November 2011
4 posts
Apropos of nothing...
writingfromfactorx:
…I finally got around to writing a post for the Carnival of Aces. Uh, I’m the worst carnival promotor ever, sorry about that, and the deadline is approaching fast. If you’ve got the ability to write a post about attraction by Thursday, though, you totally should!
The post itself:
And then you get on to romantic attraction. This is about the point where I start to get...
A Really Positive Article on Asexuality That... →
Let's Not Generalize, Please →
writingfromfactorx:
“Look. When you say “you know you’re ace when someone makes an innuendo and you think of something completely unrelated to sex?” That erases the experience of a lot of aces. Mine, for one–I usually see the innuendo. Or not being able to comprehend “sexy”–oh, come on, I can tell when someone is gorgeous and I’ve never had any trouble understanding what “sexy” means, if only...
Ily over at Asexy Beast has some awesome things to... →
writingfromfactorx:
The thing is, most of us have been receiving negative messages about asexuality our entire lives. I still receive them daily from our culture…and this is on top of all the other negative messages I receive for other “undesirable” aspects of my identity. I don’t think that neutral statements, like the fact that we exist, can overcome the barrage of negative statements that we...
