Monthly Archives: October 2011

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A Tale of OpenCon

This was originally posted in the UK-Poly Mailing List, and with kind permission of the writer, Karen, we reproduce it here for your enjoyment and enlightenment. Small disclaimer - it's pretty long, as it's considerably detailed. I didn't go to OpenCon last ...

Saturday's workshops: photo by Andrew

OpenCon: A New Kind of Poly Event

This year, people came to OpenCon from France, Germany, Catalonia and Switzerland, as well as from all over the UK. Sixty people converged in Dorset - around half of whom had attended last year - to share longer, deeper conversations ...

Who Wants to be on TV? (again)

Once more, we folks here at Polytical find ourselves as one of the liaisons between the media and your good selves! We promise that there won't be many more of these sort of calls going out there (the media has ...

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Activism: The Incurable Bug

Survivor Story: One woman’s tale of her exposure to an incurable virus You might not have heard of it, or be aware of the symptoms, but if you are a member of a group, you too could be exposed to this ...

Another Media Request

We got a request from a journalist just the other day, and as we try to be a liaison between the media & the poly community we are dutifully passing it on! I am a freelance journalist working primarily for women's ...

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So what’s OpenCon all about, then?

A few people have asked about the format of OpenCon, so I'm going to expand a bit on the idea! OpenCon will be a weekend of workshops, discussions, socialising and community-building among non-monogamous people in the beautiful Dorset countryside. It'll run ...

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And now for something a bit different

We can be very serious here at Polytical, and that's not a bad thing. Stuff needs to change and people are always more likely to listen if you're a professional and serious group. But the joy of non-monogamy is getting ...