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“An Asexual World”: Asexuality in Death Stranding

Posted on November 17, 2019 by

It’s always fun when you’re watching a show or playing a game, and find a surprise mention of asexuality. Sorry, I meant to put “fun” in scare quotes. I had bought the game Death Stranding on the day it was … Continue reading →

Posted in Articles, Media, Misconceptions | 12 Comments

We need to talk about straight aces

Posted on November 4, 2019 by

I’m continuing my series on “The Discourse”, that big flame war that occurs on Tumblr regarding the inclusion of aces in LGBTQ spaces. I wish to strip away euphemism, so I’m calling it “The Ace Flame War” rather than “The … Continue reading →

Posted in Articles, asexual identity, asexual politics, LGBT, romantic orientation | Tagged | 14 Comments

Asexuality on the resume

Posted on October 3, 2019 by

I work for The Ace Community Survey. I lead a dozen volunteers in running an annual survey with 10k responses. I developed most of our codebase. Our reports attract academic attention. This kind of looks amazing on a resume. But … Continue reading →

Posted in Articles, personal experience | 7 Comments

Telling your second story

Posted on October 1, 2019 by

This article was written for the September Carnival of Aces, themed on “Telling our stories“. When I spoke on a panel at Creating Change in 2013, I prepared and polished 30 second speech to introduce myself and how I came … Continue reading →

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Aro complaints about ace communities

Posted on August 29, 2019 by

When I started keeping tabs on the aro community on Tumblr, and I saw many complaints about ace communities.  I think it’s important that ace communities are made aware of these complaints, so I offered to publicize any complaints that … Continue reading →

Posted in aromanticism, Articles, asexual politics, Community, Guest post | 23 Comments

The weird world of asexuality Google Alerts

Posted on August 26, 2019 by

One of the ways I find stories to put into our linkspam, is Google Alerts. Given any search query, Google Alerts will send you daily links to new content appearing on the web. Only a small fraction of these links … Continue reading →

Posted in Articles, Media, Misconceptions | 3 Comments

Queer spaces don’t work like that

Posted on August 11, 2019 by

I’d like to continue my series on “The Discourse”, that big flame war that occurs on Tumblr regarding the inclusion of aces in LGBTQ spaces. I wish to strip away euphemism, so I’m calling it “The Ace Flame War” rather … Continue reading →

Posted in Articles, asexual politics, Community, LGBT | Tagged | 16 Comments