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LATEST ARTICLES ( 97 )

• Radical Relationships and the Evolution of Identity

  

  Three years ago I set out on a journey to explore my identity- I wanted to know who I was and what was going to work for me in relationships. Read more

  Posted on 26 August 2015 DATING, EROTICA, LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY

• Coupling, and Its Inescapable Privilege

  

  A lot has been said, in Poly literature, about something called Couple Privilege, and about something called Hierarchy. The two are commonly perceived to be a... Read more

  Posted on 28 June 2015 DATING, EROTICA, LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY

• Born This Way: Polysingleish Interviews Rachel Lark!

  

  Sassy songstress Rachel Lark, formerly of Psychedelic-Rock Band Antioquia, is the rising star of the sex-positive comedy scene in North America. Read more

  Posted on 04 May 2015 DATING, EROTICA, LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY

• Navigating Non Escalator Relationships

  

  aka “So, you’re in a non-escalator relationship- what now?” (dedicated to ‘Alexander’)The most common script that we follow in relationships is that of the... Read more

  Posted on 28 April 2015 DATING, EROTICA, LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY

• Self Intimacy, Sex-Positivity, Shame, and the Resilient Edge of Resistence

  

  "Boundaries are an essential part of life. They delineate and maintain needed borders and separations, making differentiation possible at every level. Boundarie... Read more

  Posted on 07 April 2015 DATING, EROTICA, LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY

• Compassion, Communication, and Community in Consent Culture

  

  “I think part of the reason we have trouble drawing the line “it’s not okay to force someone into sexual activity” is that in many ways, forcing people to do... Read more

  Posted on 26 February 2015 DATING, EROTICA, LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY

• The Perfect Poly Person

  

  is in all of us who start exploring polyamory.Polyamorous ‘perfection’?It’s this future ideal, inspired by the scripts presented to us about polyamory (many of... Read more

  Posted on 09 February 2015 DATING, EROTICA, LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY

• For the One-Night Lovers

  

  This is for the one night lovers. For the chocolate covered fingers tasted under the stars. For the flirtatious eyes and dances amidst the trees. For the dusty... Read more

  Posted on 22 December 2014 DATING, EROTICA, LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY

• Lessons to Our Younger Selves- Polysingleish Interviews Louisa Leontiades

  

  A freelance writer originally from the UK, Louisa lives in an open relationship with her partners and two children in Sweden. She writes full-time on her blog,... Read more

  Posted on 13 December 2014 DATING, EROTICA, LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY

• Conscious Connecting

  

  “Emotional mastery does not mean that you need to be in a state of absolute peace, equanimity, joy and bliss all the time. Rather emotional mastery is the... Read more

  Posted on 09 October 2014 DATING, EROTICA, LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY

• Why I’m No Longer on the Original Facebook Solo Poly Discussion Group (but I Am...

  Mariposa:This fantastic post from Aggie at Solo Poly explains whats happened with the group we co-moderated for the last year and a half. Read more

  Posted on 30 September 2014 DATING, EROTICA, LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY

• In Limbo Lies the Love Languishing

  

  “The ultimate state of love is freedom, absolute freedom, and any relationship that destroys freedom is not worthwhile. Love is a sacred art. To be in love is t... Read more

  Posted on 22 August 2014 DATING, EROTICA, LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY

• Gratitude and Growth

  

  Just over two years ago, on a drunken stumble through the streets of East Vancouver with an ex, I was confronted with a question I didn’t know how to answer, an... Read more

  Posted on 20 July 2014 DATING, EROTICA, LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY

• Expanding and Exploring

  

  “You have permission to ask for what you want.”Do you really know how to play?These words of relationship advice, from Marcia Baczynski, shifted my perspective... Read more

  Posted on 16 June 2014 DATING, EROTICA, LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY

• Lessons from Loneliness

  

  “Loneliness is the human condition. Cultivate it. The way it tunnels into you allows your soul room to grow. Never expect to outgrow loneliness. Never hope to... Read more

  Posted on 06 June 2014 DATING, EROTICA, LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY

• Power Play and Passion: Consent in the Kink Community

  This isn’t about polyamory, but rather about a topic that is very dear and important to me: building Consent Culture.There’s something severely broken in the wa... Read more

  Posted on 24 May 2014 DATING, EROTICA, LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY

• Depth and Desire

  

  Two years ago, on the morning after my birthday, I woke up in a downtown Vancouver apartment, with a life changing epiphany.I lay naked in bed, gazing at the ma... Read more

  Posted on 16 April 2014 DATING, EROTICA, LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY

• Aspiring Towards Authenticity: Crusading for Consent

  

  “A consent culture is one in which the prevailing narrative of sex–in fact, of human interaction–is centered around mutual consent. Read more

  Posted on 19 March 2014 DATING, EROTICA, LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY

• Endings and Evolutions

  

  Almost all the the literature on healthy relationships is about how to stay together. Which, if you’re looking at it from a Relationship Escalator perspective,... Read more

  Posted on 18 February 2014 DATING, LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS

• Pondering “Partnership”

  

  The idea of ‘partnership’ is something that has been very much on my mind lately.This week I finally (finally- two and a half years later!) completed my divorce... Read more

  Posted on 10 February 2014 DATING, EROTICA, LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUALITY