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
sophia_solOn Mennonite intersectionality with asexuality.2011Carnival of Aces; intersectionality; religion
Xu Guo, Day WongConstructions of Asexual Identity in China: Intersections of Class, Gender, Region of Residence, and Asexuality2020aromantic; asexual; China; coming out; HSDD; identity; intersectionality; LGBTQ; mixed methods; online community; pro forma marriage; romantic; single; social construct; trans
Nikki Hayfield, Thom Winter-Gray"Can I be a kinky ace?": How asexual people negotiate their experiences of kinks and fetishes2021aromantic; asexual; asexual continuum; BDSM; definitions; fantasies; fetish; intersectionality; kink; masturbation; qualitative methods
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
Alok Vaid-MenonWhat's R(ace) Got To Do With It?: White Privilege & (A)sexuality2014asexual; asexual reading/theory; colonialism; gender; history; identity; intersectionality; masculinity; narrative; political theory; politics; privilege; queer; race; South Asian; trauma; whiteness
Elijah G. StuckiCompulsory Sexuality and Amatonormativity in Higher Education: A Photovoice Study with Asexual and Aromantic Students2019amatonormativity; aromantic; art; asexual; asexual reading/theory; AVEN; colonialism; coming out; community; community-building; compulsory sexuality; corrective assault; definitions; dehumanization; disability; gender; HSDD; identity; intersectionality; kinship; LGBTQ; mental illness; nonbinary; otherness; pathologization; queer; race; romantic; sexual violence; social construct; trans
Nathan SnazaAsexuality and Erotic Biopolitics2020antiracism; asexual; asexual reading/theory; biocultural; colonialism; compulsory sexuality; intersectionality; kinship; literary analysis/theory; literature; political theory; queer; queer theory; race
Justin Smith"[T]he happiest, well-feddest wolf in Harlem": Asexuality as Resistance to Social Reproduction in Claude McKay's Home to Harlem2020asexual; asexual reading/theory; asexual resonances; Black; capitalism; community; intersectionality; literary analysis/theory; literature; political theory; politics; queer; race; reproduction; sexusociety
Simone ChessOpting Out: Anorexia, Asexuality, and Early Modern Women2020anorexia; asexual; asexual reading/theory; disability; disability theory/studies; early modern; greensickness; history; intersectionality; literary analysis/theory; literature; mental illness; queer; queer theory; reproduction; virginity
Danielle Cooper, Ela PrzybyloWhat Makes a Crush?2013asexual; crush; intersectionality; jealousy; literary analysis/theory; literature; Maori; pathologization; queer; romantic; squish; trans; trauma
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
Evelyn ElgieBeing and Doing: Interrogating Dominant Narratives of Asexual Kinship in an Amatonormative Culture2017amatonormativity; aromantic; asexual; asexual reading/theory; AVEN; colonialism; identity; indigenous; intersectionality; intimacy; kinship; nonmonogamy; nonsexual; online community; queer theory; queerplatonic; romantic; social construct; sociology; split attraction; theory
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
Mark Carrigan, Kristina Gupta, Todd G. MorrisonAsexuality special theme issue editorial2013asexual; asexual continuum; asexual reading/theory; AVEN; definitions; HSDD; intersectionality; psychology; qualitative methods; quantitative methods; split attraction
CJ Deluzio ChasinMaking Sense in and of the Asexual Community: Navigating Relationships and Identities in a Context of Resistance2015aphobia; asexual; AVEN; community; definitions; discrimination; friendship; gender; HSDD; intersectionality; LGBTQ; psychology; split attraction; trans
Dan CopulskyAsexual Polyamory: Potential Challenges and Benefits2016asexual; celibacy; community; identity; intersectionality; intimacy; jealousy; nonmonogamy; online community
Karen CuthbertYou have to be Normal to be Abnormal: An Empirically Grounded Exploration of the Intersection of Asexuality and Disability2017asexual; autism; disability; gold star asexual; intersectionality; pathologization; queer; race; sociology; theory
Aasha Brianna FosterMeasuring Social Invisibility and Erasure: Development of the Asexual Microaggressions Scale2018asexual; asexual continuum; AVEN; compulsory sexuality; definitions; desexualization; disability; discrimination; HSDD; interdisciplinary; intersectionality; LGBTQ; mental illness; pathologization; psychology; race; romantic; split attraction; visibility
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