Learning Community:

Impolite Society

A Romance & Revolutionary Practice Learning Guild

Impolite Society is the only learning community of its kind for Highly Sensitive, critical-thinking, book-loving, and world-changing souls…

…who want to grow and transform their revolutionary practice in ways that they simply couldn’t on their own.

By diving into the world of inclusive romance - where passion mixes with politics, and love is entwined with liberation - we are learning how to solve for “The Behind Closed Doors Effect”.


This is the name Dominique has given to one of the most common ways people try to diminish or dismiss oppression: by claiming that any abuses of power that happen in private (aka “behind closed doors”) - be it in the bedroom, a classroom, a boardroom, a staff room, etc. - have absolutely nothing to do with the wider world.

Through a carefully curated set of bi-monthly readings, weekly engagement questions, and monthly facilitated discussions, we focus our attention and analysis on one of the deepest, most intimate relationships a person can have.

In this way, we can elucidate, and then strategize for, the fact that what happens “behind closed doors” is directly linked to what happens outside of them.

Founding Member Testimonials

  • “I have loved engaging with revolutionary thoughts through reading romance! By day I work with/around a lot of heavy equity-related topics, but by night I get to read - and think about them - in different and fun ways. Dominique brings to Impolite Society well-written books that I wouldn't have found without her guidance - and without the Society I wouldn't be having these conversations in these ways! So glad to have found this group. :)"

    - Willow A.

  • "Dominique has built a fabulous community of readers, romantics, and revolutionaries! Through engaging with affairs of the heart, we explore the intersections of passion and purpose in the fictional texts and in our own lives. Living a life and doing work dedicated to empathy and social justice can be both fulfilling and exhausting. Impolite Society is at once inspiring and restorative, an amazing blend of imagination, insight, and irreverence, and I’m loving every minute of it!

    - Adam G.

Inside Impolite Society

Our community is built on the Mighty Networks platform, which is kind of like a website and a discussion forum all rolled into one:

Image description: Screenshot of the "Impolite Society” Mighty Networks platform. The image displays the main navigation menu for the Society down the left-hand side, and the specific menu tabs across the top: "Questions & Updates", "Notes & Quotes", “Meetings & Events”, “Live Event Recaps”, and “Society Members”. Since this is the Host’s view, certain features that are not available to Members (such as visibility and editing) are also displayed.

Here’s what you’ll get from each section of the Society:

Questions & Updates

Short, sometimes silly, and occasionally snarky questions that connect what’s happening in the book to your professional and/or personal lives. This section is also where discussion prompts for our meetings, and any other news or updates are shared.

Notes & Quotes

If you love words and the way they make you feel, then this section is for you! Put all your favourite quotes, descriptions, one-liners, and clapbacks here, and geek out over them with other word nerds.

Meetings & Events

All details for our monthly meetings and any other events - like our Movie Nights! - are posted here.

How to Join

Welp…!

Registration is now closed.

Our doors will open again in 2026.

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