On Monday Feb. 18 at 11 am I am interviewing on National Public Radio’s 1A to discuss polyamory with the host Joshua Johnson and a panel that includes Janet Hardy, Ron Young, and Crystal Farmer. If you have any questions you would like to ask on air, you can leave questions and comments at 855-236-1212, or use the app, 1A VoxPop. https://the1a.org/ ContinueContinue reading “National Public Radio’s 1A Interviews Dr. Eli Sheff”
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Chicago Red Eye Interviews Dr. Eli Sheff for Polyamorous Valentine
Demetria Mosley at Chicago Red Eye just wrote an article on polyamorous valentines and interviewed me for the piece. It is cute and short, but erroneously credits me with research that my esteemed colleagues on a team led by Dr. Teri Conley at the University of Michigan actually conducted. It was Dr. Conley and herContinueContinue reading “Chicago Red Eye Interviews Dr. Eli Sheff for Polyamorous Valentine”
New Psych Today Post on Fidelity in Polyamorous Relationships
My new post on Psychology Today looks at the ways polyamorous and other consensually non-monogamous relationships can have various kinds of fidelity — it’s not all about the sex! #article #fidelity #love #cheating #sexuality Image is of a smiling person with dark hair wearing a white t-shirt and denim shorts jumping high with outstretched armsContinueContinue reading “New Psych Today Post on Fidelity in Polyamorous Relationships”
Review of Is Monogamy Dead by Rosie Wilby
Review of Is Monogamy Dead? By Rosie Wilby I loved this book far more than I expected to. When I saw the number of chapters I cringed inside, thinking that I was really screwed if this book sucked and I had to slog through that many pages. To my absolute delight, instead I found myselfContinueContinue reading “Review of Is Monogamy Dead by Rosie Wilby”
Quartz Interviews Dr. Eli Sheff
Recently Olivia Goldhill at Quartz interviewed me for a new piece, Polyamory is the most quietly revolutionary political weapon in the United States. You can find it here https://qz.com/1501725/polyamorous-sex-is-the-most-quietly-revolutionary-political-weapon-in-the-united-states/
Against Compulsory (Non)Monogamy New Psychology Today Blog
In my newest blog on Psychology Today, Against Compulsory (Non)Monogamy, I critique both compulsory monogamy and the new mandate in some social circles that everyone should be non-monogamous. https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/the-polyamorists-next-door/201812/against-compulsory-nonmonogamy. Image is black and white photo of an adult foot wearing a white sock trying to squish itself into a tiny white baby shoe with lacesContinueContinue reading “Against Compulsory (Non)Monogamy New Psychology Today Blog”
Cosmopolitan Interviews Dr. Eli Sheff
Julia Pugachevsky, a sex and relationships editor at Cosmopolitan, recently interviewed me for the online magazine. You can find the resulting article at Your Everything Guide to Starting an Open Relationship. https://www.cosmopolitan.com/sex-love/advice/a6121/open-relationship-tips/ Image is of a group of people at a summer cocktail party with a red wall in the background with the word CosmopolitanContinueContinue reading “Cosmopolitan Interviews Dr. Eli Sheff”
Vogue Interviews Dr. Eli Sheff
Remy Rippon at Australian Vogue interviewed me and other experts for an interesting story on polyamory, check it out here. Image is of four white mannequin heads wearing hats and neck scarves poking out of a gray tent with a building and blue sky in the background. https://www.vogue.com.au/culture/lifestyle/what-is-polyamory-this-is-what-its-really-like-to-have-multiple-partners/news-story/848f3c987c589a9ec656462d9836a66b?fbclid=IwAR2Fr8kUgW2pQBZ8h0wFiKHr19NhL6DO0_2qncYKhP9EldGgt4JNkCJw8g4
Relationship Anarchy & Compersion – Two New Psychology Today Posts from Dr. Eli Sheff
I have two new blogs on Psychology Today, the first on Relationship Anarchy, Polyaffectivity, and Chosen Families and the second on Cultivating Compersion.
Global News Interviews Dr. Eli Sheff on Chosen Families
Arti Patel, Senior National Online Reporter for the Global News, recently interviewed me about chosen families and wrote a very nice piece with the information Choosing Your Own Family. https://globalnews.ca/news/4510154/chosen-families-canada/ Image is of five male-appearing muscular people seated around a large wooden dining room table.