and did you know that purple / is the last color of the rainbow / and it means i will trust and love you / for a long time
All in 2021
The Blank That Fills Me Up
I never knew / A blank could be - / So beautiful
My hips don't tell either
I was fine until the day / I heard them say: / "because we are sexual beings", / I'm supposed to relentlessly want it.
Flesh
Art by Nico Mitter
The Antithesis of Malehood: Being Asexual as a Hypersexualized Being
Let our revolution be intersectional so as not to crumble as a house divided against itself.
A Plastic Rose
But what can a single plastic rose do?
What About Femininity? Unpacking the Relationship Between Masculinity and Asexuality
From this vantage point, we might ask if asexuality is problematic for men not simply because it isn’t masculine but because it is feminine.
¡Adiós masculinidad!
Adiós, masculinidad caduca y aliados. Corta vida os deseo.
Biromantic Demisexual Masculinity Software Release Notes
Masculinity™ is a prescriptive software platform that allows the user to socially establish, both internally and externally, their identity as “male” in their private and personal lives.
3 poems
“And with abandon, we OR And abandoned, we”, “Disembodiefication”, and “Dear Distance”
Racial Castration and Demiboy Joy
I exist in the liminal space between masculinity and something else, an inertial nothing that frees me from the orbit of rephallicization…
The Interview
“No, we’re not attracted to each other,” Brian said, matching eyes with Caselman. When did you start making assumptions, John? “It’s like—brothers. That’s it.”
I found you
Art by Edgar Espino
Vol. 4, Issue 4: Asexual Masculinities
Vol. 4, Issue 4 of AZE explores the intersections of asexuality and masculinity.
A is For
For the aze are not merely a lone A, left naked and alone in a world never wished to be born, but the A
Teatime with Family
Art by Kyla Frank
Flesh Without Name
Merely existing dictates the condition of being shackled to an expectation of fleshly existence without my consent.
Something fishy
“But you realize he’s probably not asexual.” “Definitely not asexual.” “Then why do you wanna ruin his life?”
My Love is For Me
We need to replenish ourselves before we can offer anything to someone else.
Unconditionally and Irrevocably Asexual
In Midnight Sun, Edward struggles with experiencing attraction in a different way than his partner, and then faces the distinct challenge of trying to explain it. Reading Twilight from his point of view made me feel like someone – albeit a fictional vampire – understands.