Below are the 20 most recent journal entries recorded in Polyamory News' LiveJournal:

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Thursday, March 19th, 2009
9:53 am [joedecker]	I haven't done anything with this community in a while, and I'm trying to cut back on quite a bit of stuff. Anyone want to take over moderation, etc., of this group? (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Thursday, August 14th, 2008
7:46 am [alan7388]	More Poly in the Media, from Fox News to Miss Manners The last three months have seen a continued stream of Polyamory in the News, as you know if you've friended the nice LJ feed at LiveJournal polymedia. So where's the conservative backlash already? The coverage we're getting -- the stuff your worried mother is reading (and your boss) -- continues to range from neutral to remarkably positive, by and large. Even a Fox News commentator had decent things to say. Have the bigtime conservatives shot their wad (those are the items with my "critics of poly" tag) and quit? They've hardly peeped about us in more than a year — aside from the pro-forma mentions, which haven't changed in maybe a decade, that after gay marriage polys are the next step down the slippery slope to marrying goats. Maybe they’ve realized that the more they call attention to us, the more people hear that polyamory is actually possible. So, have we been bracing for a storm that's not coming? I wouldn't bet on it; keep your wits and arguments sharp. Meanwhile, if you haven't kept up with what the world is saying about us, here's some of what you recently missed: ( Read more... ) (Comment on this)
Thursday, July 24th, 2008
2:37 pm [mactavish]	Random poly news links, from a minute's searching. These are becoming easier to find. Woot. Polyamorous lovers keep their options — and their relationships — open. Can You Be in Love With More Than One Person? Is getting intimate with more than one person really so wrong? How TV shows represent open relationships—and how they could do better Ménage Your Time (book reviews) In New York, traditional relationships are becoming less and less fashionable. Having several boyfriends or girlfriends is something of a lifestyle choice for many. However, critics say it just shows a lack of responsibility. . . . what if that cute couple next door wasn't really a couple--but a threesome or a foursome? How would you react? New rules for open marriage Open Marriage: An Alternative Approach to Forever Challenging the 'all or nothing' of monogamy How not to become a desperate housewife. 'Open: Love, Sex, and Life in an Open Marriage' Will Smith has revealed that he and wife Jada Pinkett Smith have an open marriage and often talk about having sex with other people. Note: Some of these allow comments, some don't, some specifically request them. Chime in!) (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Friday, June 27th, 2008
11:04 pm [alles_wichtig]	Not exactly polyamory, but in some ways relevant   The Australian media has been commenting this week on moves in Britain to afford legal recognition of polygamous marriages that take place in other countries http://www.livenews.com.au/Articles/2008/06/25/Australia_should_give_legal_protection_to_polygamists_Keysar_Trad http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23922968-5010800,00.html This has, of course, been used as an opportunity to bash muslims: http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,23928410-5000117,00.html Australia's Attorney-General Robert McClelland has responded with the same thing that he repeated endlessly when there were recent legislative changes to nearly equalise homosexual de-facto relationships with heterosexual ones, but keep marriage a purely hetero affair: "we made it clear before the election that the Government regards marriage as being between a man and a woman and we don't support any measures that seek to (change) that" (Comment on this)
Wednesday, June 18th, 2008
12:20 pm [mactavish]	Take a peek into the lives of these nine couples that have vowed to love, honor, and cherish — and created their own visions of the ultimate commitment. Note: For the poly couple, they did just focus on the couple. But still. :D (Comment on this)
Monday, May 19th, 2008
11:52 pm [alan7388]	New burst of positive media coverage If you haven't been reading Polyamory in the News in the last three months — or haven't friended the nice LJ feed for it at LiveJournal polymedia — here's some of what you missed: ( Read more... ) Now, for discussion: Loving More is surveying its members and supporters and asking, among other things, for their thoughts on the last three years of media attention. What to you think? -- Great that the media are paying such positive attention; it’ll make our lives easier. -- Nice that we’re getting this coverage, but they don't really get polyamory. -- Doesn't matter. -- May harm more than help. -- Hate it; I don't want polyamory becoming visible. Cheers, Alan (...who is always looking for news stories. If you see a noteworthy one that I miss, please let me know: alan7388 [at] gmail [dot] com.) (Crossposted) (Comment on this)
Wednesday, April 30th, 2008
12:06 pm [mactavish]	These types of disgraceful “open marriages” are becoming common among Americans. (Not so much news, but in the mainstreamish news.) From the Jackson Sun: http://www.jacksonsun.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080429/NEWS01/80429011 (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Tuesday, April 15th, 2008
9:39 am [gtpooh]	You Know You Might Be In the Bay Area It Takes a Village and Eight Weeks , To Raise a Child UNION CITY — The Youth and Family Services division now is accepting applications for parents with children ages 5 to 10 to participate in a parent intervention program. The program, in partnership with the New Haven Unified School District, is called Parent Project Jr. The eight-week program will run from 6 to 9 p.m. Fridays starting April 18 at the Cabello Student Support Center, 4500 Cabello St. It will cost $50 for one parent, $60 for two and an extra $10 for any additional parent participant. Just thought it was interesting.  Have never seen the option for additional parental units before.     (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Sunday, April 6th, 2008
2:31 pm [joedecker]	Polygamists May be Closer than you Think [via Associated Content, appears to use polyamory and polygamy without distinguishing the two] (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Saturday, April 5th, 2008
6:45 pm [mactavish]	I had no idea. But he says, ""I have never discussed my private life and I am not going to discuss it now. I will go to my grave not talking about my private life." London Mayor Ken Livingstone seems to have what I'd call a polyamorous set of relationships. (Comment on this)
Tuesday, March 25th, 2008
6:49 pm [alan7388]	New York activist profiled, and Poly as the New Queer ...are now up on Polyamory in the News, items dated March 23 and March 25, 2008. You can subscribe to Polyamory in the News by LJ-friending it. (Comment on this)
Thursday, March 20th, 2008
9:42 pm [joreth]	Letter To Stupid DJs http://polyinthemedia.blogspot.com/2008/03/minx-vs-talk-jocks.html Minx vs. talk jocks Q101 radio (Chicago) Thanks to the Chicago Sun-Times article day before yesterday, Cunning Minx, who produces the wonderful Polyamory Weekly podcast out of Chicago, got a few minutes this morning to explain poly on a local radio station. She held her own against a couple of morning DJs who can't believe that male bisexuality exists (though gal-on-gal is hot). Listen here, and educate the idiot jocks here. ( Here's my email to the DJs )   ( But wait ... there's more! ) (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Tuesday, February 5th, 2008
10:45 pm [joedecker]	How Poly People do Valentine's Day [SF Bay Guardian] (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Sunday, November 18th, 2007
1:29 pm [wolffirepa]	Make sure you read the comments especially #19 http://news.aol.com/newsbloggers/2007/11/16/two-mommies-one-daddy-a-model-family/ Current Mood: interested (Comment on this)
Monday, October 29th, 2007
1:26 pm [ubiquity]	Poly triad article in a UK women's magazine, take 2 A while ago, I posted that Mel Fallowfield, a contributing editor for a UK women's magazine, interviewed me and my wives kyeli_unlikely and wyndhover, and wrote an article about us. I'm posting again because we've finally got the original text of the article up. You can read it here. (: (Crossposted all over the place.) (Comment on this)
Thursday, September 13th, 2007
8:25 pm [ubiquity]	Poly triad article in Closer Magazine in the UK Mel Fallowfield, a contributing editor for Closer Magazine in the UK, interviewed me and my wives kyeli_unlikely and wyndhover, and wrote an article about us that was just published in this week's issue of Closer. If you live in the UK and read the article, please leave a comment and let us know what you think! She read us the copy over the phone and it sounded really good. (: (Crossposted all over the place.) (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Saturday, August 11th, 2007
12:49 pm [mactavish]	Are Open Marriages More Successful Than Traditional Couplings? A New Generation Tries Swinging, but Leaves the Leisure Suits in the Closet And please notice that they request your comments. What do you think? (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Friday, July 13th, 2007
12:33 pm [dawnd]	Miss Manners on poly Poly has hit a new level of notice in our culture. Miss Manners is now (with her usual humorous aplomb) answering questions of how to deal with poly families in formal invitations. How many mates is too many? (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Tuesday, May 8th, 2007
11:57 am [dawnd]	Montel episode with Robyn Trask, TODAY May 8, 4pm Hi all: I wanted to give everyone a heads-up about an episode of the Montel Williams show that will be airing TODAY (4pm on KTVU Channel 2 for those who are in the SF Bay Area). Robyn Trask (head of Loving More) and her family were invited to appear. We had also discussed appearing, but due to scheduling constraints, that didn't work out. As it turns out, I'm really glad we weren't there, because Robyn reports that it was a very BAD experience for her, and possibly paints poly in a bad light. Read her report below.( Read more... ) [x-posted] -- ETA: Hi all: I just saw part of the Montel episode. I missed the beginning, so I don't have the whole context. But the part with Robyn et al seemed not too bad, to me. Montel was his usual urbane self. Their guest "expert" was a judge, and she was calling for everyone on the show to admit that there was something wrong with what they were doing--BUT, in a context of "even I have things that aren't good about my own choices; we all do." She applauded Montel's handling of the show with humor, and called for people to be more tolerant, specifically because if you arouse anger, people stop listening, and aren't inclined to look at their own suboptimal behavior and make changes. Montel also wrapped up with a call for tolerance and understanding that things that we formerly thought were "out in left field" are actually all around us. So for the part I saw, I'd give it a middling grade. It could definitely have been worse, and was better than I'd anticipated given Robyn's subjective experience. Dawn -- "The biggest problem with communication is the illusion that it has occurred." -- George Bernard Shaw (5 Comments |Comment on this)
Wednesday, August 30th, 2006
5:20 pm [mactavish]	What do novelist Dorothy Allison, Princeton University professor Cornel West, "sexpert" Susie Bright, Families Like Mine author Abigail Garner, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Paula Vogel, Nickel and Dimed author Barbara Ehrenreich, Stone Butch Blues author Leslie Feinberg, Tikkun magazine editor Michael Lerner, Tales of the City author Armistead Maupin and feminist icon have in common? They all signed a controversial document released last week calling on LGBT-rights organizations to shift their focus from civil marriage rights for same-sex couples to a broader focus on legal recognition of "a wide range of relationships, households and families," including polyamorous relationships and greater access to "health care, housing, Social Security and pension plans, disaster recovery assistance, unemployment insurance and welfare assistance" for all "regardless of marital or citizenship status." from Bay Windows (Comment on this)