Jennifer Block can't understand why she wants to see intimacy outside her marriage, and Open is the tale of how she got to the point of having an open relationship with her husband. While Open was a good portrayal of an open relationship, I found the writing to be rambling at times, and not very coh...
A very interesting look at the dynamics and communications that are present in open relationships and polyamorous marriages. It's also an interesting deconstruction of several social preconceptions of jealousy, monogamy, true love and what marriage and the nuclear family really mean. Block cites h...
I don't have children, but I enjoyed these essays nonetheless. Some very interesting perspectives from a variety of women on raising girls in our modern world, and trying to find the balance between girliness and feminism.