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Lona
is 11% done
"this book focuses on [...] heterosexual relationships between cisgender men and women"
"I do not discuss asexual and aromantic identities or orientations , although some asexual people’s emphasis on plural affective bonds can be seen as a type of polyamory"
A bit research and maybe building in quotes could've had helped this, esp. because he writes about deconstructing monocentrism. More intersectionality!
— Jan 17, 2022 11:56AM
"I do not discuss asexual and aromantic identities or orientations , although some asexual people’s emphasis on plural affective bonds can be seen as a type of polyamory"
A bit research and maybe building in quotes could've had helped this, esp. because he writes about deconstructing monocentrism. More intersectionality!
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Lona
is 90% done
Ok, so far this book is absolute bs but it has reached new levels:
"An intriguing hybrid relational path entails the simultaneous relationships (or even marriage) with both physical person(s) and subtle beings that are nonphysical (e.g., imaginal, virtual, or spiritual)."
Yes, it is discussing being nonmonogamous with nonphysical entities near the end as "we can't leave this out of the conversation". The heck???
— Jan 17, 2022 05:11PM
"An intriguing hybrid relational path entails the simultaneous relationships (or even marriage) with both physical person(s) and subtle beings that are nonphysical (e.g., imaginal, virtual, or spiritual)."
Yes, it is discussing being nonmonogamous with nonphysical entities near the end as "we can't leave this out of the conversation". The heck???
Lona
is on page 5 of 212
"To this end, I document and critically examine two pairs of interlocked psychosocial attitudes—monopride/polyphobia and polypride/monophobia"
Monophobia. lol. What's next, heterophobia?
I hope this book will be better than the introducion promises, I'm not deep into it but already not convinced by how the author is phrasing a few things.
— Jan 17, 2022 09:34AM
Monophobia. lol. What's next, heterophobia?
I hope this book will be better than the introducion promises, I'm not deep into it but already not convinced by how the author is phrasing a few things.
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Jan 18, 2022 02:43AM
There's something deeply troubling and insidious about writing a book on polyamory and not including LGBQT+ relationships despite the fact that queer people are the biggest influence in shaping new relationships beyond hetero-cis-patriarchal norms.
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Gretel wrote: "There's something deeply troubling and insidious about writing a book on polyamory and not including LGBQT+ relationships despite the fact that queer people are the biggest influence in shaping new..."Yes, absolutely. I will write a raging review for this book anyway, it has so many flaws I want to talk about, but leaving out LGBTQ+ relationships here was one of the biggest ones. It seemed throughout the whole book, that he did not really know what's going on in the actual community.
Can't wait to read the review. :)It makes no sense to me to write on sth that is part of the queer community but come strictly from a cis-heteronormative position. It contradicts polyamory ideas.
