A really great article, written by an asexual and very relevant to RA. In Part 1, David Jay (@davidgljay) discusses replacing words like boyfriend/girlfriend and romance with relationship, and the freedom that allows for.
Ane Vegane’s article on DIY Conspiracy (@DIYconspiracy) writes about having ‘deep and uncompromising’ relationships with her friends. She has a great way of explaining how If we don’t use hierarchies, we won’t have ‘primary’ partners or ‘best’ friends. Relationships can unfold naturally, without expectations or strict boundaries. Read Out On The Open Sea With Boats…
The Thinking Asexual questions how to create equality in relationships with the words we use to describe them. The word “partner” has a lot of meaning attached to it from the monogamous world, meaning that relationship anarchy seeks to reject. With the limited words we have, what is the alternative to partner, girlfriend, boyfriend, husband,…
Full Transcript Hi, I’m Kale. Today I wanted to talk about switching up our ideas of romance and friendship a little. About how we can be more romantic towards our friends and more friendly towards our romantic partners. Society often places a hierarchy on our romantic or sexual partners over our friends. Romantic, sexual relationships…
Belenen (@belenen) on why they identify as a relationship anarchist. How do we make space for growth in our relationships, and value them beyond the standard escalator model? They write about relationships being ‘continuously voluntary associations’ and commitments as ‘making decision anew every day’. Read Blog Post
Possibly the shortest article written about Relationship Anarchy, written by Mike Sturnin (@mi_st). Read Relationship Anarchy, My Summary
This is part 1 of a 6 part piece ‘Of relationship anarchy, accessibility and sitting shiva’. The first three parts are relevant to RA so I’m posting links to those three. Blogger Rotten Zucchini’s writes about what is often missing from the discourse on relationship anarchy – the anarchy itself. Read Part 1: The anarchism of…