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

If you haven't been reading Polyamory in the News
(polyinthemedia.blogspot.com/) in the last three months, here's some of
what you missed:

** 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.

** "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."

** A sympathetic religion reporter looks at religion and spirituality among
polys for the Religion News Service. Yes, we do have good church-going
Christians.

** 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...."

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

** A trans-queer triad bare their lives to a diet-and-gossip magazine. The
story (at least the writer's unedited version) is a heart-warmer.

** "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.

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

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

** 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?

Plus: poly in South Africa and Germany; 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....

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Here's the site: polyinthemedia.blogspot.com/. The 10 most recent items
are up front. Look in the recent monthly archives for more. The archives are
also sorted by subject and, in some cases, location. I've done 169 of these
reports in the last two years; have fun browsing.

Cheers,

Alan

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