Vol. 3, Issue 1: Discovering Identity

Vol. 3, Issue 1: Discovering Identity

AZE Journal
Journal, 2019

The Asexual Vol. 3, Issue 1

Lead Editor: Michael Paramo
Theme: Introduced by Katie Frey and voted upon by supporters of The Asexual journal
Contributors: Sid Wight, A Ashley, Manos Bazanis, LG, Evelyn Benvie, Claire, Krista, Erin Watt, Ebun Soneye, Daniela Fois, Deramin, Michael Paramo, Calyssa Erb, Aria Pahari, Jason Gurevitch, Hannah Trammell, Bea, Elizabeth, Paula Puolakka, Paulina Gazda, Andrea Wold Johansen, Cat Cotsell, Ruth, Madeline Wierzal, and Daniela Illing
Cover Artwork: “Open” by Daniela Illing (@zeichenleere)
Article Artwork: Seven of Wands from the Rider-Waite Tarot deck for “Seven of Wands” (Wikipedia), an altarpiece in Ascoli Piceno, Italy, by Carlo Crivelli (15th century) for “Aquinas Strikes Out at Ave Maria University,” “Untitled” by Cas Mayhall, Ulysses and the Sirens illustration from an antique Greek vase, French School 19th century for “Siren Seeking Sailor” (Bibliotheque des Arts Decoratifs, Paris, France/Bridgeman Images), 13 photographs by Michael Paramo (@mxparamo.art), and “Open” by Daniela Illing.

Date of Publication: June 15th, 2019

Featured
We Are Whole
Julia Marie
We Are Whole
Julia Marie

Thanks to discovering asexuality, I see “no” as whole because we are whole.

Julia Marie
That's What Ze Said
Nancy L Meyer
That's What Ze Said
Nancy L Meyer

Can I open
my arms to them,
 to me?

Nancy L Meyer
asexual education is important because:
Evelyn Benvie
asexual education is important because:
Evelyn Benvie

I didn’t know there was a word for people like me, so I never looked for one.

Evelyn Benvie
Thanks for the Invalidation
Frenci Nguyen
Thanks for the Invalidation
Frenci Nguyen

Where my identity as an asexual is seen as a choice hastily made, as if I only need a little persuasion, as if I just one day decided to stop being sexually attracted to others.

Frenci Nguyen
On Running and Asexual Embodiment
Catherine Clifford
On Running and Asexual Embodiment
Catherine Clifford

Before I could name it, I felt my asexuality as truly as my feet felt every step of a run. I now claim it as fully as I claim my body.

Catherine Clifford
Seven of Wands
Jamie Brett
Seven of Wands
Jamie Brett

This card is my life. I am always engaged in combat.

Jamie Brett
Blackjack
Max Evans
Blackjack
Max Evans

the only counting I did

was not of cards

but of conversations

where I was called

a prude

innocent

Max Evans
Finding Identity
Naomi Norbez
Finding Identity
Naomi Norbez

But for now, I’m holding on. Because there’s nothing wrong with me. And there never was.

Naomi Norbez
A
Em J. Parsley
A
Em J. Parsley

And there is a label for people like me: asexuality. But how do I condense myself into the ‘a’ in ‘asexuality’? That ‘a’ means ‘not.’ That ‘a’ means ‘lacking.’

Em J. Parsley
The Tightrope
Anna Goshua
The Tightrope
Anna Goshua

Coming to terms with being aromantic asexual offered an opportunity to pursue what I wanted for myself. To reject the premise that my existence is centered on my appeal to men.

Anna Goshua
Aquinas Strikes Out at Ave Maria University
Michaeleen Kelly
Aquinas Strikes Out at Ave Maria University
Michaeleen Kelly

Aquinas hadn’t been asked about his celibacy, although he would have revealed that his state of purity was chosen for its liberating potential

Michaeleen Kelly
The Gutter
Z Griffler
The Gutter
Z Griffler

And suggest a round while we’re here
Because I’ll spare you the lecture
And find the door,
Ten pins left erect.

Z Griffler
TOUCH
R
TOUCH
R

To have every cuddle, every kiss, every hug, just be seen as a path to sex - I didn’t want that.

R
Untitled
Cas Mayhall
Untitled
Cas Mayhall

It is a statement about the feeling of deformity and emptiness I experience when I compare myself to my allosexual peers.

Cas Mayhall
When I Found My Asexual Heart
Kat Terban
When I Found My Asexual Heart
Kat Terban

I just wanted to pass
beneath your hot gaze,
pass beyond the glass
door to my desire:
a venti vessel filled
with iced chai.

Kat Terban
Figuring it Out
Lauren K.
Figuring it Out
Lauren K.

You think everyone’s just faking it because that’s what’s cool, but you still don’t get why it’s cool.

Lauren K.
Siren Seeking Sailor
Anna
Siren Seeking Sailor
Anna

You may hear that us sirens eat the bodies of the shipwrecked. Many do. I've simply never found it appealing.

Anna
Open
Daniela Illing
Open
Daniela Illing

I'm not a sculptor, but my identity isn't something that can be grasped in a flat medium.

Daniela Illing

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