Category Archives: Community

Carnival of Aces: Dreams

Posted on April 3, 2021 by Siggy

The Carnival of Aces for March has been posted by Constance Bougie.  The theme was “Dreams“.  Please take a look! The next Carnival of Aces is being hosted by demiandproud.  The theme for March is “Queering, or Acing, a New … Continue reading →

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Carnival of Aces: Comparing Ace Spaces

Posted on March 3, 2021 by Siggy

The Carnival of Aces for February has been posted by Ace Film Reviews.  The theme was “Comparing Ace Spaces“.  Please take a look! The next Carnival of Aces is being hosted by Constance Bougie.  The theme for March is “Dreams”.  … Continue reading →

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The weight of other priorities

Posted on October 19, 2020 by Siggy

In 2006, there was a television documentary titled The Root of All Evil? It was presented by Richard Dawkins, and the title refers, of course, to religion. Dawkins didn’t like the title, and thought it was ridiculous to say that … Continue reading →

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The allo aro intersection matters

Posted on September 24, 2020 by Siggy

Last month, there was an incident where a prominent ace blogger very publicly questioned whether “allo aro” should be seen as an empowering label. This caused a furor among aro bloggers, and even the author deleted the post because they … Continue reading →

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Increasing Accessibility Part 1: Virtual Meetups

Posted on September 1, 2020 by Elizabeth

This is a post for the August 2020 Carnival of Aces. It is cross-posted to Prismatic Entanglements. What am I hoping to get out of the ace community? In a word, accessibility. I mean that in a broad sense: accessibility … Continue reading →

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IRL Ace Meetups… Online

Posted on March 17, 2020 by Siggy

My whole area just ordered everyone to shelter in place, to slow the spread of COVID-19.  No matter where you live, you could find yourself in a similar situation soon, if you’re not there already. Naturally, IRL ace meetups will … Continue reading →

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Aro complaints about ace communities

Posted on August 29, 2019 by Siggy

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 →

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Queer spaces don’t work like that

Posted on August 11, 2019 by Siggy

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 →

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Ace exclusionists and gender

Posted on March 20, 2019 by Siggy

Recently, I expressed a desire to talk about “The Discourse”, that big flame war that occurs on Tumblr regarding the inclusion of aces in LGBT spaces. I wish to strip away euphemism, so I’m going to switch to calling it … Continue reading →

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Let’s use this Aro/Ace bridge

Posted on March 11, 2019 by Siggy

As you know, this February was the very first month of the Carnival of Aros, and it started with a joint event with the Carnival of Aces on the theme of “The relationship between the aro and ace communities“.  The … Continue reading →

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