Monthly Archives: May 2013

Linkspam: May 31st, 2013

Posted on May 31, 2013 by queenieofaces

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! ETA: I completely blanked on this yesterday (sorry, jet-lag taking its toll) … Continue reading →

Posted in Linkspam | Leave a comment

Musings on appearances by a mixed race ace

Posted on May 28, 2013 by queenieofaces

This is my submission to the May 2013 Carnival of Aces.  This month’s theme is “appearances,” and you can find the submission post here. Apparently I look “racially ambiguous.”  That isn’t entirely surprising, given that I can check every box on … Continue reading →

Posted in Intersectionality | 9 Comments

Question of the Week: May 28th, 2013

Posted on May 28, 2013 by Aydan

I’m shamelessly riffing off of a question on the “Thirty Days of Asexuality” meme here: who is/are your favorite(s) fictional doctor, of any type, whether that’s a doctor of medicine, a doctor of philosophy, a doctor of theology, or any … Continue reading →

Posted in Question of the Week | 3 Comments

Journal Club: Freestyle!

Posted on May 27, 2013 by Sciatrix

Last week, because very few of us were available to come to journal club, we had a free-for-all discussion about asexuality and research more generally. We also discussed a New York Times article on a potential treatment for female sexual … Continue reading →

Posted in Research | Tagged , , | 7 Comments

Repulsion is not shaming

Posted on May 25, 2013 by Siggy

[Content note: genitals, body shaming] I’m going to say something that is perfectly obvious to nearly every person in the asexual community (and probably also to kinky people).  It is okay to be repulsed by genitals, bodily fluids, or by … Continue reading →

Posted in Misconceptions | 18 Comments

Linkspam: May 24th, 2013

Posted on May 24, 2013 by queenieofaces

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! Asexual Curiosities writes about why tumblr trolls are wrong. Queenie is assembling a list … Continue reading →

Posted in Linkspam | Leave a comment

It Turns Out Asexual People Have Problems, Too

Posted on May 23, 2013 by Sciatrix

“I wish I was asexual, too! My love life sucks right now. Things must be so much easier for you!” It’s a staple of online spaces using tagging systems, most notably twitter and tumblr, as people venting about their personal lives gets … Continue reading →

Posted in Misconceptions | Tagged , , | 13 Comments

Question of the Week: May 21st, 2013

Posted on May 21, 2013 by Siggy

This is the Question of the Week, a way to stimulate conversation.  It occurs every Tuesday. Imagine that you’re an evil overlord.  What will you do once you finally take over the world? The first thing I would do, of … Continue reading →

Posted in Question of the Week | 4 Comments

Journal Club: Prause and Graham 2007

Posted on May 20, 2013 by Sciatrix

Last week, we discussed “Asexuality: classification and characterization,” a 2007 paper by Nicole Prause and Cynthia Graham.

Posted in Research | Leave a comment

The asexual community is a terrible place to hide from your sexuality

Posted on May 19, 2013 by queenieofaces

A while back there was this big kerfuffle on tumblr* about how aces are secretly harmful to LGB folks.  One of the main arguments was that LGB folks have internalized heterosexism, and thus use the asexual community to hide from … Continue reading →

Posted in Community, Misconceptions | 16 Comments