301 - Solo Polyamory with Tristan Taormino
What is solo polyamory?
Tristan Taormino is the host of the podcast Sex Out Loud, as well as the editor of 25 different anthologies and author of 8 books on the subject of sex and relationships, including Opening Up: A Guide to Creating and Sustaining Open Relationships. She is also a speaker and sex educator, and coined the term “solo polyamory,” which refers to:
“a category of polyamory that covers a wide range of relationships that essentially take a “free agent” approach to polyamory. Many solo polyamorists don’t choose to share a home or finances with intimate partners and generally tend to emphasize themselves as individuals and not part of a couple or triad.”
Throughout this episode Tristan talks about her experiences with and thoughts on solo polyamory, relationship anarchy, and sex positivity, particularly in the midst of a pandemic. Some of the questions and subjects Tristan addresses are:
What sex positivity means to her and why it’s important for the public to be educated on it.
Why relationship anarchy might be emerging more in the past decade than it has in the past.
Sexual politics.
Safe meetings with people during the pandemic.
How the pandemic has altered popular sex negativity (if at all).
Tristan’s website can be found here, and you can learn more about her book Opening Up here. Be sure to also check out Tristan’s podcast, Sex Out Loud, and follow her on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter at @TristanTaormino.