Poly in the recent news
A parenting magazine presents polyamory as a logical alternative. TV news goes all awkward covering a Loving More convention. Dan Savage as America’s most important sex ethicist. New poly books. More on campus. And, how to frame the emergence of polyamory as the natural outcome of the last several centuries of human development.
What is the world saying about us? If you haven't kept up with Polyamory in the News in the last three months (or subscribed to it by the LJ friends feed or other feed), here is some of what you missed:
“Changing Families: from Traditional to Whatever Works?” A mainstream parenting magazine looks at the poly alternative. “ ‘A lot of people outside of the polyamory community think these relationships are all about sex. It’s not. It’s about family,’ says Robyn Trask, managing director of Loving More... who estimates that between 150,000 - 200,000 Americans live in polyamorous relationships....”
A TV station covering Loving More’s Poly Living conference stumbles over backward trying to distance itself from what it’s covering yet still the story got through.
New book: What Does Polyamory Look Like? by Mim Chapman. Plus a list of all six recent poly books.
“Dan Savage: America’s most important sex ethicist”, by a liberal Lutheran minister who is smart, knows his economic models, and is not entirely cheering.
“How Not to Have an Open Relationship”. “Okay honey, we’ll start with monogamy for now....”
In a local newspaper, a therapist for polyfolks speak out.
“I’ve covered some strange stories, but this is one of the most mind-blowing.” For her, anyway.
More buzz in college newspapers. A college health counselor explains that “Polyamorous relationships require trust”. And more on campus.
A stellar black couple educate about good open relationships across many black media. And in Madame Noire, a pro-poly author cuts through the chaff.
More about slippery slopes. “If you accept this framing you've lost the debate before you open your mouth. Slipping on a slope is a painful accident that leads down. Reframe it as a stairway up - in which each step is a deliberately chosen advance toward a better, kinder, freer, more humane world.”
Best poly parade float ever?
Atlanta Poly Weekend: my report. An exciting new locus of energy and activism emerges.
More on poly and kids. “I've probably observed more modern polyamorous childrearing than anyone on the planet," says Deborah Anapol, who gives her impressions.
Theory and strategy: Poly as a subset of self-determination, a natural step in the ongoing arc of the last several centuries of history.
And more.
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I've done 503 of these reports in the last six years, covering roughly 1,000 items in news media of all kinds. They’re tagged by topic, date, and sometimes location and language. I hope you have as much fun browsing them as I do creating them!
Happy spring,
Alan
(Crossposted)
What is the world saying about us? If you haven't kept up with Polyamory in the News in the last three months (or subscribed to it by the LJ friends feed or other feed), here is some of what you missed:
And more.
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Here's the site: Polyamory in the News (polyinthemedia.blogspot.com). The most recent 10 items are up front.
Sign up for the LiveJournal friends feed or another news feed.
Twitter: @PolyintheNews.
Facebook: Alan Polyinthemedia
I've done 503 of these reports in the last six years, covering roughly 1,000 items in news media of all kinds. They’re tagged by topic, date, and sometimes location and language. I hope you have as much fun browsing them as I do creating them!
Happy spring,
Alan
(Crossposted)