BY OONAGH O’SULLIVAN Yesterday was a big day for those in the lifestyle! “Felt like a normal Tuesday to me…” I hear you trail off. Yet on this average Tuesday, the consensual non-monogamous (also known as ethical non-monogamy) lifestyle was gifted almost 3,500 words as well as a mention on…

In honor of Black History Month, the #open team has put together a list of our favorite Black ENM educators, Sex Educators, and Kink Educators. If you’re not following them already, you should be! Non-monogamy/Open Relationship Educators and Content Creators: Gabrielle Alexa (@gabalexa) As a brand, #open has followed Gabby’s work on social media for quite…

by Maile Manliguis This May marks the 26th year of celebrating International Masturbation Month, or Masturbation May as many of us refer to it. During May we often see a boom in sex education around self-pleasure, whether it be creating new masturbation routines, learning pleasure techniques, or reviewing favorite ‘tools…

Recently, our team at #open, the dating app for people who are interested in or already engaged in open relationships, polyamory, and ethical non-monogamy, celebrated the one-year anniversary of our popular #openEd virtual education series. Conceptualized at the beginning of the pandemic, our team knew that finding new, virtual ways…

We’re constantly scanning the news for polyamorous content, and we hope you are too. And while polyamory is slowly gaining acceptance and traction in mainstream media, the reality of the situation is that there is still a lot of negative commentary (or no commentary at all) around the subject. Which…

by Sarah Sloane I usually read those linkbait-y blog posts that promise ten life hacks, or twenty ways to cut down the clutter in your house…I suspect I’m hoping that they may actually prove fruitful, but most often it’s a rehash of what I already know. Years ago, these posts…

Have you ever gone down the rabbit hole looking for some bling for your thing? The other day I was aimlessly perusing the internet only to find myself at the bottom of a sex toy rabbit hole and boy let me tell you- that bad boy is VAST! Although most…

By Maile My absolute FAVORITE holiday is upon us. Yes, I, the #open team’s peppiest member, have a dark sense of humor and generally delight in all things spook & macabre. So when my first-ever full swap experience turned a bit frightful, I knew I had to save this odd…

By #open team During our recent Swinging 101 workshop, a number of our #open community members asked for a list of swing club recommendations — so we’ve created one! One caveat — we’d like to acknowledge that the clubs listed below are crowd-sourced recommendations, and so they’re based on individual…