index of earlier blog entries
2008 • part 1
2007
Diving bells and butterflies, idealistic fools, a death and a letter, advocates of tolerance, gay themes in video games, bad pharmaceuticals and bad porn, biological realities (genitalia edition), the rules of some polyamorous folks, a clarification, and a six-part series on the sexual fluidity of women.
The website begins, Anna becomes Anna, we take a look at “Big Love,” a reality show rears its head, our having female friends and not only lovers is noted, polyamorous sharing is explored, negative reactions to polyamory are squinted at, and a series “on jealousy and the lack thereof” appears.
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2008 • part 2
Hot air gods, civility and materialism, irrational choices, carbon footprints, the (illusory) perfect woman, glorious and necessary political dissent, queerness and gender identity, Jenny and Freddy and Eddy, gobsmacked optimism, same-sex marriage, girl-kissing, and sex as something fun.
2008 • part 3
The mathematics of polyamory, Barcelona, terrorized social conservatives, all atheism considered, Alan Watts, the Thai and transgendered, human connection, the baser desires, body awareness, the female of the species, the naturalness of triads, Orwellian dystopias, and biological clocks.
2008 • part 4
Anatomy lessons and multiple parenting, the American election, undecided voters, same-sex marriage, the Mashed in Plastic album, human-animal coexistence, the ache of complacency, clichés and signifiers, snapshots from the Symbolic Age, Christmastime joy, and looking ahead to the new year.
2009 • part 1
The five-part Toward Happy series, sounds below the Antarctic ice, honorable ways of being with your partner(s), polyamory in print, Aimee Mullins and her many legs, an aural filmscape, knowledge versus belief, the fluidity of bisexuality, a new prom queen, and conservative disgust.
2009 • part 2
The present moment, the wandering mind, Thich Nhat Hanh, atheism redux, coverage of polyamory, return to the Symbolic Age, UFO 54-40, cooperative living, changes of season, a light and mindful life, Dan Savage on polyamory, the eyes of India, Blackbox Republic, Ignorance and Want, and Christmas.
2010 • part 1
Polyamory treated mindfully in the media (in newspapers, online, and on the radio), crop monoculture, sustainable fisheries, a series on psychotherapy and pharmaceuticals, online gaming and its possible effects, polyamory versus swinging, a righteous fight made quietly, and we take a listen at silence.
2010 • part 2
The “ordinary sexy” photo series, rice and stuff, more silence and more listening, rampant ignorance, evanescent substance, small farmsteads, the bronze tiger, atonement, more polyamory in the media, unicorns, the It Gets Better campaign, domestic familiarity, the soul that outweighs genitals, and wassail.
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2011
The six-part polyfidelity series, the revised and expanded Ordinary Extraordinary, Dan Savage on marriage infidelity, perceptions of divorce, marriage equality, invisible minorities, secularism, The Practical Homestead and cohousing, lots of poly people on television, people opening up to polyamory, and enlightenment.
2012
The origins of human sexuality, lots of polyamory on TV, poly resources online, coming out, being sex-positive, poly coverage (in the NY Times, Huffington Post, Slate, and elsewhere), the right brain, triads in Australia and Brazil, an open letter from Alan and Anna, our experience on Reddit, the number 3, and eudaimonia.
2013
Poly coverage from the BBC, CNN, NY Times, OWN, & many more media outlets, Anna on Professor Blastoff, Ellen and Margaret Cho, Maria Bello and Dan Savage, the love calculator, gay marriage advances, a survey of LGBT Americans, courts recognizing multiple parents, and the lack of an endpoint to knowledge.