Category Archives: Modeling

What even is attraction? A constructionist view

Posted on October 31, 2021 by Siggy

This is a submission to the October 2021 Carnival of Aces on “Attraction”. Within ace and aro communities, “attraction” is a concept that receives a great deal of attention. It’s in the definitions after all–or at least, some of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Articles, asexual identity, Language, Modeling | 9 Comments

Journal Club: What does Orientation Orient?

Posted on October 22, 2021 by Siggy

This month, the ace journal club discussed “What does Sexual orientation Orient? A Biobehavioral Model Distinguishing Romantic Love and Sexual Desire” by Lisa M. Diamond (2003). https://psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?doi=10.1037%2F0033-295X.110.1.173 (Requires journal access) The journal club meets once a month on Discord, using … Continue reading →

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Consent as a felt sense

Posted on February 10, 2021 by Siggy

I’ve written many articles for various blogs, and there are a few that I published elsewhere that I wish I had also published on The Asexual Agenda. I’m going to slowly repost these here, starting with the most popularly demanded … Continue reading →

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We’re Bad at Understanding Behavior Based on What We’ve Never Experienced

Posted on January 31, 2020 by Sara K.

This is for the January 2020 Carnival of Aces: “Conscious and Unconscious Difference” In articles describing people’s personal journeys towards identifying as ace, a common theme is ‘I thought other people around me were having sex mainly because of peer … Continue reading →

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When unimportant relationships are important

Posted on May 20, 2019 by Siggy

Recently, I wrote about my experience not forming close friendships. That’s not strictly speaking true–sometimes I do form some close friendships, but I tend to be uncommitted to them, and I often value friend networks over individual friendships. Now I’d … Continue reading →

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Terrible graphs of orientation

Posted on April 30, 2019 by Siggy

It used to be one of distinctive features of ace communities, that we really liked drawing graphs. Oh so many graphs, more than I can include. The graphs were painful, and we liked the pain. It’s fallen out of fashion … Continue reading →

Posted in Articles, History, Modeling | 29 Comments

Splitting the Split Attraction Model

Posted on April 2, 2019 by Siggy

The Split Attraction Model (SAM) is a model that says that people’s attractions/orientations can be split into multiple components, such as “sexual”, “romantic”, “platonic”, “sensual”, and so on.  Everyone agrees that the SAM model has issues and is not inclusive … Continue reading →

Posted in Articles, asexual politics, Modeling, romantic orientation | 15 Comments

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

Posted on April 30, 2018 by queenieofaces

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 →

Posted in Articles, LGBT, Modeling, personal experience | 19 Comments

Asexuality and the Relationship Escalator

Posted on January 31, 2016 by Jo

Written for the January 2016 Carnival of Aces, on the theme of ‘relationship stages.’ One of the concepts that I often use or reference when writing about asexuality and relationships is the relationship escalator. It’s a concept that I’ve mainly … Continue reading →

Posted in aromanticism, Articles, Modeling, Relationships, romantic orientation, Sexual normativity | Tagged , | 8 Comments

The Five Factor Model of Relationships

Posted on May 30, 2015 by queenieofaces

This post was written for the May 2015 Carnival of Aces, which is on the topic of Identity, Labels, and Models.  I think I went in a bit of a different direction than most of the other submissions, but hopefully … Continue reading →

Posted in Articles, Modeling, Relationships | 33 Comments