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Being Bi/Ace, Part One: Scrutiny About Attraction and the Kinsey Scale

Posted on May 19, 2018 by

This post is for the May 2018 Carnival of Aces on “Nuance & Complexity,” which I am hosting. Please check it out and consider submitting! Cross-posted to Prismatic Entanglements. I have some frustrations with the way that attraction is discussed … Continue reading →

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Looking for Asexual Agenda contributors

Posted on May 16, 2018 by

The Asexual Agenda is a blog written by ace-spectrum people, for ace-spectrum people, seeking to go beyond mainstream news and introductory educational materials. We talk about personal experiences, relationships, language, intersectionality, activism, media, and more. We also serve as a … Continue reading →

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Building a Mosaic from a Shattered Future

Posted on April 30, 2018 by

This post is for the April 2018 Carnival of Aces (“All the birds but us…”). Cross-posted to Prismatic Entanglements. Content Note: contains a brief mention of sexual assault, and discussion of the impact of trauma on relationships.

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To build an unimaginable future (or, Queenie is way too jazzed about queer futurity)

Posted on April 30, 2018 by

This post was written for the April 2018 Carnival of Aces on “All the birds but us…”  In typical Queenie fashion, I’m getting this in at the last possible second, but if you can type at supersonic speeds, consider writing a … Continue reading →

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Keep Your Acephobia Out of #MeToo Conversations, Jaclyn Friedman

Posted on April 5, 2018 by

Ace readers, prepare to cringe. Consider this a blanket trigger warning for the rest of this post and most of the links. To my fellow ace survivors, I hope you are taking care of yourselves, and please don’t feel that … Continue reading →

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Interacting with gay coming out stories as an ace

Posted on April 4, 2018 by

We’ve talked a lot about what it’s like to come out as ace, and we’ve also talked about how this is represented in ace fiction. But if you look for coming out stories, most of them aren’t about aces, they’re … Continue reading →

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Ace Tropes: World of Ace (Wish Fulfillment Edition)

Posted on March 23, 2018 by

This is part of a series on tropes in fiction with ace characters. To link or follow this series, please use the “ace tropes” tag on this blog. “I’d say about two-thirds of the population of our planet are some … Continue reading →

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