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
Laina Y. Bay-Cheng, Rebecca K. Eliseo-ArrasThe Making of Unwanted Sex: Gendered and Neoliberal Norms in College Women’s Unwanted Sexual Experiences2008feminism; gender; neoliberal; patriarchy; qualitative methods; repulsion/aversion; sexual violence; trauma
Elina Valovirta"Caribbean Passion"--The Hypersexual and the Asexual Woman as Reparative Tropes2014asexual; asexual reading/theory; Black; death; desexualization; feminism; gender; intersectionality; literary analysis/theory; literature; queer theory; race; religion; reproduction
Carter VanceUnwilling Consumers: Towards a Historical Materialist Concept of Asexuality and Compulsory Sexuality2018asexual; asexual reading/theory; capitalism; feminism; neoliberal; political theory; politics; queer theory; theory
Kristin S. ScherrerWhat Asexuality Contributes to the Same-Sex Marriage Discussion2010amatonormativity; feminism; gatekeeping; intimacy; LGBTQ; marriage; nonmonogamy; queer; single; trans; whiteness
Megan ColeTraumatic Pregnancy, Queer Virginity, and Asexual Reproduction in Margaret Cavendish's The Convent of Pleasure2021amatonormativity; asexual; asexual reading/theory; early modern; feminism; gender; history; kinship; literary analysis/theory; literature; marriage; nonsexual; queer; queer theory; representation; reproduction; trauma; virginity
Nathan ErroAsexy Pioneer: Asexuality Versus Eroticism in Willa Cather's O Pioneers!2011asexual; asexual reading/theory; feminism; gender; jealousy; LGBTQ; literary analysis/theory; literature; marriage
Karen CuthbertAsexuality and epistemic injustice: a gendered perspective2021aphobia; compulsory sexuality; discrimination; feminism; gender; injustice; qualitative methods; queer; silence
Breanne FahsRadical Refusals: On the Anarchist Politics of Women Choosing Asexuality2010a-fluidity; anarchy; asexual; definitions; feminism; identity; pathologization; political theory; politics; sexual liberation
Colin Görke"Melted Your Cold Heart Yet?" Amatonormative Masculinity in Casino Royale and Spectre2019amatonormativity; aromantic; feminism; friendship; gender; marriage; masculinity; media; platonic; pop culture; queerplatonic; romantic
Kristina GuptaCompulsory Sexuality: Evaluating an Emerging Concept2015asexual reading/theory; compulsory sexuality; desexualization; feminism; intersectionality; queer; sexual liberation; trans
Kristina Gupta, Ela PrzybyloEditorial Introduction; The Erotics of Asexualities and Nonsexualities: Intersectional Approaches2020asexual; asexual reading/theory; asexual resonances; community; erotics; feminism; history; identity; interdisciplinary; intersectionality; nonsexual; queer; queer theory; race
Eunjung Kim"A Man, with the Same Feelings": Disability, Humanity, and Heterosexual Apparatus in Breaking the Waves, Born on the Fourth of July, Breathing Lessons, and Oasis2010asexual; dehumanization; disability; disability theory/studies; feminism; gender; intimacy; Korean; masculinity; media; otherness; pathologization; queer
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
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
Lisa OrlandoThe Asexual Manifesto1972asexual; feminism; fetishization; gender; intimacy; morality; nonsexual; objectification; patriarchy; political theory; politics; relationships
Anna KurowickaThe Queer Identity for the Twenty-First Century? An Exploration of Asexuality2015a-fluidity; asexual; autism; AVEN; categorization; coming out; community; essentialism; feminism; identity; intimacy; LGBTQ; masturbation; media; pathologization; psychology; queer; romantic; sexusociety
CJ Deluzio ChasinReconsidering Asexuality and Its Radical Potential2013aromantic; asexual; AVEN; categorization; community; compulsory sexuality; demisexuality; essentialism; feminism; gatekeeping; gold star asexual; gray-asexuality; HSDD; nonsexual; pathologization; politics; psychology; self-identification
Chelsea ReynoldsThe 'Woke' Sex Discourse: Sexuality and Gender in Online Consumer Magazines2020amatonormativity; aromantic; asexual; BDSM; bisexual; capitalism; coming out; feminism; gay; gender; gender fluidity; intersectionality; intersex; kink; LGBTQ; media; neoliberal; nonbinary; nonmonogamy; politics; pop culture; queer; race; sex education; sexual violence; trans; whiteness
Ela PrzybyloAsexuality and the Feminist Politics of 'Not Doing It'2011aromantic; asexual; asexual reading/theory; AVEN; celibacy; compulsory sexuality; essentialism; feminism; gender; history; HSDD; intersectionality; intimacy; love; nonmonogamy; pathologization; politics; queer theory; romantic; sexual liberation; single
Hilal KasikciFrigid transgressions: Unveiling the queer potentialities of asexuality2015aromantic; asexual; asexual reading/theory; capitalism; compulsory sexuality; feminism; fetishization; friendship; identity; intimacy; monogamy; neoliberal; nonmonogamy; objectification; pathologization; queer theory