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Category Archives: Misconceptions
“An Asexual World”: Asexuality in Death Stranding
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
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The weird world of asexuality Google Alerts
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
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Being Bi/Ace, Part One: Scrutiny About Attraction and the Kinsey Scale
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
Posted in aromanticism, Articles, greyromanticism, Intersectionality, LGBT, Misconceptions, personal experience
Tagged ace, aromantic, aromanticism, asexuality, attraction, being bi/ace, bi, bi erasure, biphobia, biromantic, bisexuality, complexity, confusion, frustration, greyromantic, kinsey scale, Misconceptions, nuance, nuance & complexity, pan, panromantic, pansexuality, personal experience, queer, rant, scrutiny
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Bad Experiences in University (Part Three): Panel Gone Awry
At LSU, I’ve come across people that haven’t understood or have made assumptions about asexuality that have been extremely difficult for me to deal with. In part one, I discussed an incident that occurred while I was participating in a project … Continue reading
Posted in Articles, Misconceptions, personal experience
Tagged Articles, Panels, personal experience
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Bad Experiences in University (Part Two): Dating While Asexual
While in university, I’ve come across people that haven’t understood or have made assumptions about asexuality that have been extremely difficult for me to deal with. In part one, I discussed an incident that occurred while I was participating in … Continue reading
Posted in Articles, Coming out, Misconceptions, Relationships
Tagged Articles, Coming out, Dating, relationships
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Ace Survivors as Rhetorical Devices (part four): Avoiding Using Ace Survivors Rhetorically
This series can be read on The Asexual Agenda, Resources for Ace Survivors, and Concept Awesome. Trigger warnings: discussion of sexual violence, including corrective rape and CSA, although nothing specific; policing of survivors’ reactions to sexual violence. If you think … Continue reading
Ace Survivors as Rhetorical Devices (part three): The One True Narrative of Sexual Violence Against Aces
This series can be read on The Asexual Agenda, Resources for Ace Survivors, and Concept Awesome. Trigger warnings: Discussion of sexual violence, including corrective rape and CSA; manipulation of survivors and their stories for political means; victim-blaming; erasure of sexual … Continue reading
Ace Survivors as Rhetorical Devices (part two): Using Ace Survivors to Win Political Arguments
This series can be read on The Asexual Agenda, Resources for Ace Survivors, and Concept Awesome. Trigger warnings: mentions of sexual violence, including corrective and coercive rape; manipulation of survivors and their stories for political means; statements implying that all … Continue reading
Ace Survivors as Rhetorical Devices (part one): Introduction
This series can be read on The Asexual Agenda, Resources for Ace Survivors, and Concept Awesome. What’s the deal with this series? This series is about the way ace survivors are used as rhetorical devices in ace communities. I’ve already … Continue reading
An Aromantic’s Lament
Last November, I wrote about how I don’t understand romantic attraction and how a lot of online aromantic discourse doesn’t make sense to me because of that. As rotten-zucchinis perceptively noted (footnote 3), it’s not so much that I’m failing … Continue reading
Posted in aromanticism, Articles, Misconceptions, romantic orientation
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