Abierta

Can we love and be free at the same time? Feel both comfort and lust? Is any relationship equal? Does the pleasure outweigh the pain? When Rachel Krantz met Adam and fell in love with him, she told her that she was looking for a serious, though not exclusive, relationship. Intrigued and somewhat nervous, Rachel decided to explore whether they could open up their love and share the freedom of dating other people. Would they be able to strike the perfect balance between intimacy and independence, find a way to keep the flame of passion alive after the honeymoon phase is over? From exploring Brooklyn's sex parties to the broader swinger and polyamorous communities, Rachel tries to write a new plot for her love story with Adam. But as communication problems and power imbalances escalate, what seemed like a new model of love is revealed to be the way coercion and gaslighting can manifest in open relationships. With an unwavering eye and gripping storytelling, Abierta is an innovative work with a documentary focus on polyamory that includes interviews with scientists, psychologists, and people who live and love outside the box, and in which the author uncensoredly shares her journey. toward understanding the effects of non-monogamy on your heart, mind, and life. From the debilitating spirals of anxiety to the connections with the men and women who open her heart to her, Rachel puts herself on the line as she tries to redefine what a relationship is, or what it could be.