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See Elisabeth Sheff at the Decatur Book Festival

If you live in the Atlanta area and read books, you have no doubt heard of the Decatur Book Festival, the largest independent book festival in the United States. This year you can see me, Elisabeth Sheff, at the book festival on Saturday August 30 at 10am at the Marriott Conference Center Auditorium. For moreContinueContinue reading “See Elisabeth Sheff at the Decatur Book Festival”

Young Adult Library Services Association includes polyamory in reading list

While polyamory remains controversial in some sectors, the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) has included information regarding polyamory on their website. You can check out their short and well-done article on their reading recommendations at http://yalsa.ala.org/blog/2014/06/09/new-diversity-polyamory/

Atlanta Poly Weekend this Weekend! Classes and Workshops

Classes and Workshops. Come and see some very interesting folks talking about polyamory as it relates to aging, communication, how to make your relationships suck, ethics and ethical relationships, neuroscience, love languages, therapy, self-care, relationship anarchy, safer sex, skeptical monogamy, cooperative drawing, tarot, unicorns, poly families with kids, and race/ethnicity and white privilege. The AtlantaContinueContinue reading “Atlanta Poly Weekend this Weekend! Classes and Workshops”

Link for Part 2 of Why I am not Polyamorous FIXED

After fixing some spacing issues, the editors at Psychology Today have approved the post and the link is active again. You can find Part 2 of Why I am not Polyamorous But You Might Want to Be at its reactivated link http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-polyamorists-next-door/201406/why-i-am-not-polyamorous-you-might-want-be-part-2 

Part Two: Why I do not identify as poly but you might want to

In the second part of this three-part series, I explain how I ended my quasi-poly relationship and list the three main reasons I do not identify as polyamorous.  http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-polyamorists-next-door/201405/why-i-am-not-polyamorous-you-might-want-be-pt-2  

Franklin Veaux and Eve Rickert’s new book More Than Two available on Amazon

I have not yet had the opportunity to read this master work of advice on how to lead a polyamorous life, but have been quite impressed with these folks for a long time and can’t wait to see what Eve and Franklin wrote. If you are excited to geek out on polyamory, I have aContinueContinue reading “Franklin Veaux and Eve Rickert’s new book More Than Two available on Amazon”

When polyamory goes wrong — why I am not poly but you might want to be

In the first of a two part blog, I explain the mistakes I made in my pursuit of a polyamorous relationship and why it did not work for me.  http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-polyamorists-next-door/201405/why-i-am-not-polyamorous-you-might-want-be-pt-1

Atlanta Poly Weekend on the Sex Geeks Podcast

Melissa Holder, co-organizer and chief goddess of Atlanta Poly Weekend (APW), and Elisabeth Sheff chatted with the Sex Geeks about the coming APW. Atlanta Poly Weekend is coming right up in just a few week, June 6 – 8. This podcast provides a preview of the presenters and events that weekend — check it out theContinueContinue reading “Atlanta Poly Weekend on the Sex Geeks Podcast”

Doctoral Student Seeking Lesbians for Research Participation

Lesbian Women Wanted to Participate in a Research Project My name is Dena Roberts and I am a lesbian woman. I am conducting a research study for my dissertation at The Chicago School of Professional Psychology and am recruiting lesbian women across the country to participate in the study, which examines how different types of trauma and stressors affect the mental and physicalContinueContinue reading “Doctoral Student Seeking Lesbians for Research Participation”