[UUPoly-L] Poly Article in St. Pete Times

[Fritz Neumann <fritzcat66@yahoo.com>]

My sweetie Cherie was the focus of a poly article published today in the St.
Petersburg Times, on the front page of the "Floridian" section (their Lifestyle
section). All three of us in our household Vee are mentioned by name, as well
as several others from within the Florida poly community, and I am quoted
several times as well. Appropriate enough for the weekend after Valentine's
Day!

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A love triangle? Try a hexagon

In the world of polyamory, relationships are concentric, overlapping, fluid and
unbound by numbers. The ancient practice is getting a modern boost from the
Internet.

By Leonora LaPeter
Published February 18, 2007

http://snipurl.com/SPTPolyArticle
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Overall, a fair and reasonably balanced article. The reporter, Leonora LaPeter,
had been interviewing us since about October, and we could tell she was being
thorough and following up on things, checking facts. We had also checked her
other articles about things like women choosing not to marry and such and
determined that she had a genuine interest in fairly presenting alternative
ways that Floridians are living these days.

I am personally glad she quoted me about Envy. She kept asking me about
Jealousy, and I could tell she felt it inconceivable that I would have no
jealousy. Which of course isn't true: there's always SOME jealousy, but I think
what makes us polyfolk a little different is that we're willing to work through
the jealousy, to see beyond it, so I didn't want too focus too much on that.
Also, I think so much of what passes for jealousy is really simple Envy - which
in my book, isn't nearly as dark and difficult to deal with, and is ultimately
more a manifestation of plain old selfishness.

So, I'm glad I was able to relay that message and that she quoted me on the
Envy thing. Sometimes lights seem to go on in people when they can start
separating out Envy (wanting what you don't have, what you perceive another
has) from Jealousy (fear of loss of what you perceive you already have).

BTW, in contrast to the TV media we had to deal with last year, it was a MUCH
more pleasant experience dealing with a REAL journalist from the print media.

I think TV - with it's soundbite-oriented, short-attention-span presentation -
is not generally a very good medium in which to explain something as complex as
polyamory. Exceptions exist, of course! But media that allows at least a
*little* bit more depth - such as newspaper and magazine articles, extended
radio interviews, film documentaries, etc. - make a better venue for our
message.

  >*< Fritz