The Jim Klee Lecture Forum: Anxious Intimacies: Polyamory, Jealousy, and Lifestyle Politics in America

Location: Nursing 106

Reception: Nursing Lobby Open to Students of All Majors and the Community

Speaker: Rebecca J. Lester, Professor of Anthropology, Washington University

Polyamory is by many reports the fastest-growing sexual practice in the United States. It is also a form of lifestyle politics, where alternative intimate practices are tied to larger social and political commitments. Romantic jealousy in polyamory emerges not only as an everpresent threat but also as an opportunity for radical personal and political change.

Join Dr. Rebecca J. Lester, Professor of Anthropology at Washington University, for a discussion about how people navigate this tricky and transformative terrain.