Other writing
Jul 9th, 2011 by OMGchronicles
As my nephew once said to his mom when he was about 5 years old, 
“Mom, I just can’t stop thinking.” I feel the same way, and when I think, I write.
In addition to co-authoring The New I Do: Reshaping Marriage for Skeptics, Realists and Rebels, I have an essay in Nothing But The Truth So Help Me God: 73 Women on Life’s Transitions, which you can buy here, and in Knowing Pains: Women on Love, Sex and Work in Our 40s, which you can buy here (all proceeds go toward the Breast Cancer Fund).
I’m a contributor to the Huffington Post divorce section (hey — if you are twice divorced, you generally have something to say about divorce); Divorce Force, Role Reboot; the Good Men Project; Your Tango; and, of course, you can find my writing on the Marin IJ web site.
Here are some recent ramblings:
Aeon
Marriage should not come with any social benefits or privileges
There is a better way to parent than the nuclear family
A temporary marriage makes more sense than marriage for life
The Washington Post
There are 107 million single Americans. Why do politicians rarely mention us?
Singles, want to know how to survive the holidays?
I’ve been married twice and I have no desire to do it again
The New York Times Room for Debate
The appeal of alone time for the over-50 crowd
When divorce is a family affair
The Guardian
Forget conscious uncoupling: The way forward for families is platonic parenting
Quartz
Here’s why Brangelina’s marriage—or yours—shouldn’t have to last forever
Society has it wrong: Married people shouldn’t get benefits that single people do not
Motherwell
Why our kids need others to love them
Role Reboot/ Family Reboot
Moving into old age as a single woman
Alloparenting: Because parents can’t do it alone
What I learned from two divorces
Huffington Post:
Is It OK to Ditch Your Spouse for Your Soul Mate?
Tragedy Reminds Us of What Really Matters 
Why Divorced People Turn to Bad Habits to Cope
Are Childless Couples Headed for Divorce?
‘Friends With Benefits” and The Newly Divorced
Is Divorce Harder on An Only Child?
Hot Or Not Why Women Shouldn’t Pick Attractive Husbands (this post caused quite the flurry — everyone from Rush Limbaugh to Jezebel to “The View”)
Does Porn Watching Lead to Divorce?
IJ columns
IJ articles
Vintage auto photos inspire Kentfield artist
Sausalito marbler turns art into social commentary for ‘Migration‘
Tiburon documentary filmmaker debugs tech’s gender gap in ‘Code’
Marin filmmakers tell personal story of the Holocaust in ‘Surviving Skokie‘
Novato photographer Beth Moon captures world’s most ancient and compelling trees
Sweet turn of events for West Marin native Claire Ptak
West Marin cardiologist finds his heart again in art
Documentary on honor killings features San Rafael expert
Marin woman’s memoir explores the many complications of motherhood
‘The Wolfpack’ opens up world for former Mill Valley woman and her subjects
Actor Peter Coyote’s second memoir honors the mentors who helped shape him
Novato artists take a tender look at mortality
Marin an imperfect paradise in Rebecca Foust’s ‘Paradise Drive’
Skateboard photographer Brian Gaberman feels lucky to still be in his element
Marin counselors offer their take on AshleyMadison.com hack
All the news that’s fit to paint
Jennifer Siebel Newsom takes on the boy crisis in ‘The Mask You Live In’
Diane Keaton explores aging as she heads to Marin
Never too late to find love, says Mill Valley’s Eve Pell
Mill Valley’s Butler questions end-of-life care in memoir
Elizabeth Gilbert: The marrying kind after all
Rich history of Fort Baker comes alive
Daughter’s Down syndrome inspires San Rafael’s Dixie James
Philosophers to ponder ‘What is love?’ in Mill Valley
San Anselmo filmmaker’s documentary questions whether marriage is still relevant
Author Iris Krasnow reveals secrets to staying married
Marin’s Beth Behr is 1 lucky girl for role in ‘2 Broke Girls’
Tiburon author’s anthology looks at mom’s conflicted feelings
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Thanks for your article “Can Loving a Robot Lead to Divorce?” It was handled with humor and a little distance that hopefully made it palatable for most. In your scenarios, your questions dealt with a strictly robotic “adversary” for attention and affections. Hold on to your hat because I can predict the future! The next twist is going to be a sexbot with full human interaction. Some entreprenuer is going to see that all they have to do is add a wifi link and take a credit card and put a live sex-chat operator into your robot. Maybe they’ll even add some web-based movement options so the operator can literally push your buttons. Please don’t forward this email to the makers of Roxxxy. I’d hate to be responsible for setting this revolting development into action.
Thanks again,
Rich Brown
This war on monogamy you perpetrate in most of ur writings are a Cop out BS -easy way out–why bother to tend the garden? If the plant is sick and the weeds grow–rip it out by the roots and buy another one! Speak to the X-husbands. Sure they have plenty to say too! Tata
Twitter: OMGchronicles
says:
Thanks for your comment, Rich, and your kind words. I always try to write with humor but that often falls flat when it’s about what people just don’t want to imagine!
What you describe is a very real scenario. The robots of the future will be highly interactive, which, even as an old sci-fi fan, I find somewhat unsettling. Fascinating, but unsettling. Happy holidays!