Originally published at http://www.polyfamilies.com/misanthrope20041030.html I remember one night, after Atlas was published, she [Ayn Rand] was sitting on the sofa, crying, protesting the state of the world and her place in it, and then she said how much she would hate for John Galt to see her this way, how much she would hate for…
Category: The Polyamory Community
A Public Service Announcement
Originally published at http://www.polyfamilies.com/misanthrope20041009.html Gather ye round little poly chillun, ’cause Mama Java has about had it up to her eyeballs wit da nonsense. Polyamory is not about: Nudism Tantra Religion Heinlein Politics Let’s start with nudism. Yeah, yeah, yeah, I understand that a lot of people who are really hard core nudists/naturists feel…
Snarkiness, Messages and Education
Originally published at http://www.polyfamilies.com/misanthrope20040925.html In an attempt to Do My Duty to the Polyamorous Community, I requested of the faithful and passionately interested readers of my blog to help me out with something to rant about. (Translation: Mama Java has been boring her readership to tears whining about her lack of interesting subject matter for…
Wanna Be Like You
Originally published at http://www.polyfamilies.com/misanthrope20040703.html Many people in various alternative lifestyle communities (my own writings leap to mind) like to go to some lengths to try to explain that we really are “Just Like You”. Domesticity is often discussed — the activities of dinner around the dining room table, the taking out of trash, the fact…
You’re Not as Special as You Think
Originally posted on http://www.polyfamilies.com/misanthrope200403.html Gather ye round, little poly chillun, ’cause Mama Java’s got something to say to all of you. A lot of you poly people, in an attempt to explain that you’re not hedonistic sluts with the morals and sexual code of an alley cat talk about how hard relationships can be. The…