I’ve watched The Big Bang Theory for a few years now, and while I loved the first three seasons (although not without reservations at some of the sexism and laughing-at-you-not-with-you mentality), I found that recent seasons have not been appealing to me as much. Season four – where my enjoyment of the show started to … Continue reading »
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Finding Asexual Characters
There’s always a lot of discussion around of major TV characters (such as Sherlock and Sheldon Cooper, for example) being asexual. So I thought I’d put together a list of four other, perhaps lesser known characters – from books, movies, TV, web comics – who are either named as asexual (in one case), strongly implied … Continue reading »
A confession and an announcement
This post is for the January Carnival of Aces, whose theme this month is non-traditional relationship structures: experienced, or wishing for, or theorising about. I have a confession to make. When I found out about asexuality, it felt like I’d been freed. I wasn’t strange and broken anymore; I could finally stop stressing about why … Continue reading »
Defining Significant Others
My first thought on reading this month’s theme for the Carnival of Aces – dating and significant others – was that is was rubbish. Surely, the one thing that discovering my own asexuality has taught me is that there is something else to the model of finding that special someone and dating and progressing to … Continue reading »
An Open Letter (or: I am not sick and sexuality is not a choice)
Taking a page out of SwankIvy‘s book. My response to a lovely message I got the other day, from someone who decided that they knew more about me than I did, and that I obviously need help. Hi there, family friend. Well, it’s always nice to know that you’ve got me all figured out in … Continue reading »
More Ace Visibility
A while ago I was approached by another magazine to do a story on asexuality. I’ve decided that I want to take these sorts of opportunities to do visibility work about asexuality. Raising awareness by sharing your own intimate life story is a little challenging sometimes, because it really is your own experience that you … Continue reading »
Pondering Asexuality and Living Arrangements
Often when I think about being asexual, there’s a sense of present timing involved. About my life now, feeling comfortable in my own skin, figuring out what sorts of connections I make to people and what sorts of relationships work for me at this point in time. Lately my thoughts have been more future-oriented. In … Continue reading »
Coming Out to the World
I don’t have much to say, but look what was in the October edition of Cleo magazine! Here’s to hoping that asexuality will get some good visibility from it. I guess the last closet doors are open now as well.
