Monthly Archives: September 2012

Linkspam: September 28th, 2012

Posted on September 28, 2012 by

Every Friday, we will share links to news, blogs, and anything else we find interesting.  We can’t catch everything, so you are invited to self-promote in the comments! Queenie talks about passing in the U.S. and Japan. DJ talks about … Continue reading →

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September 25 Open Thread

Posted on September 25, 2012 by

[Image description: Animated GIF. A red block of stone carved into the shape of an open book, surrounded by a drain. The spine of the book is a silver cylinder that releases a sheet of water as it rotates. The … Continue reading →

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New comment policy

Posted on September 25, 2012 by

Previously, we didn’t really have a comment policy.  Now that the blog is two months old, we made one.  For future reference, the policy appears on the “about” page. Additionally, we’re now allowing 5 layers of replies, instead of 3.

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Asexuals construct things too

Posted on September 24, 2012 by

Previously, Calinlapin explained what a social construction is, and how many of the beliefs that asexuals fight are social constructions.  But I must admit that I am somewhat of a detractor from this idea.  To take a single example, Everyone … Continue reading →

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My Method of Coming Out as Asexual

Posted on September 23, 2012 by

I’ve never really been one for ‘coming out.’ For example, rather than telling people that I am a lesbian, I just pretend like they already know and act shocked when they ask. When I finally decided to be ‘out’ as … Continue reading →

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Linkspam: September 21st, 2012

Posted on September 21, 2012 by

Every Friday, we will share links to news, blogs, and anything else we find interesting.  We can’t catch everything, so you are invited to self-promote in the comments! Codeman38 talks about the false consensus effect Sex and Gender in Understanding … Continue reading →

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What is social construction and why is it relevant to discuss asexuality ?

Posted on September 20, 2012 by

1) What is “social construction” ? Two conditions are required to be able to define something as “socially constructed”. For a thing to be called “socially constructed”, it first requires that it appears as inevitable, as a mere consequence of … Continue reading →

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Question of the Week: September 18th, 2012

Posted on September 18, 2012 by

This is the Question of the Week, a way to stimulate conversation.  It occurs every other Tuesday. What do you think of when you hear the phrase “social justice”?

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Paper summary: Biological markers of asexuality

Posted on September 17, 2012 by

One thing I’d like to have on The Asexual Agenda is the occasional summary of an academic work on asexuality.  Unfortunately, this takes a lot of work, so today I’m just modifying something I wrote on tumblr. The paper is … Continue reading →

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Help us build a blogroll

Posted on September 15, 2012 by

Right now on the sidebar we have this sad little blogroll mostly consisting of sites that The Asexual Agenda bloggers have contributed to. Would you like to be added to the blogroll?  Is there another blog you like that you … Continue reading →

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