The One Where I Talk To Writer & Professor, Craig Wynne

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In this week's episode, I talk to writer and professor, Craig Wynne. 

Craig is a writer and professor at the University of the District of Columbia where he teaches rhetoric and writing studies to first year students. His courses are themed around relationships and single studies. He is also a happy bachelor although this wasn’t always the case. In 2015, the end of romantic relationship had brought on a whole host of negative feelings around being single. This took him on a journey and exploration of all things single.

Craig subsequently wrote a book, How To Be A Happy Bachelor, in which he provides his own observations, anecdotes, advice and takes on all things related to singlehood, and which is primarily written from the male point of view. Because after all, there are many books out there designed to show women how to be single, but no so many for men!   

Topics that Craig & I cover are:

• his university student’s views on being single;
• the internalised singlism that Craig suffered from following the break up of his relationship in 2015;
• how he came across the work of Bella DePaulo which was the catalyst for his journey into singlehood;
• how he brought some of his single research into his work, including a course called ‘How To Be Single & Happy’, and how this led the book deal for ‘How To Be A Happy Bachelor’;
• how men also received stigma around being single, although it looks very different to the narratives around single women;
• how men often find it harder to form social networks which can lead to isolation;
• how Craig does date, but finds that the single life suits him;
• The groups MGTOW (Men Going There Own Way) and INCEL (Involuntary Celibates) and their anger towards women;
• the vastly differing meanings behind the words ‘spinster’ and ‘bachelor’;
• Craig’s thoughts around men’s behaviour when dating online;
• how Craig met his most recent lady friend organically on a subway platform. (I LOVE this!);
• the terms ‘matrimania’, ‘singlism’ and ‘amatonormativity’.
• Craig and my mutual love of music, and going to gigs alone;

Craig’s Website:
https://www.thehappybachelor.org/ 

Buy Craig’s book (UK), How To Be A Happy Bachelor:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Happy-Bachelor-Craig-Wynne-author/dp/1792407076 

Buy Craig’s book (US), How To Be A Happy Bachelor:
https://www.amazon.com/How-Happy-Bachelor-Craig-Wynne/dp/