AsexualAwarenessWeek

It's #AsexualAwarenessWeek. I'm somewhere on the ace spectrum (combined with elements I haven't defined yet), so I figured I'd post about it!

The ABCs of LGBT+: where I 1st found words to kind of describe my sexuality (I'm still working on that).

The Diviners: 1st book I found an explicitly ace character in.

Let's Talk About Love: 1st book with an MC with very similar experiences to my own. It was validating, and painful.

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Kenyazero Elatsoe: my most recent read with an explicitly ace MC.

I also wanted to include the 1st story I found a demisexual character in: Avialae! (I forgot to include it in my graphic) 3y

Chelleo Thanks for sharing…wasn‘t aware of the week and will look into it ands few of these titles further (edited) 3y

Kenyazero @Chelleo I hope you enjoy them! 3y

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Understanding Asexuality | Anthony F. Bogaert

It‘s #asexualawarenessweek!

Check out this page on Goodreads for usermade lists of books with ace characters: https://www.goodreads.com/list/tag/asexual

Eyelit Love this!! 6y

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BookishFeminist

The Bone People: A Novel | Keri Hulme

My #WonderWomanWednesday this week is Keri Hulme for #AsexualAwarenessWeek. Hulme is a New Zealand indigenous Māori writer & poet. She's openly asexual & raises awareness for asexual & aromantic issues. Her novel, The Bone People, won the Booker & is about postcolonial cultural renewal of the Māori through their mythological & folklore traditions. Her short stories & poetry are also wonderful. 🙌🏼

Tag me in your #www posts so I can see them!

BookishFeminist #www #asexualbooks #nativebooks #indigenousbooks #maori #newzealand #readwomen #queerbooks #lgbtqia #aromantic #pocauthors #authorsofcolor 8y

Moray_Reads I read The Bone People a couple of years ago and thought it was fantastic. I must pick up some more of her work! 8y

BookishFeminist @Moray Yes I agree! I haven't even run across her other work. Stonefish might be the easiest to find since it was published in 2004—she really hasn't published much. If you're successful at finding some, do let me know! 8y

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Moray_Reads @BookishFeminist It looks like my local library has Te Kaihau which is lucky. I might see if I can track down Stonefish on Abebooks 8y

NikkiA Love this 😊 We have some other spectacular female authors in NZ who deserve to be so much better known than they are: Patricia Grace, Elizabeth Knox, Charlotte Randall & Emily Perkins are all fantastic. Oh and Witi Ihimaera is another incredibly talented Maori writer. So much talent down here 🇳🇿 8y

prowlix This has been on my TBR for awhile and I had no idea that it was asexual it was brought up as an excellent Maori author 8y

JPeterson I enjoyed reading The Bone People, but I never realized this about the author! 🙌 8y

MLRio One of my favorite books ever! 8y

ErickaS_Flyleafunfurled Wow. Must check into this. 8y

WOCreads Oh awesome thanks for the rec! Definitely a writer I need to read!💜✊ 8y

charl08 Amazing book. Due a reread. 8y

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BookishFeminist

Every Heart a Doorway | Seanan McGuire

It's #AsexualAwarenessWeek until Oct 29, so here's some fun fiction reads that feature asexual characters! Asexual is one of the "A's" in LGBTQIA+. What are some other fiction books that include asexual, aromantic, demisexual, and grey-asexual characters?

Every Heart a Doorway is fantastic! It's a quirky portal fantasy novella where kids are transported to a home to live & they can't get back to reality. ?✨

#asexualbooks #lgbtqia #queerbooks

AlexandraGriffin It's been quite a while since I've read daughter of smoke and bone... but I don't recall any characters being asexual in that book... did I miss/forget something?? 8y

BookishFeminist @GriffinAndHerBooks Liraz is asexual! The first book doesn't explicitly state that she's asexual, but the second book does. 8y

BookmarkTavern Thank you for this. ❤️ I had no idea most of these books existed! This has drastically increased my TBR list. I wish I had known books like this existed in high school. Would have saved me a lot of confusion and grief. 8y

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annkuch13 This is awesome! I have a couple of these sitting on my shelves and didn't realize they had asexual characters! And now I need to reread the Daughter of Smoke and Bone books because I hadn't caught that about Liraz before! 8y

BookishFeminist @krysannethemums 💜💜💜 You're welcome! It's awareness week for a reason—this isn't spoken about much & wish society was more validating of ace people & issues. I wish these had existed in high school too. Could you imagine where we'd be if we were all required to take an empathy class focusing on books by/about people who fall outside societal norms?? 8y

BookishFeminist @annkuch13 I hadn't caught that either! It kept coming up when I ran searches for asexual books & it took finding an article about it for me to realize. 😳 I haven't read the rest of the series though where it's apparently explicitly stated, so maybe we weren't supposed to catch it? Either way, I'd love to reread it through this lens now too & unlearn that privilege lol. 8y

annkuch13 Right?! I didn't identify as asexual until last year and it seems like I've overlooked some cool representation that's out there! 8y

AlexandraGriffin @BookishFeminist oooooooh right ok now I remember! I was like.. zuzana isn't, karou isn't... who am I missing?? I need to reread those. 8y

lrh9 Daughter of Smoke & Bone series is one of the best series I have ever read. Right up there with Harry Potter, IMHO. Everyone should read it. I did not think Liraz was asexual, per say, but after reading this post I did some research and now realize she really is on the spectrum. Maybe demi, or gray. Thanks for the other recs! I am excited to read Every Heart a Doorway. 😊 8y

Bookgirl Demi? Grey? Whaaaat? Yay, now I have things to go look up and learn about, thanks all! Also just have to say I so love DOSAB trilogy. 8y

Notafraidofwords Thanks for this. Adding to my TBR. Something I need to learn more about. 8y

Driftglass Ah! This reminds me that I've had Daughter of Smoke and Bone on my TBR since forever ago. I need to get to that one! 📚✨ 8y

Yossarian I think the guy from A Prayer For Owen Meany who wasn't Owen Meany (the narrator) was explicitly asexual. 8y

Avidreader6 I'm in the midst of reading that Mercedes Lackey series and rereading Garth Nix. I love this list so much!! (Especially as someone on the ace spectrum) I think i will be adding all of these to my reading list 8y

WOCreads Really liked the McGuire book, we need more Ace rep!! 8y

JoRead Daughter of Smoke and Bone has been on my TBR for the longest. One more reason to read it. 8y

WOCreads Yess Ace!Rep, also Chameleon Moon has gotten awesome reviews 😊 7y

BookishFeminist @WOCreads ✊🏼 I'll have to check that one out—this is the first I've heard of it! 7y

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