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The Ethical Slut: A Practical Guide to Polyamory, Open Relationships, and Other Freedoms in Sex and Love
by Janet W. Hardy, Dossie Easton
“The Ethical Slut” is a primer on “alternative relationships”- the book touches on everything from “monogamish” partnerships to poly relationships with constellations of partners. I picked it up because I’d seen it recommended by someone I admire who happens to be in an open marriage. I learned a lot about the myriad kinds of relationships people can build for themselves outside of the kind dictated by the cultural mainstream. I feel like this book has great takeaways whether you are single, in a monogamous couple, or practicing one of the many forms of polyamory - namely, that you should be honest, honorable, compassionate, and intentional in all the relationships you have. I appreciated what the authors had to say about not just stepping on the escalator of life and ending up where we’re told to end up, but rather, to examine the choices we make for what will work best for us in any given phase of life.