Lindy West's Raw Memoir on Rocky Road to Polyamory
Source: slate.com
- Lindy West's new memoir Adult Braces details her chaotic shift from a broken monogamous marriage to a polyamorous triad with husband Ahamefule J. Oluo and partner Roya Amirsoleymani.
- In 2022, the trio publicly announced their throuple via YouTube, sparking viral backlash after a fan spotted Oluo kissing someone else.
- West's solo road trip from Pacific Northwest to Florida helps her embrace polyamory, leading the three to live together in her remote Bainbridge Island cabin.
Lindy West's memoir Adult Braces: Driving Myself Sane, out this week, chronicles her evolution from resisting her husband Ahamefule J. Oluo's push for polyamory to forming a loving triad with him and Roya Amirsoleymani. The author Scaachi Koul visits West's remote cabin near Bainbridge Island, Washington, to explore this shift amid West's history as a public feminist voice via books like Shrill and online platforms with 132,000 Instagram and 34,000 Substack followers. It matters because West bar