The Carnival of Aces for May has been posted by Perfect Number. The theme was “Changing Labels“. Please take a look!
There currently isn’t any host for the next Carnival of Aces. If you would like to volunteer, please see the masterpost for instructions.
This month, the ace journal club discussed
“Why is absent/low sexual desire a mental disorder (except when patients identify as asexual)?” by Leslie Margolin (2023). https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10.1080/19419899.2023.2193575 (publicly accessible)
The journal club meets once a month on Discord, using text or voice as club members prefer. We discuss a variety of academic works in ace studies, ranging from gender studies to psychology. Don’t worry about journal access, we can provide access. If you’re interested, please e-mail me at asexualagenda@gmail.com for an invite.
Our discussion notes are below the fold.
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
Xai S. wrote about being ace and polyamorous.
Kayley spoke to some arospec teens for AUREA.
Coyote reminds us about the problems with the search for the perfect abuse victim.
Perfect Number has been doing an ace reading of “The Great Sex Rescue”, which is about salvaging sex from problematic Evangelical Christian ideals.
sildarmillion explained their interest in examining dating and romance, despite not dating.
Aro Community Activity
The Carnival of Aros had its April roundup on the theme of family.
The May Carnival of Aces is being hosted by Tell me why the world is weird, and the theme is “Changing Labels” Get your submissions in before the end of the month!
The Carnival of Aces is hosted by volunteers each month. If you would like to volunteer, please see the masterpost for instructions.
This month, the ace journal club discussed
“Asexuality, Affect Aliens, and Digital Affect Cultures: Relationality with the Happy Objects of Sexual and Romantic Relationships.” by Charnell Peters (2022). https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10570314.2022.2100473 (requires journal access)
The journal club meets once a month on Discord, using text or voice as club members prefer. We discuss a variety of academic works in ace studies, ranging from gender studies to psychology. Don’t worry about journal access, we can provide access. If you’re interested, please e-mail me at asexualagenda@gmail.com for an invite.
Our discussion notes are below the fold.
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
Mia had thoughts on the word “normal”.
Coyote has advice for running identity surveys.
Sara Harnetty wrote about Matt Walsh’s misconceptions of asexuality.
Ben Veress, non-asexual, wrote about his experience having an asexual girlfriend, including an interview with her.
Felix Steel wrote about coming out in the LGBTQ community.
Oliver Keens found out his dad was asexual, after he died.
News & Outreach
Just Like Us reports on a survey of asexual adults’ feeling of belonging in the LGBT+ community.
Aro Community Activity
The Carnival of Aros had its roundup on the theme “How Do you View Platonic Attraction?” The next Carnival of Aros is looking for submissions on the theme of family.
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
Perfect Number questions the framing around vaginismus.
Daniel Yo-ling interviewed Dr. Pragati Singh, founder of India Aces.
Ace Admiral follows up on a passage in Asexual Erotics, exploring ideas of asexual optimism and negativity, and community vs academic expertise.
Community Activity
You can see games submitted to Ace Jam 2023 on Itch.io.
Calls for Participants/Support
AZE is open for submissions, with the theme “Stories”.
Ace Date is a 12 minute short comedy film by Kali Thomas. I was provided with a review copy back in July 2022, and wrote this review at the time, but delayed publication because I wasn’t sure where it was available. Ace Date is now available in Roku OnWatch TV, and it’s also in Outfest’s OutMuseum Ace of Hearts short film collection. You can also watch the official trailer.
Ace Date depicts Sydney, an ace woman, going on a blind date with Adam. Sydney is not enthusiastic about blind dates, or dating at all, for that matter, but she was pushed into it by her friend Rachel. The date is ambiguously bad, not because it’s bad bad, but because Sydney obviously doesn’t want to be there, so what did you expect?
Here are three things that were perfect about this film:
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This month, the ace journal club discussed
“Rhetorics of Allonormativity: The Case of Asexual Latter-day Saints” by b. Brandley & L. Spencer (2022). https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1041794X.2022.2108891 (requires journal access)
The journal club meets once a month on Discord, using text or voice as club members prefer. We discuss a variety of academic works in ace studies, ranging from gender studies to psychology. Don’t worry about journal access, we can provide access. If you’re interested, please e-mail me at asexualagenda@gmail.com for an invite.
Our discussion notes are below the fold.
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
Sildarmillion discusses romance when it is transactional and non-transactional.
Joshua Littleford found aromanticism through Loveless by Alice Oseman.
Zaidi Rodriguez wrote an aromantic review of Loveless.
Atlas Changulani wrote about amatonormativity.
Videos
The streams from International Acecon 2023 are now available.
Aro Community Activity
The Carnival of Aros had a roundup for Aromantic Spectrum Awareness Week. The carnival is currently accepting submissions on the theme “How do you view platonic attraction?”
The Asexual Agenda 