tristan taormino Archive

Polyamorous Valentines Day by Amelia G on Blue Blood

Polyamorous Valentines Day

Whatever the structure of a long-term relationship, in terms of gender breakdown or number of people involved, I believe that long-term relationships are good for the larger society. People with loving families have something to lose; they are invested in their lives and being good citizens….( Read more )

Jiz Lee, Justine Joli, Dana DeArmond, Michael Vegas, Jennifer White, Lexi Belle, Tristan Taormino No

Justine Joli, Dana DeArmond, Michael Vegas, Lexi Belle, Jennifer White, and Jiz Lee are nominated for 2014 XBiz Awards. Blue Blood OG writer Tristan Taormino is also nominated for 2014 XBiz Awards.

Jiz Lee, Justine Joli, Dana DeArmond, Michael Vegas, Jennifer White, Lexi Belle Nominated for XBiz Awards

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Annika Amour, Cammy Ellis, Larkin Love, Arabelle Raphael, Justine Joli, Dana DeArmond, Aiden Starr,

Annika Amour, Justine Joli, Dana DeArmond, Aiden Starr, Larkin Love, Arabelle Raphael, Michael Vegas, Lexi Belle, and Jennifer White are nominated for 2014 AVN Awards. Blue Blood OG babe and makeup guru Cammy Ellis and writer Tristan Taormino are also nominated for 2014 AVN Awards!

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avn awards 2014 go for the gold

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Tristan Taormino Opens Up – Creating and Sustaining Open Relationships

Tristan Taormino Opens Up – Creating and Sustaining Open Relationships

by Amelia G : August 25th, 2010

opening up tristan taormino

I’ve been thinking about fellow Wesleyan alum Tristan Taormino lately because she was the original catalyst for my Backstage Passes anthology. Tristan is very prolific, but one of her most recent projects is the book Opening Up: A Guide to Creating and Sustaining Open Relationships. If you are in an open relationship or considering some form of one, I recommend picking this book up.</p>

I know so many people who really struggle with the lack of a road map for polyamory or swinging. I’ll spare you all my snarky bon mots re: the differences between those who are polyamorous and those who swing and just say that Opening Up is helpful. I’m not the world’s #1 fan of open relationships, partly because I have so many friends who will come up with a special boundary rule (such as he can have sex with other people but not orgasm inside them) and then . . .

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