Summary: 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 and a 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. ---- Kate Bolick 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. Her 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. 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. Hanna Rosin is a contributing editor at The Atlantic and founder and co-editor of DoubleX, Slate's women's section, for which she does a bi-weekly podcast. Rosin is the author of The End of Men: And the Rise of Women and God's Harvard: A Christian College on a Mission to Save America.
