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Don't let the title fool you. this IS a serious, thoughtful (and thought-provoking) comprehensive introduction to, and examination of, a much misunderstood and misused practice. But more than that, it is a witty, provocative, damn fine read, with as much to offer to the faithfully monogamous as to those looking for a bit more out of life, love and relationships. Go on. Dive in. ""Wendy-O tackles a touchy subject with clarity and creativity. She is wise beyond her years. This guide teaches you how you can have it all. I gave the jealousy tips to my lover immediately."" [Annie Sprinkle]

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Wendy-O tackles a touchy topic with clarity and creativity. Sheis wise beyond her years. This guide teaches you how you canhave it all. I gave the jealousy tips to my lover immediately. -- Annie Sprinkle, Post-porn Star turned Certified Sexologist Wendy-O Matik delivers a meditation and a manifesto on the alternatives to monogamy. She shows people who feel hemmed in by exclusive partnering the route to healthy and responsible openness (without disrespecting anyone who makes otherchoices). -- Mike Hout, Professor of Sociology, UC-Berkeley Wendy-O Matik's how-to guide for the emotional roadblocks and liberatory possibilities of polyamory reads like a punk rock Ann Landers channeling Emma Goldman and Victoria Woodhull. -- Hakim Bey, author of T.A.Z. The Temporary Autonomous Zone, Ontological Anarchism, Poetic Terrorism (Autonomedia Press) Wendy encourages us to love ourselves, and to seek creative ways to maximize love in our lives. Her warmth is infectious--open relationships aren't easy, but her focus on love and self knowledge makes them seem possible. -- Amber Gayle, Evil Twin Publications Don't let the title fool you. This IS a serious, thoughtful (and thought-provoking) comprehensive introduction to, and examination of, a much misunderstood and misused practice. But more than that, it is a witty, provocative, damn fine read, with as much to offer to the faithfully monogamous as to those looking for a bit more out of life, love and relationships. Go on. Dive in. -- Ramsey Kanaan, AK Press Wendy-O Matik addresses the tricky issue of non-monogamy with the same thoughtful, love-based anarchy that shebrings to her poetry. An important, helpful guide for a seriously under-mapped way of living. -- Michelle Tea, author of Valencia Open their minds and cultivate the seed of autonomy and self-empowerment! --Carey MacCarthy, Sonoma State University psychology major and single mom Go ahead, Wendy, threaten institutionalized social order! Co-conspirator

"""Wendy-O tackles a touchy topic with clarity and creativity. Sheis wise beyond her years. This guide teaches you how you canhave it all. I gave the jealousy tips to my lover immediately."" -- Annie Sprinkle, Post-porn Star turned Certified Sexologist ""Wendy-O Matik delivers a meditation and a manifesto on the alternatives to monogamy. She shows people who feel hemmed in by exclusive partnering the route to healthy and responsible openness (without disrespecting anyone who makes otherchoices)."" -- Mike Hout, Professor of Sociology, UC-Berkeley ""Wendy-O Matik's how-to guide for the emotional roadblocks and liberatory possibilities of polyamory reads like a punk rock Ann Landers channeling Emma Goldman and Victoria Woodhull."" -- Hakim Bey, author of T.A.Z. The Temporary Autonomous Zone, Ontological Anarchism, Poetic Terrorism (Autonomedia Press) ""Wendy encourages us to love ourselves, and to seek creative ways to maximize love in our lives. Her warmth is infectious--open relationships aren't easy, but her focus on love and self knowledge makes them seem possible."" -- Amber Gayle, Evil Twin Publications ""Don't let the title fool you. This IS a serious, thoughtful (and thought-provoking) comprehensive introduction to, and examination of, a much misunderstood and misused practice. But more than that, it is a witty, provocative, damn fine read, with as much to offer to the faithfully monogamous as to those looking for a bit more out of life, love and relationships. Go on. Dive in."" -- Ramsey Kanaan, AK Press ""Wendy-O Matik addresses the tricky issue of non-monogamy with the same thoughtful, love-based anarchy that shebrings to her poetry. An important, helpful guide for a seriously under-mapped way of living."" -- Michelle Tea, author of Valencia ""Open their minds and cultivate the seed of autonomy and self-empowerment!"" --Carey MacCarthy, Sonoma State University psychology major and single mom ""Go ahead, Wendy, threaten institutionalized social order!"" Co-conspirator"

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Wendy-O Matik is a Bay area based freelance writer and author of Redefining Our Relationships: Guidelines for Responsible Open Relationships. As an educator, role model, and spokesperson for the polyamory community, Wendy has become a revolutionary activist of the heart. Since the release of her book, she has taught over eighty Radical Love & Relationship Workshops globally, excavating important social trends and reshaping the future of alternative relationship models for the 21st century. As an activist for social change, Wendy is pushing the boundaries on firmly rooted notions in mainstream society on relationships, love, gender, sexual equality, and sexual politics.

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