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Interview with Angela Chen, Author of “Ace: What Asexuality Reveals about Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex”

Posted on September 12, 2020 by Sennkestra

We speak to author Angela Chen about what it was like to write a book about asexuality, and what she learned in the process. Continue reading →

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Being Bi/Ace, Part Two: Aesthetic Attraction and the Visual-Aural Gender Split

Posted on May 23, 2018 by Elizabeth

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. Last time I talked about how there’s a lot of extra scrutiny about … Continue reading →

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

Posted on May 19, 2018 by Elizabeth

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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Switching On Airplane Mode

Posted on July 30, 2013 by Sciatrix

When I saw that the theme for this month’s Carnival of Aces was doubt, I was excited. That’s because to my mind, self-doubt is one of the central components of an asexual experience as we know it. It is, after … Continue reading →

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