She is referring to Nathan Rambukkana, Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication Studies at\u00a0Wilfrid Laurier University:<\/p>\n
Let’s take a look at his biography<\/a>:<\/p>\n My book,\u00a0Fraught Intimacies: Non\/Monogamy in the Public Sphere<\/strong>\u00a0(UBC Press, 2015) explores the increased mediation of non-monogamies<\/strong> since the early nineties\u2014in every medium from television, to film, to self-help books, to the Internet\u2014and how such convergent mediation opens these discourses up to societal scrutiny, as well as transformation. By exploring the privileged logics that frame our conceptions of intimacy, I explore the political and cultural implications of how we frame non-monogamy<\/strong> broadly in sexual discourse, as well as how the public sphere presences of three major forms of non-monogamy (adultery, polygamy and polyamory<\/strong>) display a complex relationship with \u201cintimate privilege,\u201d an emergent state in which one\u2019s intimacies are read as viable, ethical or even real.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Now there’s a surprise, eh? If the media wants us to buy the line that polyamory is now mainstream, we’re going to have to overlook the fact that most people involved with it are complete weirdos and many of them have serious issues which urgently need addressing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" After reading my post about Lindsay Shepherd, my research assistant (the small one) said something to the effect of: “Those guys look like complete weirdos! The one on the left looks like the sort of person who appears in your … Continue reading ![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.desertsun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/rambukkana.jpg\")
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