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I like to think that the act of communication is a generally straightforward act. You open your mouth, engage your vocal chords and the various muscles necessary to form noise, and words come out. However, we have all had moments where words are hard to come by because of the content of our message. These . . . → Read More: Condom Contract?
“All the romantic imagery of ‘true love’ that has since helped to idealize marriage in contemporary society can’t change the fact that marriage is essentially a property relationship.” -Sharon Smith
Monogamists are Romantics
Marriage is an achievement: a state that people aspire to attain, and often they feel inadequate if they do not conquer the . . . → Read More: Monogamists are Romantics
A few years ago, when Janet Jackson flashed her pasty-adorned breast, Janet drew the attention of the masses. The event was termed a scandal, and according to Wikipedia, the incident spurred over 5,000 stories in major US publications, newspapers, and TV/radio broadcasts. The football-watching world was in an uproar because of the tit-interruption of the . . . → Read More: Wardrobe Malfunction
Monogamous relationships seem to be symbolized by a yin yang —two parts that come together to make a whole. I am not saying that all monogamous relationships are this way, but monogamy lends itself to the idea that people are not whole without a partner, and that they rely on one partner to complete them. . . . → Read More: Yin Yang versus Venn Diagram
Apparently I am favoring prefaces lately, so I am going to go with it: there are times when I wonder if the collective conscious is actually at work in simple day-to-day events such as the construction of a blog. Today, I wanted to address question number three in the “Top Ten Questions about Sex-istentialism,” and . . . → Read More: Down To Fuck?
As a blog writer, I have embraced the excitement I feel when readers interact with me via commentary. You can see, however, that I have received very few comments, so the excitement gets sort of bottled up until I am notified that I have one. Today, my message box alerted me that I had one . . . → Read More: Countering the Commentary
I am going to make my first attempt at answering the jealousy question. What jealousy question, do you ask? Scroll down and read the “Top Ten Questions” posted below. If you are too lazy to scroll down, I would typically be inclined to say, “Sack up and do it, slacker.” However, tonight, I am feeling . . . → Read More: Jealousy #1
I promise this won’t happen often, but sometimes, a girl’s just got to provide a preface: Typically, I will try to write about some sort of legitimate relational topic pertaining to non-monogamy. However, this evening, as I sit at a bar I frequent and drink my favorite chocolate stout, I just have to rant a . . . → Read More: Sex Only
Two years ago, the idea of non-monogamy was still just a theory in my head; I hadn’t conceived how to practically apply it to my life. I had many questions about non-monogamy that I wanted to answer before the theory could conceptualize into practical application, and I decided to begin with my romantic side, and . . . → Read More: What About Love?
Some people ask me some strange things about how I live my non-monogamous lifestyle. I will tell you how I answer my top ten faves. . . . → Read More: The top 10 Questions about Sex-istentialism
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About Cecilia Rationale
I have always had a crush on Jay Gatsby. And I have always latently blamed the late, Great Gatsby for my initial campaign against traditional marriage. You see, when I was a fifteen-year-old high school English student, I couldn't help but advocate for Gatsby's cause and create my first critique on the institution of marital bliss.
Gatsby and Daisy were the titular characters of my paper defining the basis of my critique on marriage—that vows allow for a general stagnancy due to the lack of necessary relational reassessment. Instead of marriage, I posed that committed relationships should be contractual, spelling out expectations, and the general unspoken entitlements of monogamy would not be presumed. The contract would be subject to re-evaluation on an annual basis, and could be dissolved according to the agreed upon "relational separation" clause. Granted this rationale has grown over the years, but the main point remains intact...Read More!
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Countering the Commentary
As a blog writer, I have embraced the excitement I feel when readers interact with me via commentary. You can see, however, that I have received very few comments, so the excitement gets sort of bottled up until I am notified that I have one. Today, my message box alerted me that I had one . . . → Read More: Countering the Commentary