Collectively speaking, many of us talk a lot. Can't help it. We're opinionated folks. Anyway, we've compiled a bunch of the writings we've done on multiplicity, both for this page, our journals and for mailing lists. Right now, they're sorted by author, although we might rearrange them later on so that they're sorted by topic.

On a side note, although, as we mentioned before, we are an opinionated bunch, and we share opinions on many subjects, most of these are written by one person only. Therefore, they should not be taken as being representative of the entire system's opinions. Some of us are highly opinionated and tend towards the rant (*coughazucough* -- I HEARD THAT), while others of us tend more towards the scholarly. If one of our essays pisses you off, you can tell us so, but address it specifically to the author of the essay in question. If you don't, we're going to assume you didn't read carefully and just toss it in the delete folder. Kay folks? *grin*

We also have a list of essays by other systems which we recommend.

New 10/19:
Don't Take Advantage Of Our Good Will, by Azusa
A few caveats for singlets who come to our page-- or anyone else's-- looking for 'information for a novel they're writing,' or anything along those lines.

Tamsin
Splitting or Branching Off?
Is 'splitting' an appropriate metaphor for the creation of new selves in a plural system, or should they be regarded as living organisms, with potential for growth and change? An older essay of mine.
On Triggers
So just what is a trigger, anyway? Why everyone (including singlets) has them, and why most multiples make them out to be scarier than they really are.
Multiplicity and Sour Grapes
Multiplicity has been relegated by many people to a junk bin of dubious psychological fads; but how much of that has to do with the ostentatious claims made about multiplicity?

Azusa
Multiplicity and Excuses: A Rant (older rant)
Why multiples (or people claiming to be multiple) who use plurality as an excuse for irresponsibility really funk things up for those of us who strive constantly to be accountable and responsible.
The Glamorous Life
Part of the reason people would rather believe in the MPD/DID stereotype is because it's so much more glamorous and exciting than the mundane lives of many real plurals.
Survivorship and Empowerment: Not Mutually Exclusive
Being pro-responsibility has nothing to do with being 'anti-survivor.'
What Empowerment Is Not
Hint: just because you don't want to integrate doesn't mean you're empowered. (warning: ranty!)
Otherkin
Yeah, dragons and elves and all are cool, but is it so awful to just be a human?
A request for non-multiple soulbonders

Anthea
On Singlets Writing About Plurals
Writing about multiples is no different than writing about any ethnic or religious group which you're not a part of. Don't make assumptions without doing your homework.
Terminology
Why I find many traditional psychology terms for plurals and people in plural systems to be not only inaccurate but even offensive.
A Reconsideration of "Protectors" co-written with Harriet
Protectors aren't always people who go around being foul-tempered and smashing people's faces in. Being a real protector takes intelligence and common sense.

Shiu
Six Degrees of Separation
One take on how people in a system can be created, and how they relate to each other.

Ruka
Social Trends and the Multiple Community co-written with Azusa
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.
The Myth of Multiple Superiority
It is claimed widely that multiples possess capacities of intelligence and creativity superior to those of the average singlet; but do the lives and works of multiples bear out any proof of this claim?
Of Other Worlds
Subjective or other worlds, which often include complex and detailed societies and cultures possessed of their own traditions and even languages, are intrinsic and dear parts of many multiple systems. Why, then, do we hesitate to speak freely about our own?
Of Multiplicity And Mundanity
It is a common presumption among plurals and fascinated singlets alike, that multiples are all peculiarly special and distinct; but how many claims of uniqueness are borne from egotistic notions of grandeur amongst collectives?
Plurality and Responsibility
Our proscription for self-control and responsibility among plurals has found us blacklisted in several groups firmly mired in the psychiatric model, some of whom have played at making ludicrous and nebulous threats to empowered multiples, under premise that we are "harming those who really have DID."