tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30436440Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:28:53 +0000<a href="http://polyinthemedia.blogspot.com/"><img src="http://www.polyamoryonline.org/images/banner.gif"></a> <br> <b>Polyamory in the News!<br>  . . . </b><i>by Alan</i>http://polyinthemedia.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Alan)Blogger346125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30436440.post-8527920174151751030Sat, 31 Oct 2009 15:24:00 +00002009-11-02T14:47:00.470-05:00TVCNN TVFollowing its online article, CNN TV aired an interview advocating monogamy as the only true way paired with one presenting polyamory as an excellent alternative for some.The mono viewpoint was presented by a nice lady from the Wedded Bliss Foundation. The poly spokespeople were Terisa Greenan, creator of the poly web series "Family" (now winding up its first season) and one of her longtermhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PolyamoryInTheNews/~3/8oi6hSSUmFE/mono-vs-poly-debated-on-cnn-tv.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Alan)2<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PolyamoryInTheNews/~4/8oi6hSSUmFE" height="1" width="1"/>http://polyinthemedia.blogspot.com/2009/10/mono-vs-poly-debated-on-cnn-tv.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30436440.post-3150155196887528892Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:31:00 +00002009-10-31T13:30:19.343-04:00monogamyCNN onlineIt's as mass-market an outlet as you can get. CNN published an article on its website this morning about the difficulty of monogamy (despite its alleged benefits) and its apparent unnaturalness (while stressing that it can be achieved). The article describes the polyamory alternative for eight paragraphs, and manages not to screw it up.More and more, the mainstream is starting to grasp http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PolyamoryInTheNews/~3/g9UvYhTCQdE/cnn-on-monogamy-and-poly-alternative.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Alan)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PolyamoryInTheNews/~4/g9UvYhTCQdE" height="1" width="1"/>http://polyinthemedia.blogspot.com/2009/10/cnn-on-monogamy-and-poly-alternative.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30436440.post-4066380415671049279Fri, 23 Oct 2009 23:47:00 +00002009-10-24T00:19:17.414-04:00gay/biHoustonVoice.comInteresting question: How much of polyamory's appeal comes from its stated purpose — being able to share love among several people — and how much comes, instead, from the joy of breaking out of old social molds and creating a pioneering way of life?Right now, it's often hard to separate the two. But they are not the same thing.Imagine, for a moment, the freedom-seeking pioneers http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PolyamoryInTheNews/~3/7eXXb_cdqxU/will-gay-marriage-leave-relationship.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Alan)4<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PolyamoryInTheNews/~4/7eXXb_cdqxU" height="1" width="1"/>http://polyinthemedia.blogspot.com/2009/10/will-gay-marriage-leave-relationship.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30436440.post-3025404579036644541Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:52:00 +00002009-10-23T10:02:19.988-04:00CanadaThe BestPoly 101TV"16:9, The Big Picture" (Canada)"16:9 is a newsmagazine program on Global Television here in Canada," writes Heathen. "I thought this segment was not bad — pretty surface-level stuff, but not a bad presentation."I'd say we couldn't ask for better! Titled "Love Affairs," it's a report on the widening interest in polyamory — accurate, perceptive, and nearly 9 minutes long. It features lots of http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PolyamoryInTheNews/~3/2lzbKY0jS_Y/excellent-tv-report-on-widening-poly.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Alan)5<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PolyamoryInTheNews/~4/2lzbKY0jS_Y" height="1" width="1"/>http://polyinthemedia.blogspot.com/2009/10/excellent-tv-report-on-widening-poly.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30436440.post-4397319874210094755Tue, 20 Oct 2009 03:13:00 +00002009-10-21T00:20:34.765-04:00EuropePolskaOnet.plI just learned a word in Polish: wielomiłość. As the Polish news-and-culture site Onet.pl explains in a long article today, it's a synonym for poliamoria. The article presents the core concepts and describes practitioners in England and America, mostly copying material from the excellent story that appeared in Great Britain's The Independent on September 13th. The Polish article doesn't http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PolyamoryInTheNews/~3/Ss8C6mV-rBE/poly-get-noticed-in-poland.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Alan)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PolyamoryInTheNews/~4/Ss8C6mV-rBE" height="1" width="1"/>http://polyinthemedia.blogspot.com/2009/10/poly-get-noticed-in-poland.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30436440.post-14741605915000737Sat, 17 Oct 2009 16:05:00 +00002009-10-23T12:03:06.653-04:00coming outadvice columnsactivismSavage LoveDan Savage, relationship columnist, is widely syndicated in the alternative press. He's caring, disgusting, ass-a-holic, sincere, wise, and sometimes off-base, but always interesting. In a Savage Love Letter of the Day, he responds to a query from a poly couple facing a common etiquette problem.Q: National Coming Out Day [October 11] got me thinking: My husband and I have been poly forhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PolyamoryInTheNews/~3/T0pylW0-wkI/out-and-proud-or-tmi.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Alan)5<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PolyamoryInTheNews/~4/T0pylW0-wkI" height="1" width="1"/>http://polyinthemedia.blogspot.com/2009/10/out-and-proud-or-tmi.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30436440.post-7963436044289811300Wed, 14 Oct 2009 02:51:00 +00002009-10-14T10:23:53.045-04:00FrançaisTVL'Effet Papillon; Canal Plus TV (France)At last month's Loving More retreat in upstate New York, a TV crew from France was all over the place filming all weekend. They were from an international news-feature program called L'Effet Papillon, "The Butterfly Effect," on the premium cable channel Canal Plus. The show, supposedly, seeks out little-noticed stories worldwide that could come to mean big http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PolyamoryInTheNews/~3/Nw7QEag7X7k/french-tv-covers-americas-polys.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Alan)5<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PolyamoryInTheNews/~4/Nw7QEag7X7k" height="1" width="1"/>http://polyinthemedia.blogspot.com/2009/10/french-tv-covers-americas-polys.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30436440.post-8859149026320204354Mon, 12 Oct 2009 03:55:00 +00002009-11-02T16:48:16.278-05:00New YorkactivismconferencesI'm back from New York City and Polyamorous NYC's 9th annual Poly Pride Picnic & Rally in Central Park.I wasn't sure what to expect this time. Last year's Poly Pride Weekend was a record-breaker — in terms of numbers of people, numbers of events, publicity efforts, and outside attention — thanks to an influx of enthusiastic and energetic volunteers in the months beforehand. This year, however, http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PolyamoryInTheNews/~3/1B2G3g_RLk0/report-from-poly-pride-day-in-new-york.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Alan)6<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PolyamoryInTheNews/~4/1B2G3g_RLk0" height="1" width="1"/>http://polyinthemedia.blogspot.com/2009/10/report-from-poly-pride-day-in-new-york.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30436440.post-2475559860971902519Thu, 01 Oct 2009 22:38:00 +00002009-10-25T15:30:49.034-04:00kidsEuropeTVEspañolTV-3 EntreLínies (Spain)Remember the TV coverage of Juliette Siegfried and her partners Laurel and Roland, near Barcelona, when Laurel was pregnant? The three invited the TV program to come back and check on them after the kid was born. Well, the TV people did, and have aired their report (11 minutes, in Spanish and Catalan). There are now four in the family, and they're all adorable.If someone http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PolyamoryInTheNews/~3/bsiKqY-2hUU/tv-update-on-triad-and-their-baby.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Alan)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PolyamoryInTheNews/~4/bsiKqY-2hUU" height="1" width="1"/>http://polyinthemedia.blogspot.com/2009/10/tv-update-on-triad-and-their-baby.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30436440.post-6684760164234387308Wed, 30 Sep 2009 11:56:00 +00002009-10-25T12:11:36.108-04:00CanadapolygamylegalXtraAs we reported last January, a Canadian prosecutor brought charges against leaders of a Mormon polygamous cult that would have tested, for the first time in memory, Canada's ancient anti-polygamy and anti-polyamory law. The law mandates up to five years in jail for people who merely live as if they are plurally married, whether or not they have held a marriage-like ceremony. The penalty is http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PolyamoryInTheNews/~3/-37zyExGwPo/crucial-polygamy-case-thrown-out-in.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Alan)5<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PolyamoryInTheNews/~4/-37zyExGwPo" height="1" width="1"/>http://polyinthemedia.blogspot.com/2009/09/crucial-polygamy-case-thrown-out-in.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30436440.post-4822023523667723908Tue, 29 Sep 2009 16:50:00 +00002009-10-07T11:02:36.911-04:00Britney SpearscelebritiesBillboardIf MTV hit a solid double on the poly ballfield, Britney Spears should be kept back in the minors. My kids detested her while they were growing up: "fake, screwed-up bubble head." She's still singing and is out just today with a new single titled "3", which Billboard says is "about the pleasures of polyamory":Britney Spears is making the most of her sex symbol status, again. This morninghttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PolyamoryInTheNews/~3/TUUHEhtQsr0/and-now-britney-spears.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Alan)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PolyamoryInTheNews/~4/TUUHEhtQsr0" height="1" width="1"/>http://polyinthemedia.blogspot.com/2009/09/and-now-britney-spears.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30436440.post-8719121379842217594Sun, 27 Sep 2009 17:11:00 +00002009-09-27T14:13:18.276-04:00TVNBCOn her Practical Polyamory blog, my friend Anita Wagner posts about a little twist that's been introduced into NBC's sitcom "Parks and Recreation" this season:Primetime Polyamory on NBC's "Parks and Recreation"And so the mainstreaming of polyamory continues. According to a review in today's LA Times [Sept. 17, 2009], last night's season premiere of Saturday Night Live alum Amy Poehler's NBC http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PolyamoryInTheNews/~3/t3aIEW1CtM8/poly-inches-into-primetime.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Alan)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PolyamoryInTheNews/~4/t3aIEW1CtM8" height="1" width="1"/>http://polyinthemedia.blogspot.com/2009/09/poly-inches-into-primetime.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30436440.post-595259235131573709Fri, 25 Sep 2009 10:01:00 +00002009-09-25T19:14:57.633-04:00Jenny BlockABC's NightlineYou gotta admire her pluck.Jenny Block, author of Open: Love, Sex and Life in an Open Marriage (see my review) will march into the most hostile situations to speak up for honesty in open relationships and the possibilities of poly in marriage. She went on Fox News during Fox's mini-jihad against triad relationships last May. And last night, as broadcast by ABC's Nightline, she wenthttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PolyamoryInTheNews/~3/cDBfrQKlTUc/jenny-in-lions-den.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Alan)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PolyamoryInTheNews/~4/cDBfrQKlTUc" height="1" width="1"/>http://polyinthemedia.blogspot.com/2009/09/jenny-in-lions-den.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30436440.post-5363551705641111092Mon, 21 Sep 2009 18:52:00 +00002009-09-30T14:59:49.791-04:00advice columnsDear Abby; Ask AmyAmong newspaper advice columnists, Dear Margo now gets it about polyamory, but this morning Dear Abby and Ask Amy both indicate they have some learning to do.DEAR ABBY: My 22-year-old son is involved with a 22-year-old married girl. He has moved in with her, her husband and their 4-year-old son. He says he's happy with the arrangement.I have tried to accept this even though I http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PolyamoryInTheNews/~3/kYbI6_s_B7A/more-unhelpful-advice-columnists.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Alan)3<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PolyamoryInTheNews/~4/kYbI6_s_B7A" height="1" width="1"/>http://polyinthemedia.blogspot.com/2009/09/more-unhelpful-advice-columnists.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30436440.post-1364368110388095125Tue, 15 Sep 2009 04:40:00 +00002009-10-05T13:23:43.061-04:00New Yorkgay/biTrue LifeThe Next GenerationTVMTVMTV's "True Life"MTV just aired its much-anticipated "True Life" documentary titled "I'm Polyamorous," which has been in the works since last spring. The 1-hour show (which will be rebroadcast several times in the coming days) is told through the voices of two groups of young polyfolks putting their lives and thoughts on camera.The show alternates between the two groups' stories. One is told by http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PolyamoryInTheNews/~3/gS4RBye2_1c/mtv-poly-documentary.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Alan)7<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PolyamoryInTheNews/~4/gS4RBye2_1c" height="1" width="1"/>http://polyinthemedia.blogspot.com/2009/09/mtv-poly-documentary.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30436440.post-2614872398170652905Mon, 14 Sep 2009 10:41:00 +00002009-10-01T13:53:27.929-04:00U.K.The BestThe Independent on Sunday (England)So I just got back from the Loving More retreat in upstate New York. There I told the crowd, "In the last several years there's been increasing attention to polyamory in the mainstream media — and increasingly, they're getting it right. To the point that it's really unusual now for them to screw up the basic concepts."And then as soon as I got home, a major new http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PolyamoryInTheNews/~3/FYKmU7ECwWQ/meet-polyamorists-another-first-rate.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Alan)2<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PolyamoryInTheNews/~4/FYKmU7ECwWQ" height="1" width="1"/>http://polyinthemedia.blogspot.com/2009/09/meet-polyamorists-another-first-rate.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30436440.post-1228528911919235468Wed, 09 Sep 2009 19:17:00 +00002009-10-01T14:42:48.417-04:00The Next GenerationTVMTV's "True Life"Next Monday, September 14th, MTV will finally air its months-in-the-making, hour-long documentary on twenty-something polys. Many people worked hard to pull this off, and we have high hopes. The title is "True Life: I'm Polyamorous."It will air at 10 p.m. and again at midnight Eastern time; also 10 a.m. EDT Tuesday morning, 2 a.m. EDT Tuesday night/Wednesday morning, 8 p.m. EDT http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PolyamoryInTheNews/~3/h9qoFLEpVeQ/tng-poly-documentary-coming-to-mtv.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Alan)4<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PolyamoryInTheNews/~4/h9qoFLEpVeQ" height="1" width="1"/>http://polyinthemedia.blogspot.com/2009/09/tng-poly-documentary-coming-to-mtv.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30436440.post-8571689694840045091Sat, 05 Sep 2009 05:35:00 +00002009-09-11T09:51:02.850-04:00radioAustralia/NZRadio New ZealandOn September 5th, Radio New Zealand broadcast a 32-minute interview with Gary Taylor, a Florida State English professor and world-renowned expert on Shakespeare and Middleton, who has chosen to come out as poly. He discusses his triad, their literal coming-out party to colleagues and friends, and his otherwise conservative sexual history. He's articulate and persuasive in http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PolyamoryInTheNews/~3/DPXeN5bzhZQ/radio-interview-on-poly-by-gary-taylor.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Alan)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PolyamoryInTheNews/~4/DPXeN5bzhZQ" height="1" width="1"/>http://polyinthemedia.blogspot.com/2009/09/radio-interview-on-poly-by-gary-taylor.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30436440.post-3516650791829678834Thu, 27 Aug 2009 16:23:00 +00002009-08-27T16:59:32.863-04:00jealousyCreative Loafing (Tampa)Creative Loafing is a chain of alternative newspapers mostly in the South. (Their slogan: "Shelter from the mainstream," with a fallout-shelter symbol.) On the website of the Tampa Bay paper, columnist Camile has put up another how-we-do-poly article. It addresses a basic question that always gets asked.Yes, jealousy occurs in poly relationships. We’re no more excluded http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PolyamoryInTheNews/~3/KrRNbyTKQrk/yes-we-get-jealous.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Alan)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PolyamoryInTheNews/~4/KrRNbyTKQrk" height="1" width="1"/>http://polyinthemedia.blogspot.com/2009/08/yes-we-get-jealous.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30436440.post-5777847031116198350Mon, 17 Aug 2009 03:48:00 +00002009-08-24T10:52:58.944-04:00advice columnsDear MargoA leading advice columnist handles a poly reader's query — about a triad looking for a fourth — seriously and matter-of-factly: When Three Is Not a CrowdDear Margo: I've been in a long-term polyamorous MFM triad with two really wonderful guys for the last four years, one of whom I've been seeing for almost seven. We have a lower-than-average drama quotient than even most dyadic (two person http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PolyamoryInTheNews/~3/g6MbSB22VII/mainstreaming-in-dear-margo.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Alan)6<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PolyamoryInTheNews/~4/g6MbSB22VII" height="1" width="1"/>http://polyinthemedia.blogspot.com/2009/08/mainstreaming-in-dear-margo.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30436440.post-5352514192523731644Sun, 16 Aug 2009 03:47:00 +00002009-09-10T13:15:07.362-04:00Latin AmericaEspañolRevista Semana (Colombia)El Ciudadano (Chile)Radio Tandil (Argentina)El ArgentinoEl País (Uruguay)How well does the poly movement, built and shaped mostly in the U.S., carry over into different cultures?The idea is certainly enticing — and as we know too well, it practically begs for misperception and misuse to rationalize bad behavior among people who don't get it.So, could it turn into another http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PolyamoryInTheNews/~3/HIvoAiBegKY/spreading-poly-awareness-in-latin.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Alan)2<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PolyamoryInTheNews/~4/HIvoAiBegKY" height="1" width="1"/>http://polyinthemedia.blogspot.com/2009/08/spreading-poly-awareness-in-latin.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30436440.post-3602928779812563947Thu, 13 Aug 2009 02:39:00 +00002009-08-18T08:12:15.203-04:00advice columnsJewishJewish Daily ForwardNew York's venerable Jewish Daily Forward (now weekly in its print edition) has an advice columnist who, like many, seems to be coming around:Help! My Daughter Is Seeking an 'Open' MarriageBy Lenore SkenazyDear Bintel Brief: In 1995 one of my six daughters married for the first time. We thought she was truly getting married, and I liked her young man. For maybe a dozen years http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PolyamoryInTheNews/~3/O8EjPOTBruk/i-write-to-you-not-with-ink-but-with.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Alan)3<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PolyamoryInTheNews/~4/O8EjPOTBruk" height="1" width="1"/>http://polyinthemedia.blogspot.com/2009/08/i-write-to-you-not-with-ink-but-with.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30436440.post-348412205043479028Tue, 11 Aug 2009 02:51:00 +00002009-08-24T10:58:45.015-04:00critics of polyThe Christian Post, and elsewhereThe July 29th Newsweek online article about the growth of poly continues to spawn good things. Into this category I put a critical piece that appeared this morning in, among other places, The Christian Post, a large online magazine spanning many conservative denominations. The article is by R. Albert Mohler, president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PolyamoryInTheNews/~3/_62Md_8xU7c/revelation-for-christians.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Alan)6<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PolyamoryInTheNews/~4/_62Md_8xU7c" height="1" width="1"/>http://polyinthemedia.blogspot.com/2009/08/revelation-for-christians.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30436440.post-5057698819242932935Mon, 10 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +00002009-08-11T10:55:02.028-04:00Loving MoreactivismhistoryThe modern polyamory movement has had one publication all its own since the mists of history back in 1991. Before the internet took over, Loving More magazine was the central means of communicating, organizing, and spreading the word. But since 2003 turnovers in its ownership and management, as well as the great shift to online communications, left it in financial straits and with only http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PolyamoryInTheNews/~3/hxr7qBgGHOE/loving-more-magazine-now-online.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Alan)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PolyamoryInTheNews/~4/hxr7qBgGHOE" height="1" width="1"/>http://polyinthemedia.blogspot.com/2009/08/loving-more-magazine-now-online.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30436440.post-2600110487270629262Fri, 31 Jul 2009 16:45:00 +00002009-08-15T10:29:31.993-04:00kidsJenny Blockopen marriageAOL HealthThe Newsweek online article two days ago — the one that billed polyamory on the magazine's home page as "America's Next Romantic Revolution" — continues to set things in motion. Buckets of commentaries are happening all over the place. The right-wing blogosphere is up in arms against Newsweek for printing the story, not to mention us for existing. Momlogic was moved to repost its http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PolyamoryInTheNews/~3/buCRsVPA1Mc/jenny-block-on-aol.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Alan)6<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PolyamoryInTheNews/~4/buCRsVPA1Mc" height="1" width="1"/>http://polyinthemedia.blogspot.com/2009/07/jenny-block-on-aol.html