April 2012
9 posts
Progress
greenchestnuts:
This is a post I conceived of a while back but never got around to making.
Asexuality has existed as a cohesive and community-based identity for about 12 years, largely centered around the Internet to bring together scattered individuals. In those twelve years, aces have gotten a documentary as well as a textbook (which I hope will be good!) and a number of papers. Asexuality...
Media imagery of asexuality
aceupyoursleeve:
background images from articles in Nerve, Marie Claire, and Folha.
There’s been a recent discussion about the cover of a potential asexual romance anthology, The Heart of Aces. Everything has already been said, but it reminded me of something else that I wanted to do. So here’s an analysis of the imagery that the media considers appropriate to accompany articles about...
Asexuality Identity and Experiences Survey - Call...
acesecrets:
Julia Prims, of the University Of Colorado Boulder, is conducting research into asexuality for their honors thesis:
“This study is intended to examine the cultural dismissal of asexuality and self-esteem, depression, and self-concept in asexually identified individuals. You are being asked to participate in this study because you either identify as asexual or have ties to the asexual...
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Hey tumblr,
rainbowcatvomit:
So, we’re going over Sexual Identity.
Mostly we were talking about Homosexual and Heterosexual. I brought up Asexual, and my teacher asked me to email him information about Asexuality.
If anyone wants to send me any personal information or experiences about asexuality, demisexuality, and grey-a I’d appreciate it.
I’m not asexual so I can only give him a third-party...
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outlawroad:
Lust, Romance & Attachment: The Science of Love and Whom We Choose
Dr. Helen Fisher, a biological anthropologist, has conducted extensive research using fMRI scans to study the human brain in lust and romantic love. The above link is a video of a lecture she gave in 2010 on her work in this area.
The reason I want to share this with you is because of how groundbreaking her...
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Skeptic's Play: A dilemma on asexuality and race →
Asexuals deserve a history.
writingfromfactorx:
And y’know, sometimes I worry that bits and pieces of it are being lost? Because there are things that I know, as someone who has been around for a fairly long time and listened in a lot of spaces, that I think other people might not. I’m thinking here of things like the Non-Libidoists, who were an early asexual splinter group that set itself in opposition to AVEN and who...
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AroPlane - A Forum for Aromantic and... →
aromanticaardvark:
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