Today on Double Teamed, Cami and Niki welcome Claire Louise Travers, the person behind Poly Pages - an academic non-monogamous podcast and platform, focused on the texts which have shaped polyamorous community and culture. She identifies as a solo-polyamorous relationship anarchist and is living life by the value of ruthless honesty.

If you’re a bookworm and into non-monogamy, then you’re in for a treat! Claire, being the academic researcher that she is, shares tons of book resources rich in insightful thoughts from authors who know the poly world. Of course, we begin with The Ethical Slut - a must read that is loaded with unconventional and witty comebacks on how non-monogamous relationships should and could work. We also talk about breakups, the relationship escalator, and queer + polyamory!

Listen Up:

00:00 Intro
00:56 Check out Poly Pages podcast
02:47 Reading articles about non-monogamy from academic space
04:15 The Ethical Slut: the author’s view on sex and relationships
07:59 When you’re dating you’re constantly learning about yourself
08:45 The Polysecure book by Jessica Fern
14:38 Are you reading non-monogamous books with your partner?
20:14 The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers
21:17 Poly representations in reverse harem books
30:23 Book recommendations on non-monogamy
37:11 A narrow idea about what breakups look like for poly
44:20 Looking at friendships with a different lens
49:50 Kinky relationships are still a form of loving relationships
50:59 Sex doesn't have to be about one thing either
53:08 A lot of queer representation in polyamorous spaces
58:33 At my first sex party
01:01:20 Queer just means that you resist being civilized into a norm
01:06:50 Digital events for polyamorous and non-monogamous creators and followers

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