Today’s article is a guest blog post by Matthew Shadrake.
Matt is a polyamorous switch and a big ole softie. He has previously contributed 3 posts to Poly.Land:
Proximity, Social Pressure, and Same Sex Erasure in Polyamorous Relationships
Today’s guest post is from LH, a poly, kinky, queer lady, who identifies as a lesbian. She feels lucky to have found a primary partner who is sweet and loving and makes her feel valued, and a secondary partner whose steady support is a foundation for her. She has been challenged and grown a lot safely, » Read more
The Difference Between Having Preferences and Being a Prejudiced Asshole in Online Dating
Yay! It’s guest blog post time again! Today’s piece is by Matthew Shadrake.
Matt is a polyamorous switch and a big ole softie. He has previously contributed 2 posts to Poly.Land:
15 Open Relationship Rules That Make Basically No Sense
Today’s post is a guest blog post from my dear friend John. Because I’m kind of an A-hole friend, I shared with him an agony-inducing article from the folks at LovePanky called “15 Open Relationship Rules for a Better Love Life.”
Once John stopped raging at its content, he produced the following writeup. » Read more
Being Single Sucks, But We Don’t Want to Hear About It
Today’s piece is a guest blog post from Fluffy, an academic in-training, who is studying organizational behavior in hopes of making the world a better place.
They previously contributed “I Was Treated as a Disease Vector: Why There Are So Few Gay Men in Pansexual Polyamory” to Poly.Land.
Fluffy’s regular blog is Eclectic Discourse (where pith goes to die; » Read more
The Sex Trap: What Polyamorous People Do Versus What Monogamous People Think We Do
Today’s post is a guest blog post from Daphne Matthews.
Daphne is a former journalist who has been involved in various BDSM communities for over a decade, including time in leadership. She is the author of The Gambler series of books: Backed Into a Hand, Aces and Spades, » Read more
Twin Demons: How I Learned About Toxic Masculinity and Toxic Monogamy
Today’s piece is a guest blog post from Matthew Shadrake.
Matt is a polyamorous switch and a big ole softie. He previously contributed “Firing a Gun Into a Dark Room: Strip Clubs, Sex Trafficking, and the Hidden Cost of Hedonism” to Poly.Land.
In addition to being a hell of a writer, » Read more
Firing a Gun into a Dark Room: Strip Clubs, Sex Trafficking, and the Hidden Cost of Hedonism
Today’s post is a guest blog post from Matthew Shadrake.
Matt is a polyamorous switch and a big ole softie.
In addition to being a hell of a writer, Matt is one of the best conversationalists I have ever met and may even be a bigger psych nerd than I am. » Read more
Is Solo Polyamory Ableist?: A Readers’ Response Discussion
I recently stumbled across a post from Poly Talk called “Is Solo Polyamory Ableist?”
In the piece, Codi Coday asserts that solo polyamory as a relationship style is inaccessible and ableist, i.e., that it is discriminatory against individuals who are not able-bodied.
Quite a statement.
I wasn’t quite sure what to make of it, » Read more
I Was Treated as a Disease Vector: Why There Are So Few Gay Men in Pansexual Polyamory
Today’s post is a guest blog post from Fluffy. Fluffy’s experiences with polyamory fascinate me as their history diverges wildly from my own. So I pestered them for weeks to share some of it.
In addition to being my bestie, Fluffy is a current researcher of transgender issues in the workplace and one fiendishly good knitter and tie dye artist. » Read more