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Astraea: Guest Articles We welcome your comments! Please click here to email us. "Let us tell you our truth. Single people are too busy telling multiples what their experience is, and not LISTENING." - Daimon of the Anachronic Army Want to write for us? here's how! Offsite links will open into new windows. The Glamorous Life In which Azu of Amorpha gets into our book store and discovers that flying toasters are much more glamorous than layoffs and dustballs. Social Trends and the Multiple Community By Azu and Ruka of Amorpha. Have you ever felt like the odd one out in a plural community because you seemed to be the only system who didn't have any members into BDSM, didn't self-harm, or didn't have an eating disorder? You're not as 'weird' as you may think you are. Taking Advantage Of Our Good Will By Azu of Amorpha. A few caveats for singlets who write to us looking for 'information for a novel they're writing,' or anything along those lines. Exorcism of a Multiple Daimon of the Anachronic Army explain the exorcisms the group endured as a child, with a fundamentalist preacher. A Halloween Story A nasty little bit of a thing from Clarissa of the Anachronic Army, who just wanted to see how her officemates would react if she came OUT... even in jest. The DP Havamal By a more than slightly inebriated Clarissa. A reworking of the Asatru code of laws and ethics as they apply to the infamous Dark Personalities email list. Excellent netiquette advice amidst the hilarity. Pro-Choice On Integration by Lesley and Larry of the Anachronic Army. Integration is not the only choice, but it is a choice. Higher Numbers By Larry of the Anachronic Army. Why do some multiple systems have populations in the thousands? Why We Do Not Have MPD/DID By V of the Anachronic Army. Explains their view in terms of what the DSM-IV says about the diagnostic criteria for DID. Early Articles and Audio Streams From the 1970s to the early 90s, newspaper and magazine articles and a few tapes of television interviews, concerning multiplicity and the way it was viewed at that time. Some of this stuff is pretty quaint. Social Acceptance of Plurality and Coming Out By members of the Hondas system. Integration - Not For Natural Multiples By members of House of the Moon. Multiplicity which originated naturally does not require integration.l And even that which came about through trauma and splitting can evolve into something natural and healthy. "If I'm multiple, I'll HAVE to go on disability..."??? This is for you. Guest Editorial by Jack. Why Being Multiple Is Like The West Wing By members of Jinkies system. The Sanity Clause: or, Are These Nuts Safe to Play With? A look at multiples in the world of BDSM. By Bob King of Firewheel Collective. Coming Out as Multiple By Bob King of Firewheel Collective. From a DID Classic, trauma-split-dissociation perspective, this is addressed to singlets who have had friends or family members come out to them. On Being The Proper Multiple By Sara Lambert. Even if you actually have the psychiatric MPD condition, it is completely unnecessary to behave like Sybil in order to be believed. Please don't use the film as a role model, and please do read this article if you have or think you have MPD. How Can We Change The View? By Shandra of Lemarath. It's not just a matter of getting the media to cooperate -- we multiples ourselves have to make an effort to set a good example. Some Thoughts on Verbiage Titania Miyamoto explores the limits of the current vocabulary used to describe the multiple experience. States of Mind Members of Netdancer collective talk about individuality of persons in multiple systems, and explain "inner worlds" for those who can't comprehend what it really means to have one. "It is terribly painful and invalidating to be told that you are not a real person, or to see by the actions of others that they just cannot grasp the fact that each individual is a different person." Activism Suggestions for Multiples By Gaspard of Pandora system. Talks about what you can do, whether you're in or out of the plural-closet, to create support and visibility. Our History by FAX of Phoenix Household. The Strangeness of Here By Diana of the Ma'Harrat, of Phoenix household. "This is political, it's more than one person/system's experience and more than one person/system's opinion, it represents a movement for re-educating the public, it isn't made to "inspire" readers in the sense of making them feel good about themselves, but in the sense of getting them to think and to take action." - Echosnspectres We Won't Go Away By Kenzi and Jess of Rhymers' House. The Illusion of the Proper Plural By Rhymers^Traye. There are many different ways to be multiple, and they are all valid. We Do Not Have Multiple Personality Disorder By members of the Shire household. Trying to fit into an MPD/DID pigeonhole caused the citizens of Idia years of needless suffering. What is Natural Multiplicity? Is it possible to suffer severe child sexual abuse and be a natural multiple? The people of Idia believe so. Healthy multiplicity: a look at a different way of being Lengthy article in the Spartacus World Times, interviewing many groups who experience multiplicity as a way of perceiving and being in the world, not as a mental disease. Astraea's Site Search by PicoSearch. Help Like This Site? Help fill the tip jar! Amazon.com cancelled their paybox service. We now take donations through Paypal. home : faq : glossary : page top

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