Back in April, Helen Croydon’s New Statesman article entitled “Screw The Fairytale” sparked quite some heated debate from vociferous defenders of the ideal exclusive lifelong partnership. I too have faced occasionally challenging and often fascinating questions as I have toured my comedy show posing the question: Is Monogamy Dead? Yet I’ve come to realize that …
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The Ethical Slut, an Alternative Love Story – Webseries
FEBRUARY 26, 2014 ~ It’s out: “The Ethical Slut, an Alternative Love Story,” the webseries. Remember filmmaker Ben Fritz’s Kickstarter campaign last year for his Ethical Slut webseries? Now you can watch all of Season 1. . Filmed in Madison, Wisconsin, it’s “inspired by” the classic poly and open-relationship guidebook by Dossie Easton and Janet Hardy (and has their …
POLYS: OUT YOURSELF (I did) & END PLURALISTIC IGNORANCE: Web Radio, Article by Janet Kira Lessin
I discovered I was polyamorous in 1990 when I fell in love with Ed,a man I met on the internet. He was married. So was I. We fell in love with each other but not out of love with our spouses and felt awful, at first, then came to understand through internet groups and research …
SAME SEX MARRIAGE NOW A FEDERAL RIGHT; POLYAMOROUS MARRIAGE’S NEXT: Web Radio & Article
On this program, which you can hear when you click the arrow above, Janet Kira and Dr. Sasha Lessin discuss the defeat of the Republicans’ Defense of Marriage Act, (DOMA). We hope this defeat of the religious right’s attempt to cram their values down all of our throats will pave the path to a federal …
DOMA REPEAL MEANS MOVEMENT MOMENTUM FOR POLY PLURAL MARRIAGE by Janet Kira Lessin
Today (06/26/13) the DOMA (Defense of Marriage Act) was overturned and Proposition 8 dismissed so now same sex marriages are available in California. Thirteen of the 50 U.S. states plus Washington, D.C., have legalized gay marriage. Many states permit domestic partnerships. We’re getting closer. With today’s victories, there’s only 37 more to go. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Same-sex_marriage_status_in_the_United_States_by_state …
KAMALA DEVI’S Top Polyamory Problemswith Being Open, Married and Dating
Just for fun, I decided to conduct a poll to see what are the top 10 poly problems. Since humor is often the best way to rise above our polyamory problems and see ourselves in a new light, I hope you don’t take this post too seriously. I asked my fans on Facebook and Twitter …
POLYAMORY: PATH TO ETERNAL MARRIAGE by Janet Kira Lessin
Does monogamy lead to divorce? The very nature of monogamy is conditional love full of requirements and restraints, pulling in reigns, restricting freedom, spontaneity and choice. But the other side of the coin, running wild, sewing oats, following every whim, seems to avoid intimacy. It takes time, connection and intimacy to be truly known, loved …
BISEXUALITY, MONOGAMY AND POLYAMORY: Collection of articles
ARE WE REALLY MONO-POLY? by Janet Kira Lessin Doctors Hal and Sidra Stone teach us that we have many “voices” within ourselves. We each have our own set of voices, be they the Inner Critic, the Inner Child, the Inner Pope, the Inner Aphrodite or any of a myriad possible combinations. At different times these …
POLY vs Swing: The Swing Isn’t the Whole Playground by Nicole/Niki,
forward from Poly Pipeline.com Merry-go-rounds, monkey bars, slides, seesaws, bridges and swings. Everyone had their preferred play structure at the park; do you remember yours? Mine was the swing; I loved flying through the air, feeling weightless and free. The swings of the playground bring back great childhood memories. But more than a rope and …
POLY & FUNDAMENTALIST MATRIARCHS SWITCH FAMILIES; FUNDY BAILS Polyamorous Wife Swap by Nicole/Niki
forward from Poly Pipeline.com I recently watched the latest episode of Wife Swap* (which, admittedly, I wouldn’t usually watch if you strapped me into a dildo machine and gave me Godiva chocolate). It was a train wreck of epic proportions. To sum it up: The matriarch of a triadic polyamorous family (the Envys) swaps …