"What IS it about polyamory that's getting us so much good notice right now in
the mainstream media?"

Shit, l must not be paying attention. Woohoo!

"** The style magazine of the New York Post discovers the poly scene (one of
them anyway) and pretty much makes us out as the hippest, most where-it's-at
people in New York City."

Oh, lordy, yay. Put on your helmets. We are now Girls Gone - uh, wild? bi? both? - no, wait! poly!

l jest, l keed.
Every scene has its day if it runs through the Cosmo offices.

"** "Are open marriages more successful than traditional couplings?" asks ABC
News.com. "That's like asking if monogamy works," replies Deborah Anapol, whom ABC News tracked down. "Sometimes it does, and sometimes it doesn't. It depends
almost entirely on the people involved and their willingness to tell the truth
and do the work.""

She got that part right.

"** The Shifting Meaning of the Word Polyamory: "When a concept goes mass-market it often gets cheapened and
degraded. Even the most wonderful trend is liable to turn sour on going
downmarket, much to its originators' dismay....""

Yeah, but that's sort of like saying it was perfect before everyone else came along. There are always those that exploit it, and those that discover themselves in it. And these wouldn't have gotten where they were if we didn't attract all the right people. N'est pas? ;p

"** Songs of Polyamory, including Penelope Swales, Gaia Consort, and the new one
making the rounds, "My Boyfriend's Girlfriend Isn't Me."

Okay, forget my last comment. lf this isn't a joke, l may need a gas mask and some canned goods. Well, and some friends, heh.

"** A trans-queer triad bare their lives to a diet-and-gossip magazine."

Were they on crack? A gossip AND diet magazine?
"New! Poly yoga! Make friends while you're doing it!'

"The
story (at least the writer's unedited version) is a heart-warmer."

Ok, fine. Forget my last comment.

""Dear Margo," a top newspaper advice columnist, got a bit snarky toward
polys, heard from many of us in reply, and as a result, came back with an
apologetic and wonderfully good piece educating middle America. Your great-aunt
in Oshkosh may be thinking a little better of you after reading it."

You mean l have to tell her? Shit.

"** Leaders of Loving More say their stuff for an hour on Rev. Barry Lynn's talk
show. (Listen to the mp3.)"

Oh, l will be listening to that.

"A parenting magazine offers a sweet account of a tightly knit triad raising
their young daughter: "And Baby Makes Four"."

Yay! Six Men and a Girlfriend and a Baby! l've been waiting for that sequel since like, '82. Back when Magnum was raising kids.

"** All of which prompted a major essay analyzing the "strange credibility of
polyamory" across a surprising swath of mainstream culture. Exactly why are we
doing so well right now, and when does the backlash happen?"

The backlash is-a-comin, honey. But hey, better to be out and proud, right? l certainly think so. And l think it's going to be an interesting ride.

Oh, and two words to why we're doing so well? lronically....

Big Love.

"poly in South Africa"

That surprises me a bit, but them Afrikaans are some crazy folk. l can guarantee you they're not talking about the natives...unless they're talking tribal polygamy.

"and Germany;

Yeah, no surprise there.

"veto power as the nuclear option; poly
rules that couples use (or not); more on open marriage, including a new book in
the works and a poly couple daring to appear on Oprah Winfrey.... "

<off to buy gas mask and canned goods and make phone calls>





l jest, l keed.

Sort of.