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ČESKÁ VERZE ZDE This is a rough translation of an article I wrote for Deník Referendum , but since I can't share it on social media in Canada , I decided to create an English version. The translation was created with the help of DeepL (an amazing tool to be used carefully), as I have very little time – I normally write better (I like to think). Photo Spencer Platt, AFP When I found myself in Prague's Klárov district on the evening of 6 February 2016, during a legendarily chaotic demonstration , as a representative of the fading “Sunshine” faction, at one point neo-Nazis ran against us. Immediately all illusions about my own courage left me, I turned and ran in the opposite direction. Then someone shouted, “Don't be silly, it's ours!” And someone else added cheerfully: “Oh, great, anarchists are always fun at demonstrations.” I often feel similarly disoriented today, at a time of pro-Palestinian protests that are sweeping North America, including ...

I have been in a non-monogamy positive environment for so long that I have forgotten that it is actually not a normal thing. I have been talking to people about non-monogamy for about twelve years now, but the benefits of non-monogamy have always seemed so obvious to me that writing about them feels almost boring (just like most social media content about non-monogamy and polyamory is boring – there, I said it, it’s finally off me). So I skipped to its criticism (this is pretty outdated now – if you are interested in an updated academic version of the argument, please let me know: I am in a desperate need of feedback) which now seems to be a bit premature. After discussing it with a friend, I got the impression that I still had something to say about non-monogamy that is both positive and interesting (my friend may have just been being polite and pretending to be interested, but they brought this on all of you). This text will feature a fictional character Amanda, a white woman now p...