by Franklin | Nov 30, 2022 | Uncategorized
When I co-authored the book on polyamory that carries my name, it caught fire—mostly, I think, because it was at the right place at the right time. It was published as polyamory reached a kind of historical inflection point. I’m still quite proud of that book, though...
by Franklin | Oct 1, 2022 | Uncategorized
Image: Jametlene Reskp Gather ’round, everyone, and let me tell you a story. It’s a story full of pornography, intrigue, rumor, innuendo, misplaced credit for a massive book, and kinky sex. Let’s go back to February of 2022, when British author and former BBC...
by Franklin | Aug 25, 2022 | Uncategorized
There’s a polyamory conference in London. It’s called PolyDay, it was founded in 2004, it’s non-profit, and it became one of Britain’s most popular and successful poly events. PolyDay 2020 and 2021 were canceled due to Covid. In 2021, a woman who runs a site called...
by Franklin | Mar 10, 2022 | Uncategorized
You may have noticed the More Than Two site has been inaccessible on and off for the last week or so. The site was knocked offline for 22 hours by a sustained DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) attack, a form of attack where an attacker floods a Web site with too...
by Franklin | Oct 25, 2021 | Uncategorized
That feeling when a book you’ve written ends up being featured on a TV show about a serial killer… So yeah, that’s a thing that happened. I’ll be honest. I’ve never watched the Netflix serial killer series You. I’ve never even heard of the Netflix serial killer series...
by Franklin | Nov 17, 2016 | Ethics, Polyamory
Primum non nocere. It’s a Latin phrase that means “first, do no harm.” It’s not part of the Hippocratic Oath, but it is a central tenet of bioethics in most of the world. It also, I think, makes a pretty good tenet for relationship ethics as...
by Franklin | Nov 5, 2016 | Communication
Nearly all relationship advice of any sort, for any kind of relationship, can be dismissed with just one sentence: “But that would be awkward!” I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard those words. Suffice it to say that if I had a dime for...
by Franklin | Jan 6, 2016 | Communication, Ethics
As we bid goodbye to 2015 (and good riddance, too; it was a tumultuous year) and stand at the doorway to 2016, I find myself thinking about what makes good relationships. Someone recently asked the question, “What is the difference between a person who finds love...
by Franklin | Jul 22, 2015 | Communication, Ethics
Cross-posted from my blog It’s probably no surprise to anyone who’s read my writings for any length of time that I’m not a fan of dishonesty in relationships–of any sort, big or small. I have always championed the cause of open, honest...
by Franklin | Apr 2, 2015 | The Authors, The Book
Many years ago, my game-changing partner (whom I call Amber in The Game Changer) talked to a therapist about why she felt lonely and isolated. Her therapist told her there was nothing wrong with her: she felt alienated from others because she was a giraffe surrounded...