Maybe you’ll find the right person…” “Um, I don’t know. I just told you I’m not into that.
On Sensual Attraction: Yes, sometimes people do "just want to cuddle."
Yes, sometimes people really do "just want to cuddle." And sometimes, that is all some of us would like to do.
Affirmations for Asexuals Playing the Dating Game
For the aces who are playing the dating game and are dealing with your fair share of frustrations, here are some simple affirmations:
"You're Such a Waste": Too Attractive to be Asexual
The first time I was told I couldn’t be asexual was because it would be a waste of my pretty face and nice body.
Are Your Preferences Perpetuating Violence?
“Preference” may perpetuate a violent cycle of the subjugation, murder, and neglect of lives and bodies outside of those who have been privileged to be coded as “normal” due to capitalism.
Sirens Going off in My Head: Why I Won’t Be Watching BoJack Horseman (Yet)
But holding representation to a high standard matters, too. I want media that helps questioning aces find themselves, and does not reinforce harmful attitudes to the general public.
Transphobia is a White Supremacist Legacy of Colonialism
When one assumes cisgender and heterosexual existence to be ‘normal,’ their actions and words based on this belief directly serve the agendas of European colonizers.
Vol. 2, Issue 2: Asexuality and Representation
The Asexual invites asexual writers and artists to tackle the subject of how asexuality is represented and how these representations relate to conceptions of self.
To Be The One You Love
The way I experience love is meaningful, whole and enough. But maybe this is what they mean when they say sometimes love isn’t enough.
Correcting Father Martin
“Asexuality isn’t a focus of the book, but to have the word there in black and white, however small, is a powerful, joyful thing.”
The Asexual Agenda
Sexuality is weird and complicated both with and without an A preceding it, but sometimes labels help.
the ace up your sleeve
Art by Daniela Illing.
Age of Discovery
…the pieces all fall into place and you can’t imagine ever not knowing what now seems like the most obvious thing in the world: you’re asexual.
The Stumbling Dead and Aromanticism
In The Stumbling Dead, there appear to be no romantic or sexual relationships within the Horde, but the friendships every zombie forms are incredibly strong and devoted.
Thanks, Keyleth: Ace Representation in Critical Role
For the first time in my life I had an answer other than "broken" for the way I experienced the world.
Asexual Positivity in a Game About Sexy Demons
But in retrospect, I can see why this game spoke to me: it validated a part of me that I did not yet know existed.
From Dissonance to Understanding
I look forward to the day when I feel more comfortable saying the words out loud: I’m asexual.
Existing and Defying Stereotypes as an A-spec Disabled Person
It’s something that is often assumed, and not often discussed: the stereotype that people with disabilities do not have sex or have conventional relationships.
Words
I’m so much more complicated than our neat, simple and tidy words can describe, and maybe we all are.
Creating Ace Space in the Media
We should not be bombarded with messaging that tells us that we are missing a prerequisite to fulfillment and life satisfaction, and that there is something defunct within us.