My most recent blog on Psychology Today tackles the challenges people often experience when they find themselves in a mixed orientation relationship in which one person wants monogamy and the other wants polyamory. https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-polyamorists-next-door/201601/when-your-partner-wants-non-monogamy-and-you-don-t
Category Archives: Families
Who Counts as a Parent in a Polyamorous Family?
In my new blog on Psychology Today I examine who children in poly families see as parents, how they decide, and what the kids call their parental figures. https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-polyamorists-next-door/201601/who-counts-mom-and-dad?#_=_
Resilience in Polyamorous Families
Family resilience is important for ongoing connections, and in the third blog in a series on resilience in polyamorous families I explore how polys maintain resilience through graceful endings and extended connections among adults, and how those skills could be useful for divorced people in monogamous relationships. https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-polyamorists-next-door/201512/graceful-endings-and-expanded-connections-resilience-part-3
Holiday shirt fundraiser for book on polyamorous fairytales
Do you need an ugly holiday sweater to wear to that poly-friendly party? Then you have got to check out the ugly sweater fundraiser these creative folks have put together to support their book on polyamorous fairytales. They have two adorably “ugly” long sleeve shirts, one that reads “All I want for Christmas is you and you andContinueContinue reading “Holiday shirt fundraiser for book on polyamorous fairytales”
Book Talk in Austin, Texas at BookWoman Nov. 23
If you are going to be in the Austin, Texas area, please consider joining me for a book talk. I will be reading from my new book, Stories from the Polycule, at BookWoman, Austin’s premier feminist bookstore, at 7pm on Monday November 23. I hope to see you there! BookWoman 5501 North LamarContinueContinue reading “Book Talk in Austin, Texas at BookWoman Nov. 23”
Sex Down South Conference Tons of Fun with Sexy Brains
This first year of the Sex Down South conference was FANTASTIC!!!!!! Tons of fun, lots of new ideas, great people to chat with, and so many amazing sessions it was difficult to choose what amazing thing I got to learn next. Lucky for us, the organizers plan to do it again next October so startContinueContinue reading “Sex Down South Conference Tons of Fun with Sexy Brains”
Two New Blog Posts on Psychology Today
I have posted two new entries on my Psychology Today blog, Fear of Damage to Kids in Poly Families and Resilience in Polyamorous Families
Review of Women in Relationships with Bisexual Men: Bi Men By Women
Women in Relationships with Bisexual Men: Bi Men By Women is yet another triumph for Dr. Maria Pallotta-Chiarolli. In her ongoing quest to examine the borderlands between/around dichotomous positions, Pallotta-Chiarolli has produced a sophisticated discussion of the intersections of sexuality, gender, race, ethnicity, class, and social institutions like healthcare and religion. Defying the misrepresentation andContinueContinue reading “Review of Women in Relationships with Bisexual Men: Bi Men By Women”
Designer Relationships a Delight
I recently read Mark Michaels and Patricia Johnson’s new book Designer Relationships and loved it! A deceptively modest little book, it is short enough to read in one long sitting or several shorter ones. Do not be fooled by the demure length, however, because Michales and Johnson pack some huge ideas in to this pint-sizedContinueContinue reading “Designer Relationships a Delight”
Six Reasons Why the Woodhull Summit Completely Rocks
I just returned from the Woodhull Alliance for Sexual Freedom’s annual Summit and had a fantastic time. This is my second trip to the Woodhull Summit so I knew to expect some great conversation with interesting people, and I was not disappointed. Seven great things keep running around in my head as I reflect onContinueContinue reading “Six Reasons Why the Woodhull Summit Completely Rocks”