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Podcast Season 4 Episode 9: Polyamory in Fiction
In this week's podcast episode, Laura and her friend Abbie K. (Tiktok's @Polyanarchy) talk about a variety of fiction they've read that...
Laura Boyle
Jan 28, 20221 min read
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Podcast Season 4 Episode 8: Polyamorous Cohabitation
"Once or twice a year hotels are an adventure... more than that it just becomes an expense" Laura and her friend Corwin met because they...
Laura Boyle
Jan 21, 20221 min read
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How Useful Are Labels?
Do you find labels for your interaction with your polycule helpful, or limiting? I know some folks find it much easier to have...
Laura Boyle
Jan 19, 20222 min read
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What is Cheating?
If you've been here long, you know that this site is a strong believer in each relationship and each person determining what cheating is...
Laura Boyle
Jan 17, 20223 min read
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Poster Child Polyamory
...and why it's a problem. Do you ever feel like certain kinds of relationships are more visible, more accepted, or "easier to...
Laura Boyle
Jan 11, 20223 min read
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Iron Widow - Book Review
While sitting in quarantine this holiday break (I'm the only adult at home without Covid so far - thanks for asking - everyone else is...
Laura Boyle
Jan 3, 20224 min read
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Happy Nuance Days!
For me, as a polyamorous person, the holidays are a peak time of awareness that nothing is black and white in relationships and nuance...
Laura Boyle
Dec 14, 20213 min read
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Emotional Ergonomics: Boundaries and Self-Compassion
Boundaries have, in some ways, become a buzzword. People use "boundary" to describe personal boundaries, relationship agreements, rules,...
Laura Boyle
Dec 8, 20217 min read
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Book Review: I Am My Beloveds
When I was asked if I’d consider reading and reviewing Jonathan Papernick’s upcoming novel I Am My Beloveds, it seemed like a great fit...
Laura Boyle
Dec 6, 20219 min read
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Podcast Season 4 Episode 7: Unicorn Hunters
"There's a great series on TikTok by Claire of PolyPages comparing unicorn hunter bios to tech startup ads and I think that says a lot."...
Laura Boyle
Dec 1, 20211 min read
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Breaking Up Is Hard To Do
One of the things that people often cite as something they love about polyamory is the freedom from monogamous scripts about...
Laura Boyle
Nov 30, 20215 min read
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Podcast Season 4 Episode 6: Kitchen Table and Parallel Polyam Redux
Assuming that, broadly speaking, polyamory is what you want out of a consensually non-monogamous relationship - that you want multiple,...
Laura Boyle
Nov 25, 20212 min read
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November 23 is Polyamory Day
...At least in Canada, and by sporadic adoption some other places. The British Columbia Supreme Court ruled that modern polyamory doesn't...
Laura Boyle
Nov 22, 20211 min read
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Polyamory in Fiction
Now, if you've been a reader of the blog or listener of the podcast in longstanding, you'll know by now that I am a big reader and tv...
Laura Boyle
Nov 18, 20213 min read
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Podcast Season 4 Episode 5: Couple's Privilege
In this episode, Laura examines the cultural reality of couple's privilege - the ways in which pair-bonding is encouraged and rewarded in...
Laura Boyle
Nov 17, 20211 min read
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Podcast Season 4, Episode 4: Religion and Polyamory pt 2
In this examination of various ways religion and spirituality may impact people's practice of polyamory, Laura discusses the topic with...
Laura Boyle
Nov 10, 20211 min read
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Privacy and Honesty
Non-monogamous people are not a more evolved form of relationship-haver than monogamous folks, as a rule - we make many of the same...
Laura Boyle
Nov 9, 20214 min read
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Polyamory at the Holidays
Oh, there’s no place like home for the polydays… That’s not quite how the carol goes, but it’s that time of year when people start asking...
Laura Boyle
Nov 3, 20219 min read
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Podcast Season 4 Episode 3: Religion and Polyamory Part 1
The Ready for Polyamory Podcast is back, with an interview series on religion, spirituality & polyamorous relationships! Listen here, or...
Laura Boyle
Oct 29, 20212 min read
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Religion & Polyamory
We’ve talked before about how our essentially mono-normative culture gives all of us certain social cues and expectations that folks...
Laura Boyle
Oct 27, 20215 min read
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