Exploring polyamory and other forms of ethical nonmonogamy
Dating has a bad rap. It’s all over my Facebook feed. Clickbait for those who have yet to find their one true love. I’m sure because of the nature of my research Google goes out of its way to ensure I see everything anyone with an internet connection has to say about dating these days.… Continue reading Is Dating Really As Bad As People Say?
There are some really great advantages to ethical non-monogamy. For me, what it comes down to is having a wonderful man who knows me eerily well and satisfies me continuously in the bedroom while simultaneously being able to have random fun adventures with strangers. Last week I was driving back from visiting my lovely family… Continue reading Have Your Cake and Eat It, Too
I recently gave a presentation for Utah Sex Positive Education about how to get what you want in your relationships. One of the most important points was communication is essential from the onset of a relationship because people are dating for different reasons. For a long time, the end game was always marriage and a… Continue reading Use Your Words
The blog post today is this sexy picture my partner captured a few weeks ago because I had a busy day of podcasting and prepping for presenting Speak Up on Wednesday for Utah Sex Positive Education. So many exciting things happening!!
I have loved wearing sexy underthings since my purity ring was still firmly on my ring finger. My first boyfriend who knew I was a virgin was shocked when he first laid eyes on a pair of lacy pink panties. A good girl like me hiding sexy garments beneath my hippy skirts, who could imagine… Continue reading A Few Thoughts Concerning Lingerie
Spoilers!!! This post contains spoilers for the popular fantasy series Wheel of Time. Stories are important because the values of a culture are deeply interwoven into the characters and plot twists. No one sits a five-year-old down and tells them monogamy is the socially acceptable way to love when they grow up. However, young children… Continue reading Fantastic Tales of Polyamory
My upcoming book Catch and Release: How I Used Science to Hack My Love Life delves into the science of love. Researching and writing on this topic was alarmingly insightful, and I enjoyed it thoroughly. My book is on its way to being published, and I find myself missing the research as I fight my… Continue reading Variation in Human Sexuality
While at RelateCon, I listened to a couple presentations by Cunning Minx and Lusty Guy, co-hosts of the podcast Polyamory Weekly. There were many useful nuggets of information and one of my favorites was writing a user manual for yourself which can be embedded in a dating profile. Ideally, it will allow potential suitors to… Continue reading Dating Profile User Manual
I had such a wonderful time at RelateCon. Here are the notes for my presentation on solo poly. Please contact me if you have any comments or questions. Thanks! My very first boyfriend and I had an open relationship, much to the disapproval of my religious friends, which was all of them. Even though I… Continue reading RelateCon 2017: Solo Poly- The Nights You Spend Alone
I had such an amazing time at RelateCon! Events like this are crucial to the poly community, and I'm so appreciate to everyone who helped make it happen. Also, I am thrilled to have had the opportunity to speak. Attached are the slides from my presentation. Click Here for Presentation Slides
A Polyamorous Love Story 