Relationship anarchy
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Relationship anarchy (sometimes abbreviated RA) is the application of
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History
Andie Nordgren popularized the term "relationship anarchy"[2][3][7] in her 2012 Tumblr essay "The short instructional manifesto for relationship anarchy",[10] which she translated from her own Swedish-language "Relationsanarki i 8 punkter" (lit. Relationship anarchy in 8 points).[11] Other relevant writings exploring this topic within a similar time frame include "A Green Anarchist Project on Freedom and Love" and "Against the Couple Form".[12]
Workshops at OpenCon 2010 discussed relationship anarchy,[13] and the Open University professor Dr. Meg-John Barker discussed it in a 2013 presentation.[14] In the International Non-Monogamies and Contemporary Intimacies Conferences, since 2016, different aspects of relationship anarchy have been studied.[15][16] In March 2020, the first book dedicated monographically to relationship anarchy was published in Spanish "Anarquía Relacional. La revolución desde los vínculos",[17] translated into English in 2022 as "Relationship Anarchy. Occupy Intimacy"[18]
The general press has dealt with relationship anarchy in articles with different approaches and scopes. In 2021, Cosmopolitan magazine[19] describes it as a distinct relational style, remarking on the importance it assigns to needs, boundaries and expectations, and quoting experts such as Dr. Heath Schechinger, co-chair of the American Psychological Association Division 44 Committee on Consensual Non-Monogamy and other authors and practitioners. In April 13, 2022, an article in Men's Health magazine[20] emphasizes how to put the philosophy of relationship anarchy into practice and how it leads us not to hierarchize between platonic and romantic relationships. It even extends that to deeply loving relationships with non-humans: the environment, pets, God or spirituality, art, music, or even football clubs.
In June 17, 2022, an article in
See also
- Anarcha-feminism
- Anarchism and issues related to love and sex
- Free love within Anarchism
- Queer anarchism
References
- ^ "The Difference Between Relationship Anarchy and Non-Hierarchical Polyamory". Relationship Anarchy. Archived from the original on 2020-05-03. Retrieved 2020-05-07.
- ^ a b c "The Great Showdown of Hierarchical Polyamory vs. Relationship Anarchy". The New Modality. 2020-09-05. Archived from the original on 2022-01-20. Retrieved 2022-02-14.
- ^ a b c "Can relationship anarchy create a world without heartbreak? | Aeon Ideas". Aeon. Archived from the original on 2020-03-20. Retrieved 2022-02-14.
- ^ "What Is Relationship Anarchy?". MBGRelationships. Mindbodygreen. 2 August 2020. Archived from the original on 2023-04-26. Retrieved 2023-04-26.
- ^ "Are You Radical Enough to Be a Relationship Anarchist?". GQ. 2018-05-09. Archived from the original on 2020-03-20. Retrieved 2022-02-14.
- ^ a b Lopez, Veronica (2021-10-15). "Here's What to Know About Relationship Anarchy". Cosmopolitan. Archived from the original on 2021-12-06. Retrieved 2022-02-13.
- ^ a b Heaney, Katie (2018-10-23). "What It's Like Being a Relationship Anarchist". The Cut. Archived from the original on 2022-04-17. Retrieved 2022-02-14.
- (PDF) from the original on 2022-12-19. Retrieved 2022-12-19.
- ^ Guillén, Ricardo. "Beyond romantic love – an analysis of how the dilemma of closeness vs. autonomy is handled in relationship anarchy discourse". LUP Student Papers. Lund University Libraries. Archived from the original on 19 October 2021. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
- ^ Nordgren, Andie. "The short instructional manifesto for relationship anarchy" Archived 2020-03-20 at the Wayback Machine, Andie's Log, July 6, 2012.
- ^ "The short instructional manifesto for relationship anarchy". The Anarchist Library. Archived from the original on 2022-02-01. Retrieved 2022-02-14.
- ^ "love relationship - His Secret Obsession Review". sites.google.com. Archived from the original on 2021-11-21. Retrieved 2021-11-21.
- ^ "So what's OpenCon all about, then? | Polytical". 2013-12-03. Archived from the original on 2013-12-03. Retrieved 2020-09-26.
- ^ "Rewriting the Rules of Relationships". prezi.com. Archived from the original on 2020-09-28. Retrieved 2020-09-26.
- ^ Meyer, Gesa (2017). Polynormativity!? – Revisiting the relationship anarchist critique of polyamory (PDF). 2nd Non Monogamies and Contemporary Intimacies Conference. Sigmund Freud University, Vienna.
- ^ Rose, Amanda (2017). Relationship Anarchy: Breaking the paradigm (PDF). 2nd Non Monogamies and Contemporary Intimacies Conference. Sigmund Freud University, Vienna.
- OCLC 1176250441.
- ISBN 979-8-3680-3944-2.
- ^ Lopez, Veronica (Oct 15, 2021). "Here's What to Know About Relationship Anarchy". Cosmopolitan. Archived from the original on May 25, 2023. Retrieved May 23, 2023.
- ^ Moss, Abby (April 13, 2022). "What Is Relationship Anarchy? If Hierarchies Are Holding You Back, It Could Be for You". Men's Health. Archived from the original on May 27, 2023. Retrieved May 23, 2023.
- ^ Safronova, Valeriya (June 17, 2022). "Non-Monogamy Advocates Ask Facebook to Be More Open". The New York Times. Archived from the original on June 14, 2023. Retrieved May 23, 2023.
- ^ Yu, Jessica (February 8, 2023). "We Can All Learn From Polyamory". The Observer. Archived from the original on September 3, 2023. Retrieved May 23, 2023.