Results for: polyamory
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12 Queers on Where We Fall on the Polyamory/Monogamy Scale
Monogamy and polyamory exist on a spectrum and often aren’t fixed black-and-white categories.
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“Couple to Throuple” Never Understood Polyamory
How did a show about the ability to share connections with anyone in the world become about locking someone down??
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“Stroking an Animal” Is a Sensuous Portrait of Polyamory
Stroking an Animal is an arthouse movie that reflects the messiness of real queer lives.
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Into the A+ Box #85: POLYAMORY
“The right people will understand this. Trust that you will find them.”
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How Polyamory Pushed Me to Prioritize My Pelvic Health
Communicating openly about sex and pelvic health with my partners helps me advocate for myself in medical settings.
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The Polyamory Workbook Offers Practical Tips for Navigating Any Relationship
I wish I could send pieces of this book to all of the people I have ever loved.
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#PolyamoryProblems: Advice for Newbies with Too Many Feelings
For some polyam newbies, big feelings can make you feel out of control. Dating experienced people can be a gift, but it could also mean that you defer to your partner’s word instead of advocating for your needs. Find out why you should never stand for someone telling you that having feelings means you’re not really polyamorous.
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#PolyamoryProblems: How To Deal With Jealousy
This month, jealousy rears its pesky head for one polyamory veteran. Find out how to normalize jealousy, decode your feelings, and reframe jealousy as a gift to point you towards exploration and growth.
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The Drop: Willow Smith Talks Polyamory with Jada and Gammy at The Red Table
The first thing I thought when I saw this episode was coming out was damn, Willow is about to put herself through some emotional labor trying to explain this aspect of her life — and my goodness do I hope it’s worth it.
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#PolyamoryProblems: How to Approach Safer Sex with Multiple Partners
Polyamory is all fun and games until you get an STI from one partner and then your other partner shames you for it. STIs aren’t fun, but they do happen. Learn how to discuss safety frameworks, talk about the risks, and actively engage with consent.
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#PolyamoryProblems: How Can I Make My Primary Partner Have More Fun?
Stop trying to make your vanilla partner more kinky!
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#PolyamoryProblems: How to Deal With a Closeted Partner
Feeling made invisible by your own partner’s choices to not come out as both queer and polyamorous is tough. This edition of #PolyamoryProblems dives into how to deal with a partner who is living in a double closet.
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#PolyamoryProblems: How Do I Stop Getting Vetoed by My Dates’ Partners?
You’ve been vetoed — that truly sucks! A veto is where each person in a relationship has the power to end the other person’s relationships — “I vote against you dating this person. Break up with them now because I said so and I’m the most important, thanks!!”
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Is Monogamy Cool Again?
Is the era of polyamory over? Are more queer people returning to monogamy? Or is it just a shift in the cultural conversation?
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#PolyamoryProblems: Opening Your Relationship 101
Welcome to the first installment of #PolyamoryProblems, a new advice column on Autostraddle. There are countless things I wish I had known before I started out, and lucky for you I’m here to tell you the things that will hopefully make your transition into polyamorous relationships much smoother.
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Things I Read That I Love #135: Too South To Be North and Too North To Be South
Topics include sex work in Rio, a polyamory conference, a men’s rights conference, Adam Levine, the two Baltimores, student debt and moar!
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#PolyamoryProblems: How Do I Know When It’s Time To Break Up?
The idea of breaking up, and/or transitioning your relationship to platonic as somehow a failure or throwing something away is one of those pesky ideas we need to unlearn.
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George A. Romero’s Daughter Is Making a Gay Zombie Movie Inspired by Real-Life Queer Party Drama
Get a first look at Queens of the Dead! Plus, Miley Cyrus shares which tattoos she regrets, and Reneé Rapp on trying out polyamory in the past.
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I’ve Been Non-Monogamous for Eight Years — These Are My Mistakes and Lessons for Happier Loving
My experience of love has been marked by learning, mistakes, and lost relationships.
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You Need Help: I Live With My Partner and Their Ex-Girlfriend and It’s Getting Hard
“I’m a lesbian in my early twenties and I have been in a relationship with my enby partner for a year and a half. We share a flat with several other (queer) people in Copenhagen, one of whom is my partner’s ex-girlfriend.”