On Fridays, 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!
Writing
Dr. Chris Mowat finds asexual myths in the ancient Greek myth, Hippolytus.
Sherronda J. Brown wrote about an emerging transphobic acephobic conspiracy theory.
Tanya wrote about coming out as aro.
Sildarmillion found Hotel Transylvania surprisingly amatonormative.
Coyote asserts that queerplatonic ambiguity is a feature, not a bug.
News & Outreach
There is a Lithuanian film titled “Slow” about an ace/allo relationship debuting in Sundance soon.
I don’t know if this fits in the linkspam, because I didn’t mention asexuality, but it’s about consent, so here it is 🙂
“Ella Enchanted” Is A Movie About Consent https://tellmewhytheworldisweird.blogspot.com/2023/01/ella-enchanted-is-movie-about-consent.html
Thanks, I’ll add that in!
I can’t seem to get it to take, but: Yuri to Koe to Kaze Matoi/Lilies and Voices Born upon the Wind is getting an English language release and I am excited:
Sure, I’ll share it. I’m still waiting for Vol 3.
There are no release dates yet for Vols 3 and 4, apparently. I’m not really sure why (Renmei didn’t mention), but.
I’ve recently published a three-part series. I’m including the link to the last one because it’s the most relevant:
But in case, the other two posts are relevant, I’ll include the links to those too.
https://sildarmillionjournal.wordpress.com/2023/02/05/dating-apps-the-dating-market-and-why-i-dont-wish-to-participate/
https://sildarmillionjournal.wordpress.com/2023/01/27/the-desi-marriage-market-and-why-i-dont-wish-to-participate/
Thanks!
Thanks for the links!