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.

  1. Select the tags you are interested in the advanced filters such as affect, adolescence. Tags were manually assigned by our research team to each resource to ensure they are relevant.
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AuthorsTitleYearTags
Claudie ArseneaultDeath, Stillness, and Exile--Three Prongs of Asexual Imagery in Fiction2017aphobia; asexual; asexual reading/theory; community; death; dehumanization; literary analysis/theory; literature; narrative; otherness; representation; romantic
Megan Arkenberg"A Mayde, and Last of Youre Blood": Galahad’s Asexuality and its Significance in ‘Le Morte D’Arthur’2014archives; asexual; asexual reading/theory; asexual resonances; celibacy; fiction; gender; history; literary analysis/theory; literature; masculinity; medieval; morality; queer; queer theory; virginity
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
Essi VirtanenThe Representation of Queer Identities in Terry Pratchett's Discworld2022amatonormativity; aromantic; asexual; asexual reading/theory; fiction; gender; identity; literary analysis/theory; literature; marriage; nonbinary; queer; queer theory; representation; romantic; virginity
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
SiggyAce Tropes: Allo Savior Complex2017aphobia; asexual; asexual reading/theory; fiction; identity; literary analysis/theory; literature
Sarah Selena"The Purest, Most Innocent Kind of Love": Summer Bird Blue and Asexuality2021aromantic; asexual; asexual reading/theory; fiction; identity; literary analysis/theory; literature; media; psychology
Kaiya Jacob, Ela PrzybyloThe Erotic Worldmaking of Asexual and Aromantic Zines2021'zine; antiracism; archives; aromantic; art; asexual; comics; community; community-building; compulsory sexuality; erotics; fiction; intersectionality; media; queer; visibility; world building
Lysa Westberg GabrielSlashing the Invisible: Bodily Autonomy in Asexual Fan Fiction2018aromantic; asexual; asexual reading/theory; AVEN; celibacy; definitions; gender; HSDD; literary analysis/theory; literature; masculinity; nonbinary; online community; pathologization; queer; representation
Alex HendersonLet's Talk About Love, Tash Hearts Tolstoy, and the Asexual Coming- of-Age Story2019adolescence; aphobia; asexual; celibacy; dehumanization; fiction; infantilization; literary analysis/theory; literature; media; online community; pathologization; queer; romantic
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
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
LauraIn which I take a new look at an old favorite book2012asexual; Carnival of Aces; fiction; Tumblr
Appalachian-AceCarnival of Aces: Fiction2012asexual; Carnival of Aces; fiction; Tumblr
Carmilla DeWinter(a)sexy writing2012asexual; Carnival of Aces; fiction
Sara K.Asexual Themes in Shēn Diāo Xiá Lǚ (Part 1)2012asexual; Carnival of Aces; China; fiction; media
Sara K.Asexual Themes in Shēn Diāo Xiá Lǚ (Part 3): Jin Yong is Not Being a Prude2012asexual; Carnival of Aces; China; fiction
Sara K.Asexual Themes in Shēn Diāo Xiá Lǚ (Part 4): The Asexy Bad Boy2012asexual; Carnival of Aces; China; fiction
Sara K.Asexual Themes in Shēn Diāo Xiá Lǚ (Part 5): A Frighteningly Familiar Scene2012asexual; Carnival of Aces; China; fiction