Poly Debriefing #2: More
These days I’m polyamorous in spirit, monogamous in practice. It feels disingenuous to claim that I am one or the other completely. Even though my
February 10, 2012
Category: Poly Issues
Poly Debriefing
Poly Debriefing #1: Compersion
Photo by em-volleyball-1-6 /CC BY Compersion is so fantastic and ever-present for me (even when I’m sexually exclusive) that it gets to go first, and
January 9, 2012
Respect
I’ll never forget that night. November 1999, my first semester of college. I had gone to a party hosted by the music frat. I knew
November 23, 2011
It Always Felt Like An Affair
And in hindsight, that should have told me something. “She doesn’t have to know how serious we are yet. She just wouldn’t understand.” I thought
November 4, 2011
See You Later, Space Cowboy
Cowboy. Somebody who figures that these alternative relationships are unstable, and consciously or unconsciously tries to pull one of the partners off into a monogamous
August 8, 2011
The Question of Promiscuity, OR Ain’t Gonna Shame Ya
The stigma of having multiple partners is ubiquitous. It’s especially obvious in “normal” society with the standard tradition of monogamy or at least serial monogamy
February 21, 2011
Poly With a Penis
Polyamory. It’s a woman’s world. Don’t look at me like that. 😛 I’m not hating on men! I have character witnesses that will testify that
February 3, 2011
my earliest introductions to the concept of formal non-monogamy
1998: On my own at UMass Amherst for the summer, I make friends with a hippie gentleman in his late 50’s (a jazz violinist) who
September 15, 2010
Losing Control
Having safe sex with women can be pretty tricky. Oh, the condom! Why must you be so inapplicable to my efforts to sex up the
August 7, 2010
