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Polyamorous Percolations
My first impression while watching
Karen Everett's film Women in Love was that this was nothing more
than a video diary of her sexual escapades and swinging. The more
I watched it, however, I began to realize that this wasn't entirely
the case. Karen shares with us all of her emotional and raw feelings
as she attempts to explore her own sexual and emotional being. As
she moves in and out of relationships, going from friend to lover
and back again, she begins to realize that it is possible to love
more than one person at a time, and to do so in a well balanced and
secure manner.
In the early stages of her documented relationships, she equates
non-monogamy with sex. She discusses exploring responsible non-monogamy
with her current girlfriend, only to find herself doubting her own
feelings when this woman falls in love with another. They attempt
to navigate this relationship, only to find Karen has become miserable
and jealous over her lover's other love. In an attempt to fully
understand what polyamory means to others as well as herself she
begins attending seminars and conferences dedicated to responsible
non-monogamy. Through these seminars she begins to realize the core
philosophy of polyamory; that it is possible to feel joy over your
lover's other loves and to become more emotionally secure in the
process. As a person living in a polyamorous relationship for the
last three years, I found myself identifying with the emotional
angst Karen felt as she made this journey of self-discovery.
By the end of this film Karen's newfound strength and self confidence
shine through and you see that she has made the journey unscathed
and more secure in herself and her ability to love beyond the purely
sexual aspects.
Karen Everett paints a poignant and emotionally charged picture
of love, life, happiness and hurt. By exposing her deepest emotional
scars she is able to move beyond the loneliness and insecurity that
has fueled most of her life and journey into a more secure, happy
environment where responsible non-monogamy plays a large role. The
raw, unedited video and photography mesh perfectly with the candid,
uncensored interviews to create an emotionally charged documentary
of life in it's most basic form.
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