Did you miss this Global Live Event on the topic of Decoupling in Polyamory? Poly Pages is now offering a digital download of the event recording and resource sheet [original attendees receive for free].
De-coupling is the transition from a partnership - usually romantic/intimate - to another dynamic. In polyamorous relationships, break-ups often include a period of transition; from lovers to friends, from metamours to acquittances, or even to strangers.
In this live event - three polyamorous sexuality and relationship educators joined a global conversation about how to navigate de-coupling in healthy, productive and supported ways. Facilitated by Claire Louise Travers on behalf of Poly Pages - an academic non-monogamous platform - this event was a facilitated discussion around the causes of polyamorous breakups, the unique challenges de-coupling presents for polyam folx, and some skills and scripts for individuals and communities to make decoupling easier/less harmful.
About the panelists:
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This event originally ran on the 9th Jan 2021. The event was automatically closed captioned, but unfortunately these captions were only 75% correct and so this recording is not accessible to the Hard of Hearing community.
Did you miss this Global Live Event on the topic of White Supremacy in Polyamory? Poly Pages is now offering a digital download of the event recording.
White Supremacy is everywhere - polyamorous people and communities are not immune. Academic research excludes and erases the non-monogamous experiences of Black, Indigenous and People of Colour (BIPOC), play parties privilege and protect white experiences at the expense of BIPOC bodies, and media representations of consensual non-monogamy often centre exclusively white relationships. The work deconstructing systemic structures of white supremacy must begin with critical discussion about the ways these structures shape our relationships with others and with ourselves.
In this live event - join three BIPOC polyamorous writers, educators and community organisers - Dr Justin Clardy, Michelle Hy and Marjani Lane - in a global conversation about white supremacy in polyamory. ated Facilitby All of El on behalf of Poly Pages - an academic non-monogamous platform.
About the Facilitator:
El is a Trans, Non-Binary, Brown creative, documenting the journeys and identities of himself and others through video and written word. They provide education and insight on various stigmatized topics through humor and non-academic language, while encouraging shameless dialogue. He is also Polyamorous, Bi, an art teacher, and a daddy to both his partner and hedgehog. To tip them via Venmo: @AllofEl and Cash App: $AllofEl
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You are purchasing a digital download to a recording of this event. On purchasing this item you will receive an automated email confirming purchase, and then a secondary email granting access to a digital mp4 video of the event.
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To cite this discussion an MLA citation is below:
Clardy, Justin; Hy, Michelle, Lane, Marjani. "Global Juneteenth Event: White Supremacy in Polyamory" Poly Pages. Online, 19 Jun. 2021. Panel.
This event originally ran on the 19th June 2021. The original attendees can receive this product for free using the coupon code provided.
Did you miss this Global Live Event on the topic: Polyamory in Academia? Poly Pages is now offering a digital download of the 90 minute event.
Polyamory has been a niche subject of academic interest, and it is now on the brink of explosion. Multi-partner mating strategies, models of practical ethics, anthropological critiques of monogamy. The preparation of research takes a lot of time and effort, including designing calls for participation, conducting data collection, and applying critical theory to findings. Despite the growing interest in polyamory, data can over/under represent a group or race, findings have their limitations, and too often study of non-monogamy finds itself limited to few academic institutions and at the back of a larger conference.
In this unique live event - Poly Pages brought together three academics of non-monogamy - Dr Kim TallBear, Dr Eli Sheff, and Dr Justin Mogilski, in a global conversation facilitated discussion about polyamory in academia, including:
About the panelists:
Dr Justin Mogiliski (he/him): Justin Mogilski is an assistant professor of psychology at the University of South Carolina Salkehatchie. His research investigates how evolutionary processes have influenced how people initiate, maintain, and dissolve their intimate relationships. He presently leads an international team of sexuality and relationship scientists studying the strategies that people use to maintain multi-partner relationships.
Dr Eli Sheff (she/her): Dr. Elisabeth Sheff is a researcher, author and educational consultant, with a PhD in Sociology and certification as a Sexuality Educator from AASECT. She has authored The Polyamorists Next Door (2014), Stories from the Polycule (2015),and Someone You Love is Polyamorous (2016). Dr. Eli is an expert on polyamorous families with children - her 25+ year Polyamorous Family Study is the only longitudinal study of poly families with children to date and her most recent book Children in Polyamorous Families (2020) is a short summary of her findings on children to date. Dr Eli lectures at the University of Tennessee in Chattanooga, and has co-developed The Bonding Project.
Dr Kim TallBear:
(Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate) (she/her) is Professor and Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Peoples, Technoscience, and Society, Faculty of Native Studies, University of Alberta. She is the author of Native American DNA: Tribal Belonging and the False Promise of Genetic Science. In addition to studying genome science disruptions to Indigenous self-definitions, Dr. TallBear studies colonial disruptions to Indigenous sexual relations. Dr TallBear is the author of The Critical Polyamorist out indigenous, racial, and cultural politics related to open non-monogamy. She is a regular panelist on the weekly podcast, Media Indigena. You can follow her research group at https://indigenoussts.com/. She tweets @KimTallBear.
About the Facilitator:
Claire Louise Travers (she/her): Claire is a professional researcher and writer, and the host of the Poly Pages podcast - reading the texts which have shaped polyamorous community and culture. She writes for essays on non-monogamy for Medium.com. Claire is a queer, solo-polyamorous, femme dedicated to the discourse around polyamory; and in her day-job she is a humanitarian aid consultant specialising in researching market-aligned responses and evaluation of market-based programmes.
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You are purchasing a digital download to a recording of this event. On purchasing this item you will receive an automated email confirming purchase, and then a secondary email granting access to a digital mp4 video of the event.
There is a download restriction per purchase.
Please do not disseminate, replicate or alter the items downloaded.
These items are large in size, and Poly Pages recommends downloading to the cloud, using a firewall. Poly Pages declines any responsibility for malware/viruses you may experience after purchasing.
If you have any queries about your purchase please contact polypages@gmail.com.
To cite this discussion an MLA citation is below:
Mogilski, Justin; Sheff, Eli; TallBear, Kim. "Polyamory in Academia 2021" Poly Pages. Online, 14 Aug. 2021. Panel.
This event originally ran on the 14th August 2021. The original attendees can receive this product for free using the coupon code provided.
Did you miss this Global Live Event on the topic: Polyamory in Publishing? Poly Pages is now offering a digital download of the 90 minute event.
Join this Global Live Event hosted by Poly Pages on the topic of Polyamory in Publishing, Join our host Krista Varela Posell as she sits down with three polyamorous writers, authors and publishers - Mariana Ellery, Rachel Krantz, and Eve Rickert. This recording is 90mins.
Why is everyone in literature either monogamous or a cheater? With up to 20% of adults now engaging in a non-monogamous dynamic at some point in their life, and many dynamic relationship models available to authors - why is it so hard to find accurate portrayals of polyamory and non-monogamy within the stories that we read? Why is infidelity the more common representation of non-monogamy and what are some of the obstacles that writers face in trying to publish stigmatized stories about polyamory?
In this one-off live event, we discuss why polyamorous representation is important, why it’s missing, and how we as readers and writers can shape the demand for diversity in literature. Join M. Ellery, Rachel Krantz, and Eve Rickert in this global panel discussion, facilitated by Krista Posell. This event is coordinated by Poly Pages - an academic non-monogamous platform.
About the panelists:
Eve Rickert (she/her), author of More than Two, and owner of Thorntree Press. By night, Eve Rickert is the publisher at Thorntree Press, an indie press specializing in smart, forward-thinking books on sexuality and relationships, and the principal at Talk Science to Me, a publications consulting firm. By day, she runs the book program for a large Canadian museum.
Mariana Ellery (she/her), author of the children’s book with polyamorous parents represented A Color Named Love. She wants to be a non-monogamous mother in a world that shows kids all over the endless possibilities of love and allows them the freedom of choice. When talking with friends who are parents and also non-monogamous, she realized there weren't any children's books that portrayed a family similar to theirs. That's why she decided to bring to the world a story that not only her future kids would relate to, but many other kids and parents around the world. She successfully self-published the book in 2021, using a kickstarter platform.
Rachel Krantz, author of the forthcoming memoir Open: an uncensored memoir of love, liberation and non-monogamy, published by Penguin Random House (2022). Rachel is also a journalist and one of the founding editors of Bustle, where she served as senior features editor for three years. Her work has been featured on NPR, The Guardian, Vox, Vice, and many other outlets. She’s the recipient of the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award, the Investigative Reporters and Editors Radio Award, the Edward R. Murrow Award, and the Peabody Award for her work as an investigative reporter with YR Media. You can follow her on twitter and Instagram @rachelkrantz.
About the Facilitator:
Krista Varela Posell (she/they): is a lover of stories who lives in San Francisco. She writes about polyamory, queerness, and identity, and hopes to one day publish a memoir about her experience opening her marriage with her high school sweetheart. She is a co-creator of the community blog Poly in Place. You can find her work on Medium and elsewhere.
Terms and Conditions:
You are purchasing a digital download to a recording of this event. On purchasing this item you will receive an automated email confirming purchase, and then a secondary email granting access to a digital mp4 video of the event.
There is a download restriction per purchase.
Please do not disseminate, replicate or alter the items downloaded.
These items are large in size, and Poly Pages recommends downloading to the cloud, using a firewall. Poly Pages declines any responsibility for malware/viruses you may experience after purchasing.
If you have any queries about your purchase please contact events@polypages.org.
To cite this discussion an MLA citation is below:
Ellery, Mariana; Krantz, Rachel; Ricket, Eve. "Polyamory in Publishing 2021" Poly Pages. Online, 25 Sept. 2021. Panel.
This event originally ran on the 26th September 2021. The original attendees can receive this product for free using the coupon code provided.
Did you miss this Global Live Event on the topic: Long Distance Relationships in Polyamory? Poly Pages is now offering a digital download of the 90 minute event.
Long distance relationships give us challenges, benefits and opportunities that traditional geographically close relationships may not. At distance, individuals learn a new way to love - without the physical or day to day. A chance to rework our expectations, agreements and narratives around relationships. As such, polyamory has a lot to teach those who are in LDRs, and can be introduced as a coping mechanism for distance. So how can you make that transition easier? When is this the right decision? How can you approach long distance and polyamory from a place of love?
About the panelists:
Jhenelle Monique (she/her)): aka Jhen from Monogamish Pod. Born in Kingston, Jamaica, Jhen is a pansexual and polyamorous Black woman who hosts the Monogamish Pod, a podcast exploring non-monogamy and polyamory through a Black Caribbean lens using pop culture and interviews. Engaged in polyamorous practice for the past 10 years, Jhen is sharing stories and creating a deeper understanding of the different facets of non-monogamy and polyamory that BIPOC experience.
Evita Sawyers (she/her): Non-monogamy coach, speaker, and educator. Creator of “Today’s Polyamory Reminder”, she is also the subject of the groundbreaking polyamorous documentary “Poly-Love”." Her approach is both frank yet empathetic and she is appreciated for her vulnerable openness about her own challenges in non-monogamy and helping others to grow.
Claire Louise Travers (she/her): Claire is a professional researcher and writer, and the host of the Poly Pages podcast - reading the texts which have shaped polyamorous community and culture. She writes for essays on non-monogamy for Medium.com. Claire is a queer, polyamorous, femme dedicated to the discourse around polyamory. Given her job as a humanitarian evaluator, Claire has only ever had relationships that include an element of distance. She tweets @claireltravers
About the Facilitator:
All of El (he/they): El is a Trans, Non-Binary, Brown creative, documenting the journeys and identities of himself and others through video and written word. They provide education and insight on various stigmatized topics through humor and non-academic language, while encouraging shameless dialogue. He is also Polyamorous, Bi, an LGBTQ advocate, and a daddy to both his partner and pup.
Terms and Conditions:
You are purchasing a digital download to a recording of this event. On purchasing this item you will receive an automated email confirming purchase, and then a secondary email granting access to a digital mp4 video of the event.
There is a download restriction per purchase.
Please do not disseminate, replicate or alter the items downloaded.
These items are large in size, and Poly Pages recommends downloading to the cloud, using a firewall. Poly Pages declines any responsibility for malware/viruses you may experience after purchasing.
If you have any queries about your purchase please contact events@polypages.org.
To cite this discussion an MLA citation is below:
Monique, Jhen; Sawyers, Evita; Travers, Claire. "Long Distance Relationships in Polyamory" Poly Pages. Online, 30 Jan 2022. Panel.
This event originally ran on the 30th January 2022. The original attendees can receive this product for free using the coupon code provided.