Episode 018: The Art of Bendy Love - Relationship Anarchy IRL

The Art of Bendy Love - Relationship Anarchy IRL

Welcome to Polyamirite Episode 018: The Art of Bendy Love - Relationship Anarchy IRL

What happens when we strip away the scripts we’ve inherited about love, commitment, and connection? In this episode of Polyamirite, Chelle sits down with Liam Powell, non-monogamist, relationship anarchist, and board member of Love Fest Events, to unpack the radical, intentional framework of Relationship Anarchy.

RA often gets misunderstood as chaos or selfishness, but in reality, it’s about dismantling systems that tell us who and how we’re “supposed” to love—and building relationships rooted in choice, communication, and care. Together, Chelle and Liam explore what this looks like in practice: from rethinking entitlement and fairness, to navigating renegotiations with courage, to redefining what success in a relationship even means.

This conversation goes beyond the buzzword to reveal how RA can be both grounding and expansive. Whether you’re curious about RA, reevaluating your own relationship structures, or simply looking for new ways to practice intentional connection, this episode will help you:

• Understand what Relationship Anarchy actually is (and isn’t)

• Distinguish between entitlement, fairness, and negotiated agreements

• Explore the nuances of hierarchy

• Learn how to approach renegotiation as an act of love, not loss

• Reimagine what “success” in relationships can look like outside of mononormative scripts
  

If you’ve ever wondered what it might feel like to create relationships from a place of choice rather than default, this conversation offers both heart and practice.

Relationship Anarchy isn’t about doing whatever you want—it’s about courage, intention, and building connections that actually fit the people in them.

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Music Credit: Kevin Burdick, “You Still Melt Me.”

Art Credit: Kat Fiscaletti, @katfiscalettiart