nydescynt asked:
autismserenity answered:
I’m going to throw this one out to the crowd and tag @vaspider and @wetwareproblem for starters, and then see what more words I can think of.
Actually this question came to me and I punted to you, because I haven’t been in a good research headspace lately. (Nothing bad, just… wrong headspace entirely.) So… sorry, but I’m out. You, on the other hand, are the Monarch of Sources.
Wasn’t directed at me but have you checked out @historicallyace? Idk what you’re looking for specifically but there’s a lot of resources there?
Can I just mention that crowdsourcing research is one of the things I love about Tumblr?
Off-hand, here are some things you might find helpful:
- Respectability politics, assimilationism, and ace inclusion
- On the history/meaning of “queer as in fuck you”
- On Queer Essentialism, Language, and Sandboxes (shamelessly promoting a post I wrote)
- Assimilationists erase the word “queer” from a queer pride poster
- On community fracturing
- Labeling aces as not queer requires rewriting the history of the entire community
I also strongly recommend not-your-fae’s queer history tag, and while I haven’t linked anything that I’ve written on this blog, you’re likely to find things here that’d be helpful to you!
Hi @nydescynt! I’ve included below a couple other older and more unusual sources that I’d recommend off the top of my head that may provide an additional interesting historical perspective (as opposed to contemporary writing by ace bloggers like the examples above):
- Kenji Yoshino: The epistemic contract of bisexual erasure (2000). This is a really in-depth essay examining the nature of bisexual erasure in both straight and gay communities, with additional commentary to the effect that most of these arguments likely also impact asexuals as well. Written in 2000, when ace communities were barely a blip on the internet.
- Asexual and Autoerotic Women: Two Invisible Groups by Myra T. Johnson (1977). This essay on asexual and autoerotic women also discusses the relationship of these women to the feminist and sexual liberation movements of the 60s and 70s, which while not the same as queer liberation definitely ties in. (short summary here)
- “Asexuals Have Problems Too” from the Village Voice (1971) (satirical). If you look at the (satirical) article mentioned in the link thread, as well as the reported (seemingly non-satirical) letters to the editor, you can see that in a way, people have been mocking and arguing about asexual oppression even 30 years before the first asexual communities even existed.
In addition, if you need any help finding academic sources related to general asexuality studies, this guide may be helpful: http://asexualresearch.tumblr.com/post/81564102315/help-i-need-sources-and-other-frequently-asked.
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