a semester at the Shorenstein Center at the Harvard Kennedy School studying why there are so few women in opinion media.
Hanna Rosin
Hanna Rosin, an Atlantic national correspondent, is the author of the book The End of Men based on her story in the July/August 2010 Atlantic.
Hanna Rosin, author of 'The End of Men', talks with fellow The Atlantic editor Kate Bolick about the differences between how men and women handle living alone. While Bolick argues that women are conditioned to be better at homemaking, Rosin points to the influence of early issues of Playboy, which focused on style and design.
Hanna Rosin, author of 'The End of Men', and Garance Franke-Ruta, Politics Editor for The Atlantic, discuss whether men can thrive without women. Franke-Ruta points to a new generation of men who are living well on their own, but expresses concern that the increasing emphasis on independence may lead to trouble down the road.