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
Patricia KennonAsexuality and the Potential of Young Adult Literature for Disrupting Allonormativity2021adolescence; allosexual; aphobia; asexual; asexual continuum; compulsory sexuality; fiction; gray-asexuality; identity; LGBTQ; literary analysis/theory; literature; queer; race; romantic; split attraction
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
Ben Brandley, Leland G. SpencerRhetorics of Allonormativity: The Case of Asexual Latter-Day Saints2022aromantic; asexual; asexual reading/theory; queer; religion; romantic; trans
Lee Yingtong LiSupplementary Context--'Let's Talk about being agender, aromantic, asexual and Asian'2020allonormativity; allosexual; amatonormativity; discrimination; HSDD; LGBTQ
Liza Blake, Nicholas Brush, Simone Chess, Rachel Chung, Catherine Clifford, Aley O'MaraEarly Modern Asexuality and Performance: An ACMRS Roundtable2020allonormativity; allosexual; aromantic; asexual; asexual reading/theory; Catholic; celibacy; chastity; early modern; food; gender; gray-asexuality; history; intimacy; literary analysis/theory; literature; performativity; protestant; Shakespeare
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
ask-an-aroWhy We Need the Aspec Community: An Aro Perspective2019allonormativity; amatonormativity; aromantic; aromantic spectrum; asexual; Carnival of Aros; intersectionality
arokaladinI Don’t Want to Be Associated With the Community That Hurt Me2019allonormativity; aromantic; asexual; Carnival of Aros; community; erasure; infantilization; intersectionality
The Ace Couple, Courtney LaneBeing a Jamaican Ace in Catholic School, A "Right to Sex", & Other Allonormative Nonsense ft. Fara2023allonormativity; amatonormativity; aphobia; asexual; Black; black conscious asexuality; Catholic; dating; diaspora; religion
Hannah TesslerAromanticism, Asexuality, and Relationship (Non-)Formation: How A-spec Singles Challenge Romantic Norms and Reimagine Family Life2023allonormativity; amatonormativity; aromantic; asexual; family; relationships; romantic; single
Hannah TesslerThe Stability of Singlehood: Limitations of the Relationship Status Paradigm and a New Theoretical Framework for Reimagining Singlehood2023allonormativity; amatonormativity; aromantic; aromantic spectrum; asexual; celibacy; heteronormativity; relationships; single
Ace Film ReviewsFamily: Wondering What Could Have Been2023allonormativity; amatonormativity; asexual; Carnival of Aros; community; diaspora; family; relationships; Tumblr
Sara JakšaCarnival of Aros June 2023: Being aromantic in an allonormative world: Calling for more diverse media representation2023allonormativity; amatonormativity; aromantic; asexual; Carnival of Aros; media; representation; Tumblr
Nothing RadicalManaging Expectations in an Allonormative World2023allonormativity; alloromantic; amatonormativity; aromantic; asexual; Carnival of Aros; friendship; platonic; relationships; Tumblr
Canton WinerQueerness includes asexuality2023allonormativity; amatonormativity; asexual; heteronormativity; normativity; queer
Ben Brandley, Marco Dehnert“I am not a Robot, I am Asexual”: A Qualitative Critique of Allonormative Discourses of Ace and Aro Folks as Robots, Aliens, Monsters2024aliens; allonormativity; aromantic; asexual; monstrosity; rhetoric; robots
Jenna DewittAsexual and Aromantic People are Often Forgotten, but God sees us2021allonormativity; amatonormativity; aromantic; asexual; chastity; marriage; religion
Angela ChenAce: What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex2020allonormativity; allosexual; amatonormativity; aphobia; aromantic; asexual; asexual continuum; coming out; community; compulsory sexuality; definitions; dehumanization; desexualization; disability; discourse; erotics; femininity; friendship; frigidity; gender; identity; interdisciplinary; intersectionality; intimacy; LGBTQ; literature; marriage; masculinity; media; monogamy; morality; narrative; online community; otherness; queer; race; relationships; self-identification; sex; stereotypes
Angela ChenPlating with Others: Chapter from Ace2020allonormativity; amatonormativity; asexual; community; consent; intimacy; kink; marriage; masturbation; monogamy; nonmonogamy; polyamory; relationships; sex; sexusociety
Sherronda J. BrownAcephobia2022allonormativity; amatonormativity; aphobia; asexual; asexual continuum; compulsory sexuality; corrective assault; dehumanization; discrimination; erasure; gender; infantilization; intersectionality; normativity; pathologization; race; sex; sexual violence; sexusociety