In my last newsletter, we explored a positive example of polyamory done right: the Aubrey Marcus Trilogy. This week, we’re flipping the coin. Let’s talk about a far more common—and far more painful—portrayal of non-monogamy: the reality show PolyFamily.
Back in June, Aubrey Marcus, a successful entrepreneur and influencer also known for his very public nonmonogamy journey, dropped the first in what would become a three-part podcast series about his evolving relationship structure with his wife, Vylana, and their other partners. If you were anywhere near Instagram or YouTube when that first episode landed, you probably saw the backlash — the comment sections were so heated they had to be shut down. At the time, I was in the middle…
At the end of May, I packed up the Lower East Side apartment I’d lived in for over four years—my first solo home in New York City—and put everything into storage.
In my last newsletter on threesomes, I said that the most important conversations aren’t just the ones before clothes come off—they’re the ones that happen after, too. So today, I want to build on that and share something practical: a debrief template for processing group play.
I was recently interviewed for a Vogue piece where we explored what it actually takes to make threesomes work. It’s a topic I’ve thought about deeply—personally, professionally, and academically—and today, I want to share more of my own perspective.
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