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His Quiet Agent | Ada Maria Soto

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His Quiet Agent | Ada Maria Soto

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An excellent series of 2 novellas and a short story. All the stars.

random_michelle I love this series so very very much!

“He-“ Is the name I put on form B-837.

So! Much! 1mo

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Bingo! | Rosemary Wells

Update on #lgbtqbookbingo2024 #lgbtq @Kenyazero

Planning on reading Giovanni‘s Room for published before 2000 and need to find a aro/ace book!

Anyone have any suggestions?

#asexual #aromantic

Kenyazero A few I can think of for ace are: In the Lives of Puppets by TJ Klune; Genderqueer by Maia Kobabe; Baker Thief by Claudie Arseneault; Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger. 3mo

TieDyeDude Non-fiction or fiction ace book? Loveless by Alice Oseman or Let's Talk About Love by Claire Kahn are good YA options. Amanda DeWitt has a couple novels with ace characters, too, but I haven't read them yet. 3mo

Kitta @Kenyazero Elastoe was all over my feed for a while and I‘ve been meaning to read it! I‘ll look into the others too thanks so much! 3mo

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Kitta @TieDyeDude I‘m thinking fiction but also willing to read non-fiction. Not into YA or romance which is making this a bit more difficult. I don‘t mind a romantic plot but find most romance novels to be too much and a bit cringey. Amanda DeWitt‘s Aces Wild sounds interesting though! Have you read

Ace: What Asexuality Reveals about Desire, Identity, and the Meaning of Sex

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Kitta Ace (tagged above) has been on my radar for a while, considering that too. @TieDyeDude 3mo

TieDyeDude I haven\'t read Ace, but my wife did and liked it. I don\'t like romance either, but since ace-centered stories are more about figuring out how to navigate a relationship where sex may or may not be involved, they seem more complex and more interesting. Let\'s Talk about Love is a little more generic, but Loveless was a nice twist on the college experience. I haven\'t read Aces Wild yet, but I am hoping it is good, I want to read it soon. 3mo

Kenyazero @Kitta I‘ve read Ace! I‘ve heard a lot of good things about it. It presents many interesting ideas, and introduces and explores topics thoroughly. I didn‘t like it as much for a variety of reasons but still felt like I learned a lot and connected with a lot. 3mo

Kitta @TieDyeDude thank you so much, that clarifies a lot for me! I think I find sex scenes in romance books a bit contrived and cringey so I‘d probably enjoy an ace romance if the focus is on the relationship more. Thanks for the recommendations! 3mo

Kitta @Kenyazero ooo thanks, I‘ll keep that in mind if I decide to go with Ace! I feel like I have a lot of options now. The litsy community is great! 😊 3mo

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Refusing Compulsory Sexuality: A Black Asexual Lens on Our Sex-Obsessed Culture | Sherronda J. Brown

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This is a book that will stick with me for a while. I was introduced to several new-to-me concepts that are interesting to consider:
Terms like chrononormativity and frigidity
That asexuals are often assumed homosexual (if you're not in a hetero relationship, you must be hiding a same-sex one), because lack of desire is not valid. This thinking has been applied posthumously to both Langston Hughes and Octavia E. Butler, among others. ⤵️

TieDyeDude (I've experienced this myself). That left-handers are 2.5 more likely to identify as asexual; this chapter made some interesting correlations between left-handed demonization and LGBT persecution (I'm also left-handed). The ways that a (white) cisheteronormative society is threatened by asexual acknowledgement. It is not a book for beginners, but it is a powerful examination of the struggles of ace individuals through a black woman's lens. 3mo

CaseyTheCanadianLesbrarian This is on my TBR! Thanks for the thorough review. I also enjoyed

Ace: What Asexuality Reveals about Desire, Identity, and the Meaning of Sex

3mo

TieDyeDude @caseythecanadianlesbrarian I am interested in that and tagged below. I started this book over a year ago, and for various reasons, didn\'t pick it up in earnest until last month, so I set aside other ace reads until I finished.

Ace and Aro Journeys: A Guide to Embracing Your Asexual or Aromantic Identity

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CaseyTheCanadianLesbrarian @TieDyeDude it's exciting that there are more and more ace nonfiction books out now! 3mo

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