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Poly-ish Movie ReviewsEp. 57 - iZombie: A Polyamorous Movie ReviewYet another cop drama with non-monogamous people involved in a murder? Can Hollywood actually show ethical non-monogamy or is it just another excuse to punish "deviants"? Joreth reviews the Netflix show, iZombie, to find out. www.PolyishMovieReviews.com That was a surprisingly hopeful episode. Well, I mean, the whole series has a hopeful tone, given the subject matter and the impossible situations it spirals into. But I was still surprised by this one. iZombie is a quirky little show. The premise is that a young, over-achieving doctor gets invited to a trendy boat party...
2025-08-1616 min
Poly-ish Movie ReviewsPolyish Movie Reviews - Episode 56: HeartbeatsA movie in French about polyamory? Will this finally be the French film that Joreth doesn't hate? Does it actually have any polyamory in it? www.polyishmoviereviews.com Apparently my distaste for French ennui cinema extends to French Canadian ennui cinema. I just don't like ennui, I guess. Yet another Netflix recommendation. Heartbeats is about "two best friends, Mary and Francis, who meet a charismatic wanderer named Nick and suddenly find their longtime friendship tested to its limits. As the love triangle between the three intensifies, Mary and Francis vie for Nick's...
2025-07-1504 min
Poly-ish Movie ReviewsEp. 55 - The Duchess: A Polyamorous Movie ReviewCan a Hollywood-made dramatic biopic made in the current century actually show polyamory? That might depend on how we define "polyamory". Joreth reviews the narrative version of Lady Georgiana Cavendish's life as portrayed by Natalie Portman to see if polyamory happened during the Georgian era and if polyamory can be shown in a movie made in the modern era. www.polyishmoviereviews.com The Duchess is based on a true story about Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire, who married William Cavendish, the 5th Duke of Devonshire. Biopics can be challenging to review because, on the...
2025-06-1522 min
Poly-ish Movie ReviewsEp. 54 - Big Top Pee-Wee: A Polyamorous Movie ReviewMany today think of Pee Wee Herman as a children's show character, but that was not always the case. He started out as a very adult stand-up character that morphed into a weird, surrealist dark humor movie character, that then got a children's show, and THEN ... made this movie. What does all this have to do with polyamory? Good question! Joreth watches Big Top Pee-Wee to find out how polyamory fits in with the world of Pee-Wee Herman. www.PolyishMovieReviews.com Big Top Pee Wee is about as goofy as you'd expe...
2025-05-1505 min
Poly-ish Movie ReviewsEp. 53 - Beloved Sisters: A Polyamorous Movie ReviewJoreth reviews the biographical historical drama Beloved Sisters, a biopic about two sisters, Caroline and Charlotte von Lengefeld, and the man they love, German poet Friedrich Schiller. Discussing sorrel polygyny, can this FMF polygynous arrangement be polyamorous? Is it true? Did it happen? Does the movie actually show polyamory on screen? Follow along with this movie review with the transcript located on the show notes page of the website at www.polyishmoviereviews.com Beloved Sisters is a German biographical film based on the life of the German poet Friedrich Schiller and two sisters, Caroline and Charlot...
2025-04-1510 min
Poly-ish Movie ReviewsEp. 52 - A Good Old Fashioned Orgy: A Polyamorous Movie ReviewA group of aging friends decide to say goodbye to their youth with ... an orgy? Joreth finds out if a bunch of single people can navigate group sex with respect and maturity, and does group sex make it poly or not? OK, I have had this movie in my queue forever and people keep telling me about it. So I finally sat down to watch it. I'm gonna say that it's not poly but ... it's not NOT poly either. Here's the thing, a little personal background on me: When I was in high sc...
2025-03-1519 min
Poly-ish Movie ReviewsEp. 51 - 5 To 7: A Polyamorous Movie ReviewA married woman takes a lover, but can Joreth take yet another affair movie? www.polyishmoviereviews.com It's so much worse when they manage to get you to like a movie before they turn it to shit. No, you're not experiencing deja vu. I said that exact same line when I reviewed Paint Your Wagon. It's still true. 5 to 7 was a Netflix recommendation, so naturally I went into it expecting it to be a total shitstorm. Instead, I found it charming. The Netflix summary says: "an aspiring young novelist fi...
2025-02-1417 min
Making Polyamory WorkIs Hierarchy bad?Libby shares her thoughts about debate about whether hierarchy is bad or wrong in polyamory.
Additional reading: Lola Phoenix - the Hierarchy Polyamorous People Don't Talk Enough About: https://www.nonmonogamyhelp.com/the-hierarchy-polyamorous-people-dont-talk-enough-about/
Ready for Polyamory - Is there a Problem with Hierarchy https://www.readyforpolyamory.com/post/guest-post-is-there-a-problem-with-hierarchy
Poly.Land - Sneakiarchy: https://poly.land/2018/11/01/sneakiarchy-secret-hierarchy-dishonest-egalitarianism/
Joreth Retracts Descriptive vs Prescriptive Hierarchy: https://joreth.dreamwidth.org/408917.html
Podcast episodes referenced in the episode: Veto Happens: https://www.makingpolyamorywork.com/episodes/veto-happens
Where is this Going?: https...
2024-04-1649 min
The Skeptical PervertEpisode 14: 50 Shades of Terrible NegotiationIn this episode, we’re doing something new. Eunice and Franklin have never read or seen 50 Shades of Grey, so Joreth reads it to us as we record our reactions in real time. Specifically, Joreth reads us the scene where Christian Grey and Anastasia Steele negotiate their BDSM relationship, noteworthy in the annals of erotic fiction because Christian violates Ana’s consent multiple times during the consent negotiation. Come along on the ride as Joreth inflicts this upon us! After all, misery loves company, right? As usual, you can find the transcript at skepticalpervert.com.
2022-12-241h 12
The Skeptical PervertEpisode 1: Intro Good day, and welcome to our show, eh? In this episode, we introduce the Skeptical Pervert podcast. Who are we, and what is this all about? What do we mean when we say we take a rational approach to human sexuality? In this episode, meet your hosts Franklin, Joreth, and Eunice, and find out a little bit about what we're trying to do!
2021-10-2517 min
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2021-08-1703 minSite-42: SCP Foundation FanworksSCP-WCPGW-J: You're Thinking Too MuchIf you like what you hear, don't forget to Like, Share, and Subscribe, click the bell, and visit the links below!
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2021-07-0807 min
Poly-ish Movie ReviewsEp. 50 - 3 (Drei): A Polyamorous Movie ReviewYet another movie named "3" - will this one have some polyamory in it? Or will it be another cheating film? Joreth reviews the German film Drei, or 3, for polyamorous content. I've updated my Netflix queue with poly movies so long ago, I can't remember anymore which movies were added because I saw them on a poly movie list somewhere and which were added because Netflix recommended it to me based on some movie from a poly list that I had just added. So I have no idea where this "3" came from. The Netflix summary reads:...
2020-04-2906 min
Poly-ish Movie ReviewsEp. 49 - Something About Sex: A Polyamorous Movie Review3 couples struggle with the definitions of monogamy and fidelity, after some "insight" from Jason Alexander. Joreth reviews this film to see if any ethical non-monogamy could possibly come out of it at all. Oh. Gourd. This movie. There's so much to hate about this movie. Where to even begin? "Start at the beginning. Yes, yes, And when you come to the end, stop." Scratch that. You'll probably be asking me to stop much sooner than the end. Anyway, here goes. This movie stars an all-B-lister cast, with the likes of Jason Alexander and Jo...
2020-03-2410 min
Poly-ish Movie ReviewsEp. 48 - Three: A Polyamorous Movie ReviewThere are so many movies called "Three"! Is this one that actually has polyamory in it? Is there really an FMF triad like on the cover? Are any of the characters polyamorous? Or is this just another cheating cautionary tale or threesome gone wrong story? Joreth reviews this particular "Three" to find out! www.PolyishMovieReviews.com There are several movies by this name. Every time someone recommends a movie to me called Three, I go to look for it on Netflix and half a dozen movies pop up, and I can't tell which one is...
2020-03-0904 min
Poly-ish Movie ReviewsEp. 47 - Bandits: A Polyamorous Movie ReviewCan a movie with blockbuster names be a poly movie? Joreth reviews Bandits with Bruce Willis, Billy Bob Thornton, and Cate Blanchet to see if there is any polyamory in this star-studded film. www.PolyishMovieReviews.com It's past time that I did a review of Bandits, but for some reason I keep putting it off. This is a quirky story of 2 mismatched bank robbers and the woman who comes between them. And it's a poly movie, and one of my favorite movies, poly or no. Bruce Willis plays a gruff, stoic, spontaneous bank ro...
2020-03-0204 min
Poly-ish Movie ReviewsEp. 46 - The Blood Oranges: A Polyamorous Movie ReviewCan a movie set in the '60s and filmed in the '90s really feature a polyamorous quad? Joreth reviews The Blood Oranges for a little-seen poly structure to see if there is any polyamory in it at all. "Husband and wife Cyril and Fiona explore new ground and new relationships when they take a vacation in the tropics. While on holiday, the pair meets another couple, Hugh and Catherine, and their three children. Relationships become intertwined when Cyril and Fiona lose their inhibitions and seek sexual intimacy with Hugh and Catherine in this erotic drama."
2019-04-1805 min
Poly-ish Movie ReviewsEp. 45 - The Unbearable Lightness Of Being: A Polyamorous Movie ReviewHow well does this particular fan recommendation hold up to Joreth's poly critique? Sometimes I think that maybe I'm actually speaking a different language from everyone else, and maybe I have some kind of universal translator or babelfish so that I can't tell, but that the translator is buggy or slightly off in some ways. Because people don't seem to use words in the same way that I do. Even with a dictionary, people use words differently, and I find that I am constantly having semantics arguments because we can't discuss a topic until we are all...
2019-04-1509 min
Poly-ish Movie ReviewsEp. 44 - She's Gotta Have It (movie): A Polyamorous Movie ReviewCan Spike Lee's inaugural film really be a poly movie as everyone claims? Joreth watches this groundbreaking movie to find out! There's something about student films and classic French movies that just do not work for me. Maybe it's the penchant for black and white even in a color era, or maybe it's the frequent complete lack of musical score or soundtrack, or maybe it's the excruciatingly slow pace and shitty acting, or maybe it's all those years I spent as a film student, forced to watch the painfully "artistic" films by my peers and dragged to p...
2019-04-1203 min
???? from everywhere.Poly-ish Movie Reviews - Episode 43: The MentalistPolyamory in the wild? Can a TV show that isn't about polyamory at all really have an episode with polyamorous characters in an open marriage and treat the subject well? Joreth reviews an episode of The Mentalist to find out!
2018-12-1513 min
Poly-ish Movie ReviewsEp. 43 - The Mentalist, s02e16: A Polyamorous Movie ReviewPolyamory in the wild? Can a TV show that isn't about polyamory at all really have an episode with polyamorous characters in an open marriage and treat the subject well? Joreth reviews an episode of The Mentalist to find out! Here's a new one! I find poly movies to review by one of 3 ways: 1) It's on a poly list somewhere on the internet; 2) Someone learns that I review poly movies & suggests a movie to me; 3) Netflix suggests a "similar title" based on me adding known poly movies to my queue. What has never hap...
2018-12-1513 min???? from everywhere.Poly-ish Movie Reviews - Episode 42: FamilyCan a web series about a poly triad really be about polyamory? Yeah, it probably is. Joreth reviews the show Family, a creative endeavor by Teresa Greenan, a polyamorous filmmaker based out of Portland, OR.
2018-12-1403 min
Poly-ish Movie ReviewsEp. 42 - Family: A Polyamorous Movie ReviewCan a web series about a poly triad really be about polyamory? Yeah, it probably is. Joreth reviews the show Family, a creative endeavor by Teresa Greenan, a polyamorous filmmaker based out of Portland, OR. I've posted about this show before on my personal blog, but I haven't done an official review yet. First of all, it's poly. It's about as poly as you get. Second, it's funny and weird. Third, I liked the first half better than the second half, but I liked it in general. Mostly it was just a couple of episodes in...
2018-12-1403 min???? from everywhere.Episode 41 - Le BonheurAh, French ... the culture of love! Where "alternative" relationship structures are not frowned upon and the people understand the power of passion! Or do they? Joreth reviews a movie filmed in the Swingin' '60s on recommendation from a listener, to see if there is any polyamory or ethical non-monogamy in this film made during a time of exploration and experimentation, or if it will just confirm monogamous tropes.
2018-10-1511 min
Poly-ish Movie ReviewsEp. 41 - Le Bonheur: A Polyamorous Movie ReviewAh, French ... the culture of love! Where "alternative" relationship structures are not frowned upon and the people understand the power of passion! Or do they? Joreth reviews a movie filmed in the Swingin' '60s on recommendation from a listener, to see if there is any polyamory or ethical non-monogamy in this film made during a time of exploration and experimentation, or if it will just confirm monogamous tropes. Someone recommended this movie to me as a poly movie, and I can see why he did, but I have to disagree. I don't think this was...
2018-10-1511 min???? from everywhere.Episode 40 - Keeping The FaithA priest and a rabbi walk into an airport ... to meet their childhood best friend, a tomboy who has grown up into a beautiful, intelligent, independent, CEO. As she visits her hometown and her two best friends, the men struggle with their growing romantic feelings for the same woman. Could this really be a tale of polyamory, snuck into mainstream cinema? Joreth reviews this Ben Stiller film to see if a polyamorous MFM vee could really make it onto the silver screen.
I think this is one of those movies that Netflix recommended to me based on adding some other "sim...
2018-09-1509 min
Poly-ish Movie ReviewsEp. 40 - Keeping The Faith: A Polyamorous Movie ReviewA priest and a rabbi walk into an airport ... to meet their childhood best friend, a tomboy who has grown up into a beautiful, intelligent, independent, CEO. As she visits her hometown and her two best friends, the men struggle with their growing romantic feelings for the same woman. Could this really be a tale of polyamory, snuck into mainstream cinema? Joreth reviews this Ben Stiller film to see if a polyamorous MFM vee could really make it onto the silver screen. I think this is one of those movies that Netflix recommended to me based on add...
2018-09-1509 min???? from everywhere.Poly-ish Movie Reviews - Episode 39: A Strange AffairCan a made-for-tv movie about a broken marriage have polyamorous content in it? Joreth reviews this Judith Light film to see if there is any polyamory in a low-budget, '80s flick.
The Netflix summary reads:
"Judith Light stars in this sexy made-for-TV drama about a married woman who discovers that her husband of 23 years has been unfaithful. Just as she finds passionate love in another man's arms and prepares to divorce her husband, he suddenly has a stroke and becomes physically incapacitated. Will she move back in with her husband and take care of him ... even though she may r...
2018-09-0707 min
Poly-ish Movie ReviewsEp. 39 - A Strange Affair Poly-ish Movie ReviewCan a made-for-tv movie about a broken marriage have polyamorous content in it? Joreth reviews this Judith Light film to see if there is any polyamory in a low-budget, '80s flick. The Netflix summary reads: "Judith Light stars in this sexy made-for-TV drama about a married woman who discovers that her husband of 23 years has been unfaithful. Just as she finds passionate love in another man's arms and prepares to divorce her husband, he suddenly has a stroke and becomes physically incapacitated. Will she move back in with her husband and take care of h...
2018-09-0707 min???? from everywhere.Episode 38 - FlingCan a mainstream movie about an "open marriage" really have some polyamory in it? Joreth reviews the movie Fling, starring Brandon Routh, Steve Sandvoss, and Courtney Ford, to answer that very question.
2018-07-2608 min
Poly-ish Movie ReviewsEp. 38 - Fling: A Polyamorous Movie ReviewCan a mainstream movie about an "open marriage" really have some polyamory in it? Joreth reviews the movie Fling, starring Brandon Routh, Steve Sandvoss, and Courtney Ford, to answer that very question. This movie caused me quite some consternation because it had equal parts of "include" and "do not include" on the Poly-ish Movie Criteria List. In fact, it was so ambivalent that it prompted me to write the Guidelines post which became the first episode of this podcast, to help me decide whether or not to include it. I have decided that it should be...
2018-07-2608 min???? from everywhere.Poly-ish Movie Reviews - Episode 37: Esmeralda Comes By NightCan a movie about a woman charged with bigamy on the day of her 6th wedding really be about polyamory? Joreth reviews this quirky Spanish film that challenges the standard narrative of a man and his harem, and questions everything a conservative judge ever thought he knew about love and relationships.
2018-06-1506 min
Poly-ish Movie ReviewsEp. 37 - Esmeralda Comes By Night: A Polyamorous Movie ReviewCan a movie about a woman charged with bigamy on the day of her 6th wedding really be about polyamory? Joreth reviews this quirky Spanish film that challenges the standard narrative of a man and his harem, and questions everything a conservative judge ever thought he knew about love and relationships. I'm not sure, but I'm reasonably confident that I did not get this movie from an online poly movie list, and instead it came from one of Netflix's recommendations based on when I added other poly movies. If this is the case, then Netflix d...
2018-06-1506 min???? from everywhere.Poly-ish Movie Reviews - Episode 36: Sleep With MeSleep With Me promises "raucous laughter" and sexy fun times with sexy Eric Stoltz, Meg Tilly, and Craig Sheffer, but does it deliver? Joreth reviews this "romantic comedy" for polyamory, romance, and comedy.
2018-05-1508 min
Poly-ish Movie ReviewsEp. 36 - Sleep With Me: A Polyamorous Movie ReviewSleep With Me promises "raucous laughter" and sexy fun times with sexy Eric Stoltz, Meg Tilly, and Craig Sheffer, but does it deliver? Joreth reviews this "romantic comedy" for polyamory, romance, and comedy. I don't think I've ever felt so misled by a movie summary before in my life. Netflix says "A modern-day couple, Joseph and Sarah, discovers there's room for a third person in their marriage in this unusual romantic comedy. Joseph's best friend, Frank, is in love with Sarah, too, and no matter how much he tries, he can't get over h...
2018-05-1508 min???? from everywhere.Episode 35 - Rita, Sue, & Bob TooRita, Sue, & Bob Too! was hailed as a landmark comedy in the '80s in Britain, and also passed around polyamorous online groups as a poly film. But is it? Is it both? One or the other? Neither? Joreth reviews this wildly acclaimed movie for any hint of polyamory, open relationships, or consensual and ethical non-monogamy to see if it lives up to the hype.
2018-04-1511 min
Poly-ish Movie ReviewsEp. 35 - Rita, Sue, & Bob Too!: A Polyamorous Movie ReviewRita, Sue, & Bob Too! was hailed as a landmark comedy in the '80s in Britain, and also passed around polyamorous online groups as a poly film. But is it? Is it both? One or the other? Neither? Joreth reviews this wildly acclaimed movie for any hint of polyamory, open relationships, or consensual and ethical non-monogamy to see if it lives up to the hype. I just watched the creepiest fucking movie ever. Rita and Sue are teenagers about to graduate high school. At least, I think. It's a film from the UK and I...
2018-04-1511 min???? from everywhere.Poly-ish Movie Reviews - Episode 34: Blow DryCould Alan Rickman possibly have started in a poly movie?! Joreth reviews this unusual film to see if a happy polyamorous V or triad family can be found among the backstabbing, vicious world of competitive hair styling.
2018-03-2515 min
Poly-ish Movie ReviewsEp. 34 - Blow Dry: A Polyamorous Movie ReviewCould Alan Rickman possibly have started in a poly movie?! Joreth reviews this unusual film to see if a happy polyamorous V or triad family can be found among the backstabbing, vicious world of competitive hair styling. I don't know where this movie came from. Did you know that the Netflix DVD queue has a limit? I forget what it is now, but I've maxed it out. On more than one occasion. It's around 500 DVDs. Eventually, movies become unavailable on Netflix, and if it's in your queue when this happens, they get moved out of th...
2018-03-2515 min???? from everywhere.Poly-ish Movie Reviews - Episode 33: Sex MonsterThis movie occasionally gets mentioned in discussions of poly movies. But is it? Joreth reviews Sex Monster for traces of an open marriage, triads, or any polyamory.
2018-03-0416 min
Poly-ish Movie ReviewsEp. 33 - The Sex Monster: A Polyamorous Movie ReviewThis movie occasionally gets mentioned in discussions of poly movies. But is it? Joreth reviews Sex Monster for traces of an open marriage, triads, or any polyamory. I just watched the most godawful movie ever. Well, to be fair, this movie was not on a poly movie list, it was recommended to me by Netflix when I added a bunch of movies from some poly movie list. And, historically, Netflix's suggestions based on poly movie additions are shit. So I was expecting this to be bad. This movie completely lived up to all my e...
2018-03-0416 min???? from everywhere.Poly-ish Movie Reviews - Episode 32: LutineNew(ish) polyamory mockumentary, Lutine, gets Joreth's special coverage to see if it's really polyamorous! Does this French fictional documentary do poly justice, or does it stick with the same old, tired, "opening up" stories and open marriages?
2018-01-1617 min
Poly-ish Movie ReviewsEp. 32 - Lutine Le Film: A Polyamorous Movie ReviewNew(ish) polyamory mockumentary, Lutine, gets Joreth's special coverage to see if it's really polyamorous! Does this French fictional documentary do poly justice, or does it stick with the same old, tired, "opening up" stories and open marriages? I was a little nervous about reviewing this film. This is an independent film from french director, whose name my American tongue is going to butcher so I'll let Cunning Minx, who speaks French, say it for me: Isabelle Broué, also known as Isa Lutine. This movie is pretty recent, having been released in 2016 having been completed in 2...
2018-01-1617 min
Poly-ish Movie ReviewsEp. 31 - Shortbus: A Polyamorous Movie ReviewIs the indie film Shortbus really a poly film? This movie claims to have it all - alternative sexuality, BDSM, polyamory, consensual & ethical non-monogamy, swinging, "free love", and more. I'm just going to come right out and say it ... I didn't like this movie. I know, it's all groundbreaking with its use of real, actual, penetrative sex among the actors and it's gritty look at alternative sexuality. But I didn't like it. I didn't like the characters, I didn't like the situations, I just didn't like it. Shortbus is a movie that takes us o...
2017-12-1502 min???? from everywhere.Poly-ish Movie Reviews - Episode 30: Kiss Me AgainCan a movie that actually describes itself as a "cautionary tale" make the Polyish Movie List? Joreth watches Kiss Me Again to see if this couple can open up their marriage to a bisexual women into a happy polyamorous triad, or is it yet another case of bad Unicorn Hunting?
2017-11-1515 min
Poly-ish Movie ReviewsEp. 30 - Kiss Me Again: A Polyamorous Movie ReviewCan a movie that actually describes itself as a "cautionary tale" make the Polyish Movie List? Joreth watches Kiss Me Again to see if this couple can open up their marriage to a bisexual women into a happy polyamorous triad, or is it yet another case of bad Unicorn Hunting? Well that was a surprise. I just watched Kiss Me Again. The Netflix summary says: "Helmed by William Tyler Smith, this cautionary tale stars Jeremy London and Katheryn Winnick as liberal spouses trying to add zest to their sex life via a...
2017-11-1515 min???? from everywhere.Episode 29 - Professor Marston & The Wonder WomenSex! BDSM! Bisexuality! Comic books! Joreth checks out what all the hubbub is about the new biopic, Professor Marston & The Wonder Women, in theaters right now! Here's your chance to check out a polyamorous movie on the big screen.
2017-10-171h 05
Poly-ish Movie ReviewsEp. 29 - Professor Marston & The Wonder Women: A Polyamorous Movie ReviewSex! BDSM! Bisexuality! Comic books! Joreth checks out what all the hubbub is about the new biopic, Professor Marston & The Wonder Women, in theaters at the time of this episode! Here's your chance to check out a polyamorous movie on the big screen. This movie has so much to discuss! First, let's get the obvious out of the way - this is definitely a poly movie. The plot does not shy away from the idea that all 3 characters were intimately, romantically, and sexually involved with each other. I also thought it was a beautiful movie, both i...
2017-10-171h 05???? from everywhere.Poly-ish Movie Reviews - Episode 28: Story of OIs the popular adult film, The Story of O, really a poly movie as so many people claim? Joreth takes one for the team and watches this erotic film to scour it for polyamory.
2017-09-1510 min
Poly-ish Movie ReviewsEp. 28 - Story of O: A Polyamorous Movie ReviewIs the popular adult film, The Story of O, really a poly movie as so many people claim? Joreth takes one for the team and watches this erotic film to scour it for polyamory. I think the big problem I have with stories like the Sleeping Beauty saga and Story of O is because they never establish the main character's personal interest in BDSM. In many of these stories, she's a timid, passive sort of girl, with an air of innocence that suggests that she knows nothing of sex or kink. This means that she ca...
2017-09-1510 min???? from everywhere.Poly-ish Movie Reviews - Episode 27: AmeliaWas Amelia Earhart really polyamorous? Joreth reviews the 2009 movie with Hilary Swank to see what this version of the story has to say about it.
2017-08-2013 min
Poly-ish Movie ReviewsEp. 27 - Amelia: A Polyamorous Movie ReviewWas Amelia Earhart really polyamorous? Joreth reviews the 2009 movie with Hilary Swank to see what this version of the story has to say about it. First of all, I'm going to give spoilers. This movie is based on a real person and historically important events, so I don't feel any need to protect people from spoilers. If you are from the US and haven't heard what happens to Amelia Earhart by now, you're probably too young to be listening to this podcast or not aware of this podcast in the first place. We don't watch bi...
2017-08-2013 min
Poly-ish Movie ReviewsEp. 26 - The Wedding Banquet: A Polyamorous Movie ReviewCan a marriage of convenience turn into a happy polyamorous triad? Joreth reviews The Wedding Banquet about a gay man, his lover, his green-card wife, and his very traditional Chinese parents to answer this question. The DVD summary says "Successful New Yorker Wai Tung and his partner Simon are blissfully happy, except for one thing: Wai Tung's conservative Taiwanese parents are determined he find a nice girl to marry! To please them and get a tax break he arranges a sham marriage to Wei Wei, a sexy go-getter in need of a green ca...
2017-07-1519 min???? from everywhere.Poly-ish Movie Reviews - Episode 26: The Wedding BanquetCan a marriage of convenience turn into a happy polyamorous triad? Joreth reviews the Wedding Banquet about a gay man, his lover, his green-card wife, and his very traditional Chinese parents to answer this question.
2017-07-1519 min
Poly-ish Movie ReviewsEp. 25 - A Woman Is A Woman: A Polyamorous Movie ReviewJoreth takes another foray into the world of independent, foreign films from the '60s. From the era of Free Love, can this be a long lost poly movie? What do you get when you take two people who don't like each other, who want totally different things out of a relationship, who are pigheaded and argumentative, and throw them together in a movie with odd music cues that stop abruptly whenever there is dialog, and random breaking of the 4th wall? It's a trick question because you already know that you get this movie. What...
2017-06-1511 min???? from everywhere.Episode 25 - A Woman Is A Woman: A Review Of Poly / Polyamorous / Polyamory Content In MoviesJoreth takes another foray into the world of independent, foreign films from the '60s. From the era of Free Love, can this be a long lost poly movie?
Joreth reviews movies for poly or polyamorous content looking for stories of open relationships, open marriage, ethical non-monogamy, triads, quads, vees, networks, polycules, and anything else related to polyamory.
2017-06-1511 min
Poly-ish Movie ReviewsEp. 24 - Trois: A Polyamorous Movie ReviewA movie with the number 3 in the title can't be all bad can it? Joreth reviews Trois, a Netflix recommendation about a unicorn-hunting threesome. Content Note: This review contains the sardonic use of ableist language & possibly sex-negative sex worker language intending to mock the sorts of writers who use "crazy" as a scapegoat and their poor depiction of mental illness as well as their obviously one-dimensional and low opinion of sex work. I am using the language to describe what the *writers* of these sorts of behaviours think and by using these words, I am intending to show my dis...
2017-05-1615 min???? from everywhere.Poly-ish Movie Reviews - Episode 24: TroisA movie with the number 3 in the title can't be all bad can it? Joreth reviews Trois, a Netflix recommendation about a unicorn-hunting threesome.
Sardonic use of casual ableist language & possibly sex-negative sex worker language intending to mock the sorts of writers who use "crazy" as a scapegoat and their poor depiction of mental illness as well as their obviously one-dimensional and low opinion of sex work.
2017-05-1615 min
Poly-ish Movie ReviewsEp. 23 - Same Time, Next Year: A Polyamorous Movie ReviewCould there be polyamorous content in this classic play-turned-film from 1978? Joreth reviews one of the more successful screen adaptations of a stage play as a possible polyish movie. I first saw this movie as a kid. It was playing on some B-movie channel like USA or Lifetime, and it had already started when I came upon it. I was flipping channels, and I only stopped only because I noticed Alan Alda. Being a huge fan of the show M*A*S*H, I had to see what Hawkeye was up to. I actually ha...
2017-04-1510 min???? from everywhere.Poly-ish Movie Reviews - Episode 23: Same Time, Next YearCould there be polyamorous content in this classic play-turned-film from 1978? Joreth reviews one of the more successful screen adaptations of a stage play as a possible polyish movie.
2017-04-1510 min
Poly-ish Movie ReviewsEp. 22 - Whatever Works: A Polyamorous Movie ReviewCan Woody Allen handle polyamory? Joreth reviews Whatever Works for a polyamorous sub-plot of a ménage à trois triad or a "household of three". Whatever Works by Woody Allen, was recommended to me by my best friend. I'm not a Woody Allen fan. I get awfully tired of his neurotic-old-man-gets-hot-younger-woman schtick that seems to be the only kind of relationship he is capable of writing about. But my best friend told me that this movie has a functional poly relationship as sub-characters and that I should watch it. So I did. I was...
2017-03-1507 min???? from everywhere.Poly-ish Movie Reviews - Episode 22: Whatever WorksCan Woody Allen handle polyamory? Joreth reviews Whatever Works for a polyamorous sub-plot of a ménage à trois triad or a "household of three".
2017-03-1507 min
Life on the Swingset - The Swinging & Polyamory PodcastSS 277: On Gender, Feminism & Non-Monogamy with Dedeker WinstonIt's no secret that women may have dramatically different experiences entering into the non-monogamous world than men, whether it's exploring dating on OkCupid, charting a path through swinger parties, or being a third in a couples' relationship. Dedeker Winston, co-host of Swingset.FM's Multiamory, and author of the new book The Smart Girl's Guide to Polyamory joins Dylan Thomas, Dr. Liz Powell, Mike Joseph, and Cooper S. Beckett to discuss gender and feminism within non-monogamy. As you listen, don't forget to tweet at #sspodcast! You can support us while you buy great sex toys and prod...
2017-02-161h 16
Poly-ish Movie ReviewsEp. 21 - Portrait Of A Marriage: A Polyamorous Movie ReviewJoreth reviews the BBC bio-drama of the turbulent relationship between writer Vita Sackville-West and Violet Keppel and the effect on their families. I had such high hopes for this movie! It's based on the true story of renowned feminist writer Vita Sackville-West, during the early part of the 20th century. It follows her through her marriage to diplomat and writer Harold Nicolson, and her affair with her childhood friend, novelist Violet Keppel. Vita and her husband Harold had several same-sex affairs each during their life-long marriage, including a relationship between Vita and famous author Virginia Wool...
2017-02-1515 min???? from everywhere.Poly-ish Movie Reviews - Episode 21: Portrait Of A MarriageJoreth reviews the BBC bio-drama of the turbulent relationship between writer Vita Sackville-West and Violet Keppel and the effect on their families.
2017-02-1515 min
Poly-ish Movie ReviewsEp. 20 - Summer Lovers: A Polyamorous Movie ReviewJoreth reviews a classic film of exploration starring Darryl Hannah. If you want to see a poly movie, I can think of no better example than Summer Lovers. This movie stars Daryl Hannah and takes place in the very early 1980s in the romantic and exotic setting of a beach-side villa in Greece. Cathy and her boyfriend Michael decide to spend the summer in Greece, lounging around, soaking up the sun, and seeing the sights. Until Michael sets his sights on Lina. Lina is a French archaeologist working in Greece for the summer and renting a...
2017-01-1603 min???? from everywhere.Poly-ish Movie Reviews - Episode 20: Summer LoversJoreth reviews a classic film of exploration starring Darryl Hannah.
2017-01-1603 min
Poly-ish Movie ReviewsEp. 19 - Y Tu Mamá También: A Polyamorous Movie ReviewThe popular, award-winning Mexican film, Y Tu Mamá También, often gets a mention in poly movie lists, but is it really? Joreth reviews it to find out! I'm not sure which poly movie list this was on, but I don't think it was poly. It wasn't a bad movie, and it was definitely about multiple sex partners, but I don't think it was poly. The summary at Netflix says "When rich teenagers Tenoch and Julio meet the alluring, older Luisa at a wedding, they try to impress her with stories of a road...
2016-12-1505 min???? from everywhere.Poly-ish Movie Reviews - Episode 19: Y Tu Mama TambienThe popular, award-winning Mexican film, Y Tu Mama Tambien, often gets a mention in poly movie lists, but is it really? Joreth reviews it to find out!
2016-12-1505 min
Poly-ish Movie ReviewsEp. 18 - My Girlfriend's Boyfriend: A Polyamorous Movie ReviewDoes Netflix' suggestions get it right? Joreth reviews a movie called My Girlfriend's Boyfriend on the recommendation of a computer algorithm based on prior movies watched. The description from Netflix reads: Jesse Young is a girl who has everything and maybe too much of it when she finds herself falling for two seemingly perfect guys: sexy but struggling writer Ethan and button-down advertising exec Troy. Can she find true love with two men at the same time, or is somebody going to get a broken heart? The tagline reads: "Wha...
2016-11-1515 min???? from everywhere.Poly-ish Movie Reviews - Episode 18: My Girlfriend's BoyfriendDoes Netflix' suggestions get it right? Joreth reviews a movie called My Girlfriend's Boyfriend on the recommendation of a computer algorithm based on prior movies watched.
2016-11-1515 min
Poly-ish Movie ReviewsEp. 17 - Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid: A Polyamorous Movie ReviewJoreth reviews the classic movie, Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid with Robert Redford, Paul Newman, and Katharine Ross. Could there be some polyamory in this Old West legend? This is a difficult movie for me to categorize. First of all, it's a western all about Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. But it's not a typical Western either. Not being very familiar with the actual history (or legends) about them, I couldn't tell you how historically "accurate" the movie is, but it was an enjoyable movie. The characters are gruff old Western bank robbers. Th...
2016-10-1511 min???? from everywhere.Poly-ish Movie Reviews - Episode 17: Butch Cassidy & The Sundance KidJoreth reviews the classic movie, Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid with Robert Redford, Paul Newman, and Katharine Ross. Could there be some polyamory in this Old West legend?
2016-10-1511 min
Poly-ish Movie ReviewsEp. 16 - Futurama - The Beast With A Billion Backs: A Polyamorous Movie ReviewJoreth reviews ... Futurama? Yes, the feature-length movie A Beast With A Billion Backs was recommended for review for polyamory. On the recommendation of an ex partner of mine, I watched Futurama: The Beast With A Billion Backs. It's a poly story. Seriously. No, I mean it, it is! I enjoy Futurama, but I wouldn't call myself a "fan". I find it mildly amusing and don't object to it being on, but I like Simpsons and older South Park better, as far as adult-oriented animated series go. Futurama goes higher on the preferred watch list than most...
2016-09-1911 min???? from everywhere.Poly-ish Movie Reviews - Episode 16: Futurama - The Beast With A Billion BacksJoreth reviews ... Futurama? Yes, the feature-length movie A Beast With A Billion Backs was recommended for review for polyamory.
2016-09-1911 min
Poly-ish Movie ReviewsEp. 15 - Paint Your Wagon: A Polyamorous Movie ReviewWas Clint Eastwood in a poly movie? Wait, Clint Eastwood sings? Joreth reviews the classic film Paint Your Wagon with Clint Eastwood, Lee Marvin, and Jean Seaberg. It's so much worse when they manage to get you to like a movie before they turn it to shit.I watched Paint Your Wagon, a cheesy movie made in the 1960s very loosely based on a musical written in the 1940s based on life in California in the 1840s. Although, the movie has almost nothing to do with the play, other than the names of a couple of c...
2016-08-1519 min???? from everywhere.Poly-ish Movie Reviews - Episode 15: Paint Your WagonWas Clint Eastwood in a poly movie? Wait, Clint Eastwood sings? Joreth reviews the classic film Paint Your Wagon with Clint Eastwood, Lee Marvin, and Jean Seaberg.
2016-08-1519 min
Poly-ish Movie ReviewsEp. 14 - Compersion: A Polyamorous Movie ReviewJoreth reviews the new web series, Compersion, directed by Jackie J. Stone, with Jammie Patton, Derrick LeMont, and Ka'ramuu Kush. Wow. So, I've made it through the first 4 episodes aired so far. I'm blown away. OK, first of all, this is a new series airing on a "new digital network", aka YouTube. Enchant TV is the name of the network using YouTube as its channel or delivery mechanism. Second of all, the entire cast is people of color. When's the last fucking time anything poly centered the experience of people of color? The creator, Jackie J. S...
2016-07-1513 min???? from everywhere.Poly-ish Movie Reviews - Episode 14: CompersionJoreth reviews the new web series, Compersion, directed by Jackie J. Stone, with Jammie Patton, Derrick LeMont, and Ka'ramuu Kush.
2016-07-1513 min
Poly-ish Movie ReviewsEp. 13 - You, Me, Her (pt. 1): A Polyamorous Movie ReviewThere's a new TV show out entirely about a triad! Joreth reviews the first episode of You Me Her. I'm gonna review this new TV show one episode at a time. Which means that I don't know how it ends or where things go when I review it. And this whole thing is going to be spoilerific for each episode. This is one of those new kinds of "original shows" that the alternative entertainment providers have been producing to compete with the good ol' boys networks and cable shows. Since they don't have sponsors to ap...
2016-06-1509 min???? from everywhere.Poly-ish Movie Reviews - Episode 13: You Me Her pt. 1There's a new TV show out entirely about a triad! Joreth reviews the first episode of You Me Her.
2016-06-1509 min
Poly-ish Movie ReviewsEp. 12 - Micki & Maude: A Polyamorous Movie ReviewJoreth reviews Micki & Maude, a story about a bigamist who must keep his wives from meeting each other, which becomes tricky when they're both pregnant. Micki & Maude is a bedroom farce-style romantic comedy that I was expecting to disappoint me. I'll be honest, I'm not really a big Dudley Moore fan and the idea of a poly movie put out in the last 30 years in America, as opposed to, say, a movie about being torn between 1 suitable lover and 1 unsuitable lover making it appropriate to dump one of them and live monogamously, a poly movie put...
2016-05-1510 min???? from everywhere.Poly-ish Movie Reviews - Episode 12: Micki & MaudeJoreth reviews Micki & Maude, a story about a bigamist who must keep his wives from meeting each other, which becomes tricky when they're both pregnant.
2016-05-1510 min
Poly-ish Movie ReviewsEp. 11 - Design For Living: A Polyamorous Movie ReviewJoreth reviews Design For Living, a movie about an MFM triad filmed in the 1930s, starring Gary Cooper, Frederic March and Miriam Hopkins. This was on a list of poly movies, and the Netflix description reads: "Packing double éntendres and boudoir innuendos galore, director Ernst Lubitsch's racy comedy Design for Living stars Gary Cooper, Frederic March and Miriam Hopkins as an inseparable threesome living in a Parisian garret and immersed in a ménage à trois." Made in the '30s, I sat down to watch it thoroughly prepared to hate it.
2016-04-1513 min???? from everywhere.Poly-ish Movie Reviews - Episode 11: Design For LivingJoreth reviews Design For Living, a movie about an MFM triad filmed in the 1930s, starring Gary Cooper, Frederic March and Miriam Hopkins.
2016-04-1513 min
Poly-ish Movie ReviewsEp. 10 - The Ethical Slut: A Polyamorous Movie ReviewJoreth finally gets around to reviewing the webseries based on the famous book, The Ethical Slut. As the Chief Media Archivist for the Polyamory Library at the Kinsey Institute, I got a sneak preview of the new web series, The Ethical Slut, "inspired by" the book of the same name by Dossie Easton and Janet Hardy, but then I didn't finish my review of it at the time and now there are 4 seasons out. I'll be honest, I thought the book was OK when I first read it, although I never thought it was...
2016-03-1513 min???? from everywhere.Poly-ish Movie Reviews - Episode 10: The Ethical Slut webseriesJoreth finally gets around to reviewing the webseries based on the famous book, The Ethical Slut.
2016-03-1513 min
Poly-ish Movie ReviewsEp. 9 - Sex And Breakfast: A Polyamorous Movie ReviewJoreth reviews Sex And Breakfast with Macaulay Culkin, Eliza Dushku, a story of two couples having trouble in their relationships coming together to see if group sex can fix them. As an ex-partner of mine used to say, they ought to put a label on "poly" movies to warn us that "this movie contains idiots". This whole review is going to be filled with spoilers, because fuck this movie. We start out with James and Heather. The spark seems to have gone out of their relationship. Heather comes from a progressive family - her...
2016-02-1517 min???? from everywhere.Poly-ish Movie Reviews - Episode 9: Sex And BreakfastJoreth reviews Sex And Breakfast with Macaulay Culkin, Eliza Dushku, a story of two couples having trouble in their relationships coming together to see if group sex can fix them.
2016-02-1517 min
Poly-ish Movie ReviewsEp. 8 - Hyde Park On Hudson: A Polyamorous Movie ReviewJoreth reviews Hyde Park On Hudson with Bill Murray, Laura Linney, and Olivia Williams. As Great Britain faces an imminent war with Germany, US President Franklin D. Roosevelt and his wife, Eleanor, invite the King and Queen of England for a weekend at their home in upstate New York. But during the first-ever visit of a reigning British monarch to America, international affairs must be juggled with the complexities of FDR's domestic establishment, as wife, mother, and mistresses all conspire to make the royal trip an unforgettable one. This movie was recommended to me by seve...
2016-01-1517 min???? from everywhere.Poly-ish Movie Reviews - Episode 8: Hyde Park On HudsonJoreth reviews Hyde Park On Hudson with Bill Murray, Laura Linney, and Olivia Williams. As Great Britain faces an imminent war with Germany, US President Franklin D. Roosevelt and his wife, Eleanor, invite the King and Queen of England for a weekend at their home in upstate New York. But during the first-ever visit of a reigning British monarch to America, international affairs must be juggled with the complexities of FDR’s domestic establishment, as wife, mother, and mistresses all conspire to make the royal trip an unforgettable one.
2016-01-1517 min
Poly-ish Movie ReviewsEp. 7 - Café au Lait: A Polyamorous Movie ReviewJoreth reviews Café au Lait with Julie Mauduech, Hubert Koundé, and Mathieu Kassovitz. Lola is pregnant and doesn't know who the father is, while neither man even knew that Lola was seeing someone else. The Summary tells us that Lola is pregnant and doesn't know which of the two men she loves is the father. I had high hopes for this one. Unfortunately, I was let down. It was "poly", but the movie sucked. This was a French film that started out by introducing us to Felix (or rather, Felix's foot in the pedal o...
2015-12-1509 min???? from everywhere.Poly-ish Movie Reviews - Episode 7: Cafe au LaitJoreth reviews Cafe au Lait with Julie Mauduech, Hubert Koundé, and Mathieu Kassovitz. Lola is pregnant and doesn't know who the father is, while neither man even knew that Lola was seeing someone else.
2015-12-1509 min
Poly-ish Movie ReviewsEp. 6 - My 5 Wives: A Polyamorous Movie ReviewJoreth reviews the movie My 5 Wives with Rodney Dangerfield, Molly Shannon, & Andrew Dice Clay. An entrepreneur buys some land in Utah and inherits the prior owner's wives as part of the bargain. I like Rodney Dangerfield. Two of my favorite classic '80s films are Caddyshack and Back To School. But let's be honest here, he's a sexist prick and his movies are terrible. I like terrible films. I never said I had good taste in cinema. So when people started talking about this movie being a poly film, I was dubious. I mean, Rodney Danger...
2015-11-1513 min
Poly-ish Movie ReviewsEp. 5 - Head In The Clouds - A Polyamorous Movie ReviewJoreth reviews the movie Head In The Clouds with Charlize Theron, Penelope Cruz, and Stuart Townsend. A sweeping romantic saga about a triad in Europe and the pressures of war on love. This was a really good movie in general, and a decent poly movie. It takes place in 1930s Paris, for the most part, with a little bit in England and Spain. Gilda is a rich hedonist who travels the world in pursuit of pleasure and the present. She meets Guy, a British college student, who immediately falls head over heels in love with her...
2015-10-1509 min
Poly-ish Movie ReviewsEp. 4 - Two Girls And A Guy: A Polyamorous Movie ReviewJoreth reviews the movie Two Girls And A Guy with Robert Downey Jr., Heather Grahm, and Natasha Gregson Wagner. Two women discover they are both sleeping with the same man and confront him. I had low expectations for this one. It was recommended to me by Netflix after I added a bunch of other movies from so-called "poly movie lists" around the web. It has big names in it. It's American. It's within the last couple decades. These points usually mean the movie will either suck, or not be poly, or both. After watching it, I'm...
2015-09-1512 min
Poly-ish Movie ReviewsEp. 3 - Belle Epoque: A Polyamorous Movie ReviewJoreth reviews the movie Belle Epoque with Penelope Cruz, where a young, handsome Spanish Civil War deserter seeks refuge with a generous artist and finds himself in the middle of a romantic dilemma when the four beautiful daughters return home to the family nest. This was a quirky Spanish film that promised a story about a man , Fernando, who falls in love with four sisters in 1931 during the Spanish Civil War. Sounds promising? He deserts and then befriends a free-thinking artist named Monolo who has four luscious adult daughters still living at home. Each...
2015-08-1507 min
Poly-ish Movie ReviewsEp. 2 - Her: A Polyamorous Movie ReviewJoreth reviews the movie Her with Joaquin Phoenix and Scarlett Johannson. A lonely writer develops an unlikely relationship with his newly purchased operating system that's designed to meet his every need. I finally got around to watching the relatively new movie, Her. It was recommended to me by, oh, everyone who saw it. But for different reasons. I wanted to see it for the obvious geeky tech reasons (which, if you don't know anything about it, will become obvious when I tell you the plot), but then a bunch of people suggested that I review it...
2015-07-1536 min
Poly-ish Movie ReviewsEp. 1 - Carrington: A Polyamorous Movie ReviewJoreth reviews the movie Carrington, with Emma Thompson, Jonathan Pryce, and Steven Waddington. This is the story of real-life painter Dora Carrington, her life-partner Lytton Strachey, and their various loves. I watched a movie that was recommended on a very long list of "poly" movies. Many of the movies on the list are more about cheating and being forced to choose between partners, so I was somewhat dubious. But Carrington proved to be an exception. I found this movie to be an excellent example of polyamory ... before the word existed. This movie is based on the real-life char...
2015-06-1506 min
Poly-ish Movie ReviewsEp. 0.5 - The Criteria For Poly-ish Movie ReviewsWhat does "poly-ish" mean and how does a movie make it onto the "approved" list versus a movie that doesn't? This episode will cover the entire criteria that Joreth uses to evaluate movies for poly content for all future movie review episodes, including: What makes a movie polyamorous? What makes it just an "open relationship"? What's the difference between a poly movie and a poly-ish movie? Does cheating count? What if it's a triad? Or a quad? Or a documentary? Does it have to be an open marriage? How open and honest does it have to be to count? And more.
2015-04-1618 min