Well, now that I’ve discussed how I DON’T want asexuals/asexuality to be represented in the media, it’s time to talk about how I DO want us to be represented. This is the post that I originally intended to make for this month’s Carnival of Aces, the topic of which is Re/presentation, and which I’d encourage [...]
Archive for January, 2012
Achieving a Wide Variety of Representations
Posted: January 30, 2012 in Asexual Visibility, Carnival of AcesTags: apologies, asexual, Asexual Characters, asexual stereotypes, Asexual Visibility, asexuality, autism, carnival of aces, fiction, House, House M.D., Katherine Lingenfelter, media representation, sexual trauma, stereotypes, writing
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Q&A VIII
Posted: January 29, 2012 in Q&ATags: asexual, asexuality, attraction, masturbation, nipplegasm, Q&A, STD testing
All search terms appear exactly as they were typed into Google/Formspring, so I take no credit for any spelling or grammar errors. Standard Definitional Disclaimer: Asexuality refers here to a sexual orientation among humans. It does not have anything to do with biology, whether that means the biology of non-human asexually reproducing species, or humans [...]
On “Better Half” – Gregory House Is Not Infallible
Posted: January 25, 2012 in Asexual Characters, Asexual Visibility, Musings about M, Pathologization of Asexuality/Low Sex DriveTags: asexual, Asexual Characters, Asexual Visibility, asexuality, asexuality in fiction, AVEN, better half, David Shore, fiction, gaslighting, Gregory House, harassment, House, House M.D., House review, Katherine Lingenfelter, media, media representation, pathologization, review, sex, sexual attraction, stigma, stigmatization, television, writing
…Or at least, that’s how it should be written. I’ve been watching House for years now. When I first started watching, it was sometime between the end of season two and the beginning of season three, and I burned through the first two seasons very quickly and then showed it to my best friend and [...]
Little moments of victory
Posted: January 21, 2012 in Feminism, Rape CultureTags: Feminism, rape, rape culture, rape jokes, trauma, video games, World of Warcraft, WoW
[TW: This post discusses rape jokes, with an excerpt from a discussion in a video game. It is not explicit.]
Q&A VII
Posted: January 10, 2012 in Q&ATags: asexual, asexuality, attraction, masturbation, nipplegasm, Q&A, STD testing
All search terms appear exactly as they were typed into Google/Formspring, so I take no credit for any spelling or grammar errors. Standard Definitional Disclaimer: Asexuality refers here to a sexual orientation among humans. It does not have anything to do with biology, whether that means the biology of non-human asexually reproducing species, or humans [...]
You might notices that the blog looks quite a bit different now. I’ve changed it for a couple of reasons: 1) some people with vision problems were having trouble reading parts of the site, and 2) I don’t have the money to pay for another year of custom design, much as I’d like to mess [...]
