📕 2025 Weekly Reading Roundup: 5/17-23

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

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5/23

Would You Be Open to ‘Soft Swapping’ With Your Partner? (VICE)

6 Ways To Tell If Your Utah Neighbors Are Secret SWINGERS! (Cat Country 107.3)

5/22

This polyamorous couple has a ‘sex calendar’ — it keeps things ‘organized and balanced’ (New York Post)

5/21

What I Learned from “Open: One Woman’s Journey through Love and Polyamory” by Rachel Krantz (The Good Men Project)

What is a ‘soft swap’? How ‘Secret Lives of Mormon Wives’ sheds light on a surprising relationship trend (New York Post)

Does your sex positivity include sex workers? (Her Canberra)

5/20

Half of Americans say they’ve been cheated on; one-third say they've been the cheater (YouGov)

The sex parties coming to a stately home near you (The Telegraph)

Looking for something a little more nuanced and elevated than a run of the mill mansion party? I’m launching my immersive art, play-friendly party in August:

Is Monogamy Overrated After 50? Linda’s Story of Liquid Love (Crunchy Tales)

5/19

Dakota Johnson and Michael Angelo Covino’s Open Marriage Comedy ‘Splitsville’ Cracks Up Cannes, Earning 6-Minute Standing Ovation (Variety)

Was honestly nervous about this film coming out and serving open relationships as the punchline until I saw this:

“Much like the concept of an open marriage, the movie proves to be less about who you’re having sex with (or not) and more about the importance of communication.”

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