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”
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Polyamory and Death
Simon Davis wrote a very interesting piece on polyamory and death for Vice. You can check it out at http://www.vice.com/read/death-is-way-more-complicated-when-youre-polyamorous-511
Review of Polyqueer: Gender, Race, and Polyamory
In Polyqueer: Gender, Race, and Polyamory, Dr. Mimi Schippers examines the racialized and gendered backdrop against which heterosexuality and monogamy play out in contemporary US culture. Focusing on multiplistic configurations of one woman with two men, Schippers provides a polyqueer reading of E.Lynn Harris’s Invisible Life and the film The Other Man. Going beyond theContinueContinue reading “Review of Polyqueer: Gender, Race, and Polyamory”
Hopes & Fears post asking if we are meant to be monogamous
In this new post, Hopes&Fears asks experts like Stephanie Coontz, Dossie Easton, Christopher Ryan, and Elisabeth Sheff if they think human beings are meant to be monogamous. http://www.hopesandfears.com/hopes/now/question/216753-are-humans-meant-to-be-monogamous
Why use the term White Privilege?
One of my readers, Wortmanberbger, responded one of my previous blogs on White Fragility with the following : Fine, but there is the danger of an ideologically distorting influence inherent in the phrase “white privilege”, which tends to frame these discussions. Whites are not privileged. Black people are oppressed, and white people are not, generally speaking,ContinueContinue reading “Why use the term White Privilege?”
Poly in the Cities interview with Elisabeth Sheff
My new interview with Poly in the Cities podcast talks about my new book, Stories from the Polycule, and other things too.
Purple Prose: Bisexuality in Britain
Those funky Brits are at it again, talking about the smart and interesting parts of sex in all their varied forms. This time Kate Harrad heads up an all star team of editors extraordinaire to create a guide to bisexuality in the UK. Please check out their Indiegogo campaign page with tons of interesting information, and considerContinueContinue reading “Purple Prose: Bisexuality in Britain”
Poly Role Models Interview with Elisabeth Sheff
Even though I am not polyamorous, the wonderful folks at Poly Role Models still wanted to hear what I had to say about polyamorous relationships. Check out the interview at http://polyrolemodels.tumblr.com/post/131651255275/dr-elisabeth-sheff
White Fragility and the Benefits of Being Uncomfortable About Racism
The reality of racism shatters the comfortable (for white people) myth that the US today is a colorblind society which gives everyone an equal chance at everything. When that cherished myth of colorblindness is disturbed by evidence that racism is not only real but pervasive, many white folks get uncomfortable talking about racial inequality. IContinueContinue reading “White Fragility and the Benefits of Being Uncomfortable About Racism”