LOVE IS POLYTICAL

Join this workshop for practical tools on understanding needs and building relationships. We will talk about and work on subjects like expectations, negotiation, attachment styles and cultural differences with relationship anarchy as the theoretical background. The aim of this workshop is to understand yourself better so you can become more fluent at communication in your relationships.

This event is part of the “Love is Polytical” Conference for Ethical & Intersectional Polyamory/Non-Monogamy and can be purchased as a solo event or part of our day or full conference tickets. 

Event Details

Date & Time:  January 2, 2021, 12pm-1:30pm CET (Berlin time)

Format: discussion (virtual)

Audience:  LGBTQIA+ & FRIENDS

Language: English, translation into German can be provided

Knowledge level: ability to recognize and name your emotions, understanding of your cultural background and privileges

Class recording: yes, will be available for 30 days to the participants of the conference

What else to know

After your successful ticket purchase, you will be sent an email with the Zoom login data for this event.

If you cannot afford this event, please check the ticket option “solidarity” for reduced ticket prices. If that is still too much or they are out of stock, feel free to send us a message via info@karada-house.de

Photo: @64shadesofhoernchen

Both, non-monogamous relationship styles and kinky practices are still strongly connected to sexual, rather than romantic, physical, emotional or aesthetic attraction. Even though the spectrum of asexuality has become more known, it is still often conflated with stereotypes and labels, such as celibacy or “hating to be touched”.

Additionally, as T.N. Rowan wrote in her article “Critical Reflections on “Ace of (BDSM) Clubs” and Linking Asexuality to BDSM: “Where are we Starting From?”  asexual individuals regularly get invalidated and labelled as sexual, when engaging into sexual practices. The conflation of sexual attraction, sexual desire, and general interest in sexual behaviour is still as common, as the mis-understanding, that asexuality itself represents a spectrum, varying in all three traits.

This discussion opens up the forum for exchange about the spectrum of asexuality and how non-monogamic relationships and kink can create a space to feel safe(r), and not even more marginalized than before.

How can non-monogamy and kink challenge asexuality and how can asexuality challenge non-monogamy and kink?
Poly, Kink & Asexuality invites its participants to exchange experiences, resources and practices for relationship and play negotiation, establishing consent and network.

This event is part of the “Love is Polytical” Conference for Ethical & Intersectional Polyamory/Non-Monogamy and can be purchased as a solo event or part of our day or full conference tickets. 

Event Details

Date & Time:  January 2, 2021, 2pm-3:30pm CET (Berlin time)

Format: discussion (virtual)

Audience:  LGBTQIA+ & FRIENDS

Language: English, translation into German can be provided

Knowledge level: –

What to bring: notepad, writing Material, resources, recommendations if you have any

Class recording: yes, will be available for 30 days to the participants of the conference.

What else to know

After your successful ticket purchase, you will be sent an email with the Zoom login data for this event.

If you cannot afford this event, please check the ticket option “solidarity” for reduced ticket prices. If that is still too much or they are out of stock, feel free to send us a message via info@karada-house.de

Photo: Mamana

Psyche is about the totality of a human mind, conscious and unconscious intertwined, in conflict and alignment. Psychological wellness requires a metabolised balance and when out of alignment we experience psychological distress. In this workshop we will discuss mental health within relationship diversity and how we can maintain, build and challenge our way to better psychological wellness.

Aims and objectives we will cover include:
• Mental Health and Polyamory, does it have an effect?
• How can living our authentic and not adaptive self pivot us towards better psychological wellbeing?
• When we experience the paradigm of love and jealousy how can we maintain the equilibrium of psychological wellness?
• Can trauma be healed through relationship diversity via a lens of consent?
• What can Polyamory teach us about grief and loss?
• How can we navigate our way through what it raises for us while being psychologically protective?

This event is part of the “Love is Polytical” Conference for Ethical & Intersectional Polyamory/Non-Monogamy and can be purchased as a solo event or part of our day or full conference tickets. 

Event Details

Date & Time:  January 2, 2021, 4pm-5.30pm CET (Berlin time)

Format: discussion/workshop (virtual)

Audience:  LGBTQIA+ & FRIENDS

Language: English, translation into German can be provided

Minimum Knowledge Level: –

What to bring: Open hearts, open minds and open hands

Class recording: yes, will be available for 30 days to the participants of the conference.

What else to know

After your successful ticket purchase, you will be sent an email with the Zoom login data for this event.

If you cannot afford this event, please check the ticket option “solidarity” for reduced ticket prices. If that is still too much or they are out of stock, feel free to send us a message via info@karada-house.de

Time for your questions and stories, inquiries, comments and conundrums. This open space with Caritia allows you to get personal with your polyamorous/ethically non-monogamous relationship questions. Tell us about yourself, bring you questions and together with Caritia and other people with lived polyamorous experiences we will give food for thought, tips or simply hold space for you to tell your stories.

This event is part of the “Love is Polytical” Conference for Ethical & Intersectional Polyamory/Non-Monogamy and can be purchased as a solo event or part of our day or full conference tickets. 

Event Details

Date & Time:  January 2, 2021, 6pm-7.30pm CET (Berlin time)

Format: open space (virtual)

Audience:  LGBTQIA+ & FRIENDS

Language: English, translation into German can be provided

Class recording: yes, will be available for 30 days to the participants of the conference.

What else to know

After your successful ticket purchase, you will be sent an email with the Zoom login data for this event.

If you cannot afford this event, please check the ticket option “solidarity” for reduced ticket prices. If that is still too much or they are out of stock, feel free to send us a message via info@karada-house.de

Photo Credits: Mamana

This talk tackles the intersectional complexities of race, ethnicity, class and disability with Polyamory in todays society.

Together with Zayna Ratty, we will be exploring the societal narratives and the unconscious relevance we may give them and how multiple layers of minority can create a complex yet fulfilling experiences to your polycule.

This event is part of the “Love is Polytical” Conference for Ethical & Intersectional Polyamory/Non-Monogamy and can be purchased as a solo event or part of our day or full conference tickets. 

Event Details

Date & Time:  January 2, 2021, 8pm-9.30pm CET (Berlin time)

Format: discussion/workshop (virtual)

Audience:  LGBTQIA+ & FRIENDS

Language: English, translation into German can be provided

Minimum Knowledge Level: –

What to bring: Open hearts, open minds and open hands

Class recording: yes, will be available for 30 days to the participants of the conference.

What else to know

After your successful ticket purchase, you will be sent an email with the Zoom login data for this event.

If you cannot afford this event, please check the ticket option “solidarity” for reduced ticket prices. If that is still too much or they are out of stock, feel free to send us a message via info@karada-house.de

Polyamory provides many possibilities and freedom, and also many precious teachings, like that relationships* are manyfold and their quality not measured by their duration. Still, what happens with the adding of the sand-grains of time? Change is the only thing constant in life, right?

In this workshop we try – hopefully together, within the limitations of the electronic platform – to list some of the possible developments, pitfalls, joys and possible ways to address them. It will not be possible to address everything, and some topics will be more interesting to some than others, because we are all different, but some candidates are power dynamics, able status and care, small or big personal development or change, long-lasting and/or unsolvable conflicts, scarcity of role models in poly or long relationships, changing intensity or attraction, autonomy and last but not least, aging.

This event is thought of as hands-on, with practical aspects taking priority over theory. Invited are all poly and non-poly living people with a respectful attitude and understanding the basics of polyamory as consensual informed non-monogamy.

This event is part of the “Love is Polytical” Conference for Ethical & Intersectional Polyamory/Non-Monogamy and can be purchased as a solo event or part of our day or full conference tickets. 

Event Details

Date & Time:  January 3, 2021, 12pm-1.30pm CET (Berlin time)

Format: workshop (virtual)

Audience:  LGBTQIA+ & FRIENDS

Language: English, translation into German can be provided

Minimum knowledge level: none

What to bring: openness, curiosity & questions

Class recording: yes, will be available for 30 days to the participants of the conference.

What else to know

After your successful ticket purchase, you will be sent an email with the Zoom login data for this event.

If you cannot afford this event, please check the ticket option “solidarity” for reduced ticket prices. If that is still too much or they are out of stock, feel free to send us a message via info@karada-house.de

Photo Credits: Ann Antidote

Where is the fun factor in poly dynamics ? For Caritia it’s in the dynamics that play out within intimacy, connection and discovery oneself and others . In this workshop participants are invited to explore where kink and poly meet, to find the language of desire expression with play connections.

This event is part of the “Love is Polytical” Conference for Ethical & Intersectional Polyamory/Non-Monogamy and can be purchased as a solo event or part of our day or full conference tickets. 

Event Details

Date & Time:  January 3, 2021, 12pm-2pm CET (Berlin time)

Format: discussion/workshop (virtual)

Audience:  LGBTQIA+ & FRIENDS

Language: English, translation into German can be provided

Minimum Knowledge Level: all levels welcome

What to bring: questions they have around kink, safety, boundaries and play dynamics

Class recording: yes, will be available for 30 days to the participants of the conference.

What else to know

After your successful ticket purchase, you will be sent an email with the Zoom login data for this event.

If you cannot afford this event, please check the ticket option “solidarity” for reduced ticket prices. If that is still too much or they are out of stock, feel free to send us a message via info@karada-house.de

Photo Credits: Mamana

Family and parenthood have ever since been concepts that queer folx had been excluded from, so we’ve always challenged those concepts or created new, creative and radical ways of what family can be for us.

In this interactive talk we’re going to dive into a critical exploration of the concept of families and look at the challenges and obstacles that have been brought upon us when it comes to questioning the heteronormative concepts of family&parenthood.

There will be space for discussion, Reflection and creative brainstorming on how we can create different ways of queering familyhood or finding new concepts and ways to live with our loved once.

This event is part of the “Love is Polytical” Conference for Ethical & Intersectional Polyamory/Non-Monogamy and can be purchased as a solo event or part of our day or full conference tickets. 

Event Details

Date & Time: January 3, 2021, 4pm-5.30pm CET (Berlin time)

Format: discussion (virtual)

Audience:  LGBTQIA+ & FRIENDS

Language: English, translation into German can be provided

Minimum knowledge level: none

What to bring: openness, curiosity & questions

Class recording: yes, will be available for 30 days to the participants of the conference.

What else to know

After your successful ticket purchase, you will be sent an email with the Zoom login data for this event.

If you cannot afford this event, please check the ticket option “solidarity” for reduced ticket prices. If that is still too much or they are out of stock, feel free to send us a message via info@karada-house.de

While polyamory and polyamorists are often viewed as a very welcome bunch, far too often, our communities and representation appear very limited. While we can be loud and proud when it comes to feminism and LGBT issues, sometimes we are suspiciously silent in regards to race. Beyond that, we sometimes, and often unknowingly, foster a standoffish, stressful or downright unwelcoming atmosphere around people of color. This presentation is a discussion about why diversity is important to our movement. We will tackle ways that we can proactively promote an inclusive environment in our lives, in our communities, and at our events. Most importantly, we will go over what we can do to maintain that diversity.

Moderation: Caritia

This event is part of the “Love is Polytical” Conference for Ethical & Intersectional Polyamory/Non-Monogamy and can be purchased as a solo event or part of our day or full conference tickets. 

Event Details

Date & Time:  January 3, 2021, 6pm-7.30pm CET (Berlin time)

Format: discussion/workshop (virtual)

Audience:  LGBTQIA+ & FRIENDS

Language: English, translation into German can be provided

Minimum knowledge level: –

What to bring: –

Class recording: yes, will be available for 30 days to the participants of the conference.

What else to know

After your successful ticket purchase, you will be sent an email with the Zoom login data for this event.

If you cannot afford this event, please check the ticket option “solidarity” for reduced ticket prices. If that is still too much or they are out of stock, feel free to send us a message via info@karada-house.de

The name of the class was taken from the Audre Lorde quote, “There is no such thing as a single-issue struggle because we do not live single-issue lives.” The talk/discussion will begin by listing the multiple identities of the presenter, including Black, Autistic, Polyamorous, Breast Cancer Survivor, Person Living with Mental Illnesses, and much more.

The bulk of the talk will deal with Intersectionality, a concept originated by Attorney Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw, who is known for the introduction and development of intersectionality, the theory of how overlapping or intersecting social identities, particularly minority identities, relate to systems and structures of oppression, domination, or discrimination.

Additionally, this interactive discussion will give everyone in attendance the opportunity to look at the intersections in their own lives.

This event is part of the “Love is Polytical” Conference for Ethical & Intersectional Polyamory/Non-Monogamy and can be purchased as a solo event or part of our day or full conference tickets. 

Event Details

Date & Time:  January 3, 2021, 8pm-9:30pm CET (Berlin time)

Format: talk/discussion (virtual)

Audience:  LGBTQIA+ & FRIENDS

Language: English, translation into German can be provided

Knowledge level: openness of mind and willingness to learn

Class recording: yes, will be available for 30 days to the participants of the conference

What else to know

After your successful ticket purchase, you will be sent an email with the Zoom login data for this event.

If you cannot afford this event, please check the ticket option “solidarity” for reduced ticket prices. If that is still too much or they are out of stock, feel free to send us a message via info@karada-house.de

Photo: Livvy Greenfield

Polyamory / Ethical Non-Monogamy are becoming more and more part of the intersectional, queer and also the kink discourse around politics, freedom and identity. These practice are complex and have a huge potential to free yourself from oppressive norms of any kind. However, shedding yourself from certain societal and personal conditioning is often complicated. Even more so if you realize how intersectional and therefore by default political your love and your relationship constructs are.

Love is Polytical brings different facilitators with multiple approaches and backgrounds together to take a deep dive into the field of ethical polyamory/non-monogamy and its intersections with gender, sexuality, language, wealth, housing, body size, mental health, neurodiversity, ability, education, skin colour and citizenship.

We will offer a variety of formats from discussions to workshops or interventions with a focus on critical inquiry but also hands-on approaches in hopes to enable participants to not only think about ethical polyamory/non-monogamy in a more intersectional way but also acquire skills to act accordingly in the future.

You can browse the full programme here

Event Details

Date & Time: January 2, 2021, 12pm-9.30pm CET (Berlin time)

Format: discussions, workshops, talks

Audience:  LGBTQIA+ & FRIENDS

Language: English, translation into German can be provided

Knowledge level: all levels welcome

What to bring: yourself, your questions, stories, partners

Class recording: yes, will be available for 30 days to the participants of the conference

You can also purchase all events as solo events or get yourself a full conference ticket.

What else to know

After your successful ticket purchase, you will be sent an email with all necessary data for this event.

If you cannot afford this event, please check the ticket option “solidarity” for reduced ticket prices. If that is still too much or they are out of stock, feel free to send us a message via info@karada-house.de

Polyamory / Ethical Non-Monogamy are becoming more and more part of the intersectional, queer and also the kink discourse around politics, freedom and identity. These practice are complex and have a huge potential to free yourself from oppressive norms of any kind. However, shedding yourself from certain societal and personal conditioning is often complicated. Even more so if you realize how intersectional and therefore by default political your love and your relationship constructs are.

Love is Polytical brings different facilitators with multiple approaches and backgrounds together to take a deep dive into the field of ethical polyamory/non-monogamy and its intersections with gender, sexuality, language, wealth, housing, body size, mental health, neurodiversity, ability, education, skin colour and citizenship.

We will offer a variety of formats from discussions to workshops or interventions with a focus on critical inquiry but also hands-on approaches in hopes to enable participants to not only think about ethical polyamory/non-monogamy in a more intersectional way but also acquire skills to act accordingly in the future.

You can browse the full programme here

Event Details

Date & Time: January 3, 2021, 12pm-9.30pm CET (Berlin time)

Format: discussions, workshops, talks

Audience:  LGBTQIA+ & FRIENDS

Language: English, translation into German can be provided

Knowledge level: all levels welcome

What to bring: yourself, your questions, stories, partners

Class recording: yes, will be available for 30 days to the participants of the conference

You can also purchase all events as solo events or get yourself a full conference ticket.

What else to know

After your successful ticket purchase, you will be sent an email with all necessary data for this event.

If you cannot afford this event, please check the ticket option “solidarity” for reduced ticket prices. If that is still too much or they are out of stock, feel free to send us a message via info@karada-house.de