Is there a place within the aromantic community for me?
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Category: Editorial
Asexuality: A Blessing I Wish I Had
Why would anyone want to experience sexual attraction?
How the Carnival of Aces Helped Shape My Blogging Experience
This blog may be young, but the Carnival of Aces has had a huge impact on its history.
Mulder, Scully, and the Original Shipping Wars: A Tiny Piece of Ace History
How might our ideas about shipping be different if an asexual discourse had existed in the 1990s?
Stages of Coming Out: My Journey to Ace Identification
How long have I been out as asexual? That's a complicated question. Here's my complicated answer.
Shame, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Accept My Sexuality
Being demisexual means I don't pursue sex the way I'm "supposed" to, but sometimes desire it when I'm not "supposed" to. For a long time, I was ashamed of both of these things.
Asexual, Allosexual, and Other Labels That Don’t Quite Fit (Revised)
It’s not that I think dichotomies like “asexual”/“allosexual” and “voluntary celibate”/“involuntary celibate” are meaningless. But I find them, at best, an awkward fit for my own experience.
Han Solo and Other Toxically Masculine Sidekicks
I dislike toxic masculinity in heroes, but am much more tolerant of it in supporting characters. Why?
Growing Up Platoniromantic: Happy Endings
My friends are buying houses, getting married, and having children. Do they still have any room in their lives for someone like me?
Expecto Patronum: Seeking Identity in a World of Labels
Of the many labels out there, how many would I claim as my “identity”?
