Poly-ish Movie Reviews By Joreth

Was Amelia Earhart really polyamorous?  Joreth reviews the 2009 movie with Hilary Swank to see what this version of the story has to say about it.   First of all, I'm going to give spoilers. This movie is based on a real person and historically important events, so I don't feel any need to protect people from spoilers. If you are from the US and haven't heard what happens to Amelia Earhart by now, you're probably too young to be listening to this podcast or not aware of this podcast in the first place. We don't watch biopics to be surprised by the ending, we watch them to find out how this particular storyteller tells the story. I remember a few years ago when Amelia's letter to her husband about the nature of their marriage made the rounds in the poly community. I really resonated with it because it was not so much a statement of polyamory, but a statement of independence and female empowerment. This movie used several of her letters, this one included, as actual lines in the movie. So, without really doing