April 2012
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#Faces of Polyamory
From the ModernPoly tumblr feed:
#FacesOfPolyamory
We want to create a world where everyone can be open about their relationship choices - without worrying about losing jobs and losing children. We want to show the world that polyamorous people are normal, stable, healthy, friendly, contributing members of society. And we’re cute too!
After presenting this idea at a poly potluck last night,...
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They're ALL my favorites...or, why I suck at...
Saw this post on one of my poly FB groups and simply HAD to share it.
Perfect illustration of non-hierarchical poly.
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And now for something completely different!
This here video is me, performing at the 2012 Emerald City Comic Con in the karaoke contest. I didn’t do too badly, considering I was scared out of my gourd to be singing in front of so many people! The largest audience I’d ever sung in front of before is about 50. This room was the same room the con put George Takei into for his panel. I would guess there were at least 2,000 people in...
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On expectations, and hierarchy
Seen on Facebook, and I couldn’t agree more:
A sane, healthy, complete person does not ‘need’ anyone to do anything for them. They are able to feed, protect, shelter, care for and love themselves by themselves.
Someone that seeks a relationship to ‘fill a need’ tries to find outside themselves something to fix themselves.
A relationship should be somewhat of a...
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Consent...it's not just for men.
This blog post about consent is powerful, and has me examining myself very deeply. I think I might be guilty of at least one of these habits. If not, I’m a little too close for my comfort.
I’m definitely guilty of not being clear about my “no”…doing something I’m not enthusiastic about, either to please someone or to avoid conflict. I’m aware of THAT...
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“Rules” vs. “Boundaries”
This topic came up in a thread on a poly Facebook group that I’m a member of. I started to respond, and realized pretty quickly that my thoughts on the subject weren’t exactly organized. Apparently I’ve got some strong feelings about this topic, but I haven’t laid them out in an orderly fashion…until now. So prepare for some rambling as I work my way through the tangled landscape that is my...
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Tolerance, respect, understanding...what it all... →
This blog post, and the others linked to at the end of it, brought me to tears. This is exactly the philosophy I try to live daily, and the hateful, bullying Christian is the mother I grew up with. It somehow makes it worse that she comes from a place of love with her bullying…but this message of never being simply loved unconditionally resonates so very deeply with me.
Why is it so hard...
