by Franklin | Dec 15, 2014 | Crowdfunding, Ethics, Polyamory
Way back in 2003, I proposed a “secondary’s bill of rights” for polyamorous relationships. This Bill of Rights, much of which was written by my partner Shelly, came out of our attempts to navigate the hierarchical relationship I was in at the time...
by Franklin | Dec 15, 2014 | Crowdfunding, Ethics, Relationship Ideas
A couple of months ago, I was presenting at a poly event. We were talking about consent, and someone used a phrase I’d never heard before, but which the linguist in me (who’s basically an eight-year-old squeeing over the neat things people do with...
by Franklin | Dec 15, 2014 | Crowdfunding, Ethics
A little while ago, someone asked me the question “How can I be the best version of myself? What skills and attitudes does it take?” So I thought about it. During the times I feel I’ve reached for the best version of me, what qualities have I strived...
by Franklin | Nov 27, 2014 | Ethics, Polyamory
One of the most common tropes in the poly community is, “The three rules of polyamory are communicate, communicate, communicate.” Communication is the lifeblood of any healthy relationship, which is why we have not one but two chapters on communication in...
by Franklin | Oct 24, 2014 | Ethics, Polyamory
In June of 2003, I added a new page to my rapidly-growing site about polyamory. The new page, Polyamory for Secondaries, had a section on it called “A Proposed Secondary’s Bill of Rights.” My partner Shelly, who has contributed her thoughts on consent and...
by Franklin | Aug 10, 2014 | Ethics, Polyamory, The Authors
It is a fact often unacknowledged that we are all born, and in many ways predisposed to remain, egocentric little monsters. That’s not a criticism, mind; just a statement. If you want to see unadulterated egocentrism in its purest form, before the crucible of...
