Searchable Bibliography

Our searchable bibliography will allow you to browse and easily find a list of curated sources pertaining to aromanticism, asexuality, and its related subject matters. To maximize the relevancy of the search results, these are our recommended steps to using the bibliography.

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AuthorsTitleYearTags
Emily Burkhardt, Verity Trott, Whitney Monaghan"#Bughead Is Endgame": Civic Meaning-Making in Riverdale Anti-Fandom and Shipping Practices on Tumblr2021asexual; comics; LGBTQ; media; online community; political theory; politics; representation; TV
Nat WrhelThe Acest of Aces: Representations of Asexuality in Fiction2017archives; asexual; asexual reading/theory; comics; dehumanization; fiction; gender; LGBTQ; literary analysis/theory; literature; media; queer; romantic; TV
Hendrike Tel"This Work is Tagged 'Asexual Character'": An Analysis of Asexuality in Fanfiction2020aphobia; aromantic; asexual; community; literary analysis/theory; literature; media; online community; pathologization; psychology; quantitative methods; queer; romantic; split attraction; TV
Michael CobbSingle: Arguments for the Uncoupled2012art; art history; capitalism; death; gender; LGBTQ; literary analysis/theory; literature; media; monogamy; nonmonogamy; philosophy; political theory; queer; romantic; single; social construct; theory; TV
Francesca CoppaSherlock as Cyborg: Bridging Mind and Body2012asexual; asexual reading/theory; asexual resonances; dehumanization; media; otherness; TV
Danielle CorcioneHow television is leading the asexual revolution2016aromantic; asexual; asexual continuum; dehumanization; gay; LGBTQ; media; platonic; representation; TV
Jana Fedtke53X+M³=Ø? [SEX+ME=NO RESULT?]: Tropes of Asexuality in Literature and Film2012asexual; asexual reading/theory; disability; disability theory/studies; HSDD; intersectionality; literary analysis/theory; literature; media; pathologization; pop culture; theory; TV
Sara GhalebAsexuality is still hugely misunderstood. TV is slowly changing that.2018aromantic; asexual; comics; media; pathologization; representation; split attraction; TV
Eunjung KimHow Much Sex is Healthy? The Pleasures of Asexuality2010asexual; autism; desexualization; disability; disability theory/studies; erotics; intersectionality; media; nonsexual; pathologization; TV
Christina LangIntimacy and Desire Through the Lens of an Aro-Ace Woman of Color2018amatonormativity; anarchy; aromantic; asexual; asexual reading/theory; AVEN; Boston Marriage; coming out; demisexuality; desexualization; feminism; friendship; gender; gold star asexual; identity; intersectionality; intimacy; kinship; media; pathologization; queer theory; race; romantic; sex education; single; theory; TV
Amanda L. Mollet, Brian LackmanAllonormativity and Compulsory Sexuality2022allosexual; amatonormativity; aphobia; asexual; celibacy; compulsory sexuality; corrective assault; discrimination; fiction; gender; identity; LGBTQ; nonsexual; pathologization; privilege; religion; representation; sex education; single; trans; TV
Benjamin Marks"Sick, Dead, or Lying": A critical textual analysis of asexuality in popular culture2017aphobia; asexual; asexual reading/theory; AVEN; community; compulsory sexuality; dehumanization; disability; identity; infantilization; LGBTQ; media; online community; pathologization; queer; race; representation; TV; whiteness
Margaret Rose McDowellAgainst Compulsory Sexuality: Asexual Figures of Resistance2022allosexual; archives; asexual; asexual reading/theory; AVEN; Black; Boston Marriage; celibacy; compulsory sexuality; dehumanization; erotics; feminism; gender; intimacy; literary analysis/theory; literature; media; politics; pop culture; queer theory; race; reproductive futurity; sexual liberation; sexusociety; single; TV; world building
Gwendolyn OsterwaldContradictions in the Representation of Asexuality: Fiction and Reality2017aphobia; asexual; asexual reading/theory; asexual resonances; early modern; history; literary analysis/theory; literature; media; medieval; pathologization; queer; reproductive futurity; TV
Anna KurowickaThe ace art of failure: Asexuality and BoJack Horseman2022asexual; asexual reading/theory; asexual resonances; capitalism; coming out; community; friendship; media; pop culture; queer theory; TV
Petra Filipová, Pavol Jozef ŠafárikGendered Discourse and Asexuality in Postmillennial Media2021asexual; AVEN; community; definitions; gender; HSDD; masculinity; media; representation; TV
Selena C. BaughImpact of Compulsory Sexuality on LGB and Asexual Media Consumers2019adolescence; aromantic; asexual; bisexual; compulsory sexuality; gay; identity; intimacy; LGBTQ; love; media; pathologization; religion; TV
Jana FedtkeThe Erasure of Asexuality: Sheldon's Masculinity in The Big Bang Theory2021asexual; asexual reading/theory; disability; marriage; masculinity; media; pathologization; pop culture; reproduction; TV
Kristina Gupta, KJ CerankowskiAsexualities and Media2018asexual; asexual continuum; asexual reading/theory; AVEN; celibacy; compulsory sexuality; definitions; disability; literary analysis/theory; literature; love; media; nonsexual; queer; religion; representation; TV
S.L. Dove CooperWe’re on Our Side: Aziraphale and Crowley’s Thoroughly Queer Relationship in Good Omens2019allonormativity; allosexual; amatonormativity; aromantic; aromantic reading/theory; asexual; asexual reading/theory; erasure; love; media; platonic; queer; queerplatonic; representation; romantic; TV