Author Archives: Sciatrix

Bouncing off the discussion of preferred identity labels from a few weeks ago, I’ve been thinking about preferred terms for significant others (if you have one). Since I got married, I’ve noticed that a lot of people default to “wife” … Continue reading →

So in the past couple of weeks I’ve been thinking a lot about labels, mostly because of the excellent discussions on how ace communities have historically viewed labels and why (see here and here for more context). The emphasis on … Continue reading →

In honor of National Novel Writing Month: If you were going to write a novel with an asexual protagonist, what would it be about? (If you are writing one, please feel free to tell us! I know Siggy is currently working on … Continue reading →

I’ve been radio silent in the ace community for some time now, in part because I’m dealing with some fairly upsetting family issues that are sucking up a lot of my energy. But that has me thinking: If your family … Continue reading →

One of the more common “positive” responses that allosexual people often have to aces is “Wow, you must have so much free time for hobbies because you’re not interested in sex!” Do you think that you have significantly more time … Continue reading →

A couple of extended discussions with people at my meetup some months ago have really wedged this question in the back of my head, because people often have such different perspectives. Before you discovered the asexual community, did you think … Continue reading →

We’ve been having a lot of discussions lately on my feeds about how the asexual community relates to itself and specific smaller groups inside it. What do you think of when people say “the asexuality community?” Do you think of … Continue reading →