Monthly Archives: March 2016

Should queer (and ace) people be part of workplace diversity policies?

Posted on March 30, 2016 by

Since starting full-time work, I have been thinking a lot about the intersection of queerness/asexuality and the workplace. In my last post I talked more specifically about coming out as ace at work and what that might entail. More recently, … Continue reading →

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Question of the Week: March 29th, 2016.

Posted on March 29, 2016 by

What questions do you wish academics were asking ace people?  A few days ago I filled out an online survey about what it’s like to be asexual. Some of the questions surprised me and seemed really on point. Others were phrased … Continue reading →

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Everything is my football

Posted on March 28, 2016 by

Sometimes in college, I would persuade people to play a game. Name a movie. I probably didn’t see it. If I saw it, I probably didn’t like it. It would usually take over a dozen tries before anyone could name … Continue reading →

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Linkspam: March 25th, 2016

Posted on March 25, 2016 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! Ace Blogging starchythoughts wrote about hermeneutical injustice in consent and asexuality. emerodp … Continue reading →

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Question of the Week: March 22nd, 2016

Posted on March 22, 2016 by

Do you ever feel a disconnect between online and offline groups? To me, the big thing I notice is that people offline are very quick to wave away internet disputes and arguments.  It’s all a tempest in a teapot to … Continue reading →

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Linkspam: March 18th, 2016

Posted on March 18, 2016 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! News & Outreach NY City Lens ran an article on the NYC … Continue reading →

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Question of the Week: March 15th, 2016

Posted on March 15, 2016 by

Have you ever written for a zine or would you want to?  I first heard about zines as a do-it-yourself form of expression feminists/Riot Grrrls used in the 1990s and have seen quite a few circulating around the ace community. Mark Todd and … Continue reading →

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On Coming Out at Work (or not)

Posted on March 14, 2016 by

Something I’ve been thinking about a lot recently is the whole coming out process. It makes sense, really – I’m at the start of my third week in a new graduate job – my first post-uni, adult, office job. Definitely … Continue reading →

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Linkspam: March 11th, 2016

Posted on March 11, 2016 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! Ace Blogging Asexuality Archive talks about The Great Chicago Conspiracy. S. and … Continue reading →

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Grad school, failure, and having been an asexual woman in science

Posted on March 9, 2016 by

Although it was 20 years ago now, I still remember the day my parents told me I needed to withdraw from grad school. I had stopped attending most of my classes, was erratic in turning in homework, and had missed … Continue reading →

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