📕 2025 Weekly Reading Roundup: 5/10-16

My pick for this week's top sex, love, and modern relationship headlines

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5/16

‘I’m a relationships nerd’: Deepa Paul on love, growth and open marriage (Eastern Eye)

I was honored to attend

Deepa Paul

book launch party in London with our fellow non-monogamy nerd

Danielle | Openly Committed

and have been thoroughly enjoying the book. Get your copy and join me!

5/15

What Is Polyamory? Tips, Tricks, And The Real-Life Truth (GO Mag)

Beyond the Stereotypes: How to navigate age-gap love successfully (Glamour)

We Finally Know What Actually Went Down In Mormon MomTok's Swinging Scandal (Betches)

5/14

Virginia Democrat running in swing district outs herself and husband as ‘ethically non-monogamous’ (The Independent)

This is HUGE. This happens to be the part of the country/world I grew up in. Notice how the article headline above uses her words “ethically non-monogamous” and the article below from HuffPost sensationalizes the same story by using the currently hot buzz word “swinger” — curious why those aren’t synonyms? »

ENM 101: Open Up Without Breaking Up [ONLINE WORKSHOP REPLAY]

5/13

Virginia House Candidate Comes Out As A Swinger Ahead Of November Election (HuffPost)

5/12

Polyamory is becoming more popular. What can it teach us about our love lives? (ABC Radio National)

5/11

Relationship expert details the shocking realities of ethical non-monogamy (Daily Mail)

From bible study to sex parties, gays share the most surprising places they met their partners (Queerty)

5/10

12 Queers on Where We Fall on the Polyamory/Monogamy Scale (autostraddle)

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