MNPoly Presents: Consent and Sex Positivity Panel
On April 18th, 2022, I was on a panel for MNPoly about Consent and Sex Positivity. You can listen to the audio of the panel on my SoundCloud. MNPoly is accepting donations through their PayPal link to support further educational social events. Also, MNPolyCon is back this year on July 24th.
The night’s panelists were:
Jillian (she/her): a queer autistic activist working in the public policy sector
Justin (xe/xem): an advocate, educator, and writer, with a BA in Gender Studies and an AA in Liberal Arts
Marie (they/them): a coach for practitioners of ethical non-monogamy and counter-culture
Red (she/her): who has been practicing some form of non-monogamy before she had words for what it was
As some of the topics were heavy and possibly triggering, Marie & Red started with some self-care discussion and practices.
From there, we discussed attachment theory and the self. Part of that included evolution and how we change as people, as well as conflict agreements. The part where we talked about the ritual and planning for breakups reminded me of the Rite of Separation from the Deep Space Nine episode “Let He Who Is Without Sin…” (DS9 5x07).
Communication Resources:
The HALTS system:
Are you/they Hungry?
Are you/they Angry?
Are you/they Lonely?
Are you/they Tired?
Are Substances involved?
Polyamory Weekly #157 (About The User Manual)
The movie that I couldn’t think of was Cordelia. It turns out that the movie poster was also misleading.
Resources:
Love’s Not Colorblind by Kevin Patterson, M.Ed.
Polysecure: Attachment, Trauma and Consensual Nonmonogamy by Jessica Fern
The Polyamory Breakup Book: Causes, Prevention, and Survival by Kathy Labriola
Sense8 - Netflix sci-fi drama series
The Principles of Pleasure - Netflix docuseries
Come as You Are by Emily Nagoski, Ph.D.
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