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Laura Boyle
Jan 11, 20223 min
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 3, 20224 min
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
Dec 14, 20213 min
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 8, 20217 min
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 6, 20219 min
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 1, 20211 min
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
Nov 30, 20215 min
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 25, 20212 min
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 22, 20211 min
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 18, 20213 min
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 17, 20211 min
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 10, 20211 min
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 9, 20214 min
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 3, 20219 min
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
Oct 29, 20212 min
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 27, 20215 min
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 20, 20215 min
Love Isn't a Stone
In “The Lathe of Heaven,” Ursula LeGuin said “Love doesn't just sit there, like a stone, it has to be made, like bread; remade all the...
Laura Boyle
Oct 18, 20213 min
Can You Hear It Sing?
There are parts of polyamorous literature, and polyamorous “popular culture” that seem to prioritize pain and struggling forward through...
Laura Boyle
Oct 13, 20213 min
Polyamorous Rom-Coms We'd Love To See
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that once you’ve been polyamorous a while, traditional rom-com plots start to look a little more...
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