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The Ready For Polyamory PodcastSeason 2 Begins: Polyamory as a Catch-all for Ethical Non-monogamy"One of those is your boyfriend, one of those is your husband, one is your best friend, and one has been your lover for the last 15 years"
Kimota Tigerlily and Laura discuss different forms of ethical non-monogamy, how polyamory has become a catch-all term for all of them, the ways this is good and bad for polyamorous visibility, and how our guest could have four relationships all called best friend that an outsider describes with that tagline.
They touch on this being a re-recording of an episode intended to close Season 1 (guess who only has half her...2020-12-2640 minThe Ready For Polyamory PodcastEpisode 5: CompersionCompersion is typically defined in the polyamorous community as happiness at the happiness of one's partner with their other partner(s). Some people go so far as to use the phrase "the opposite of jealousy." Laura discusses the concept, the possibility of broadening this definition to "positive empathy for one's partner" and whether that waters down the concept too far (and if so, if we need the concept) - with Kimota Tigerlily and Seva.
Related blog posts to today's podcast include:
https://www.readyforpolyamory.com/post/compersion-is-not-mandatory
https://www.readyforpolyamory.com/post/hard-won-compersion
...2020-07-1138 min