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Relationship anarchy (sometimes abbreviated RA) is the application of anarchist principles to intimate relationships. Its values include autonomy, anti-hierarchical practices, anti-normativity, and community interdependence.[1][2][3] RA is explicitly anti-amatonormative[4] and anti-mononormative and is commonly, but not always, non-monogamous.[3][5][6] This is distinct from polyamory, solo poly, swinging, and other forms of “dating”, which may include structures such as amatonormativity, hierarchy of intimate relationships, and autonomy-limiting rules.[2][5][7] It has also been interpreted as a new paradigm in which closeness and autonomy are no longer considered dilemmas within a relationship.[8]
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Andie Nordgren popularized the term "relationship anarchy"[2][3][6] in their 2012 Tumblr essay "The short instructional manifesto for relationship anarchy"[9] that they translated from their own Swedish-language "Relationsanarki i 8 punkter" (lit. Relationship anarchy in 8 points).[10] 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".[11]
Workshops at OpenCon 2010 discussed relationship anarchy,[12] and the Open University professor Dr. Meg Barker discussed it in a 2013 presentation.[13] In the International Non-Monogamies and Contemporary Intimacies Conferences, since 2016, different aspects of relationship anarchy have been studied.[14][15] In March 2020, the first book dedicated monographically to RA was published in Spanish: "Anarquía Relacional. La revolución desde los vínculos",[16] translated into English in 2022 as "Relationship Anarchy. Occupy Intimacy"[17]