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
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
Esther D. Rothblum, Evan A. Krueger, Krystal R. Kittle, Ilan H. MeyerAsexual and Non-Asexual Respondents from a U.S. Population-Based Study of Sexual Minorities2020aphobia; coming out; discrimination; identity; LGBTQ; psychology; quantitative methods; science
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
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
Kristýna Kaymak Minaříková"But You're Not Alone": Outside of Coupledom2021amatonormativity; aromantic; asexual; bachelor; discrimination; friendship; love; marriage; media; neoliberal; nonmonogamy; pop culture; qualitative methods; reproduction; romantic; single
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
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
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
Sarah GivensPerforming Asexy: Asexual Identity and Neo-Burlesque in Mississippi, Texas, and Florida2019asexual; asexual reading/theory; fantasies; gender; identity; media; performativity; pop culture; queer; representation; visibility
KJ CerankowskiIllegible: Asexualities in Media, Literature, and Performance2014asexual; asexual reading/theory; AVEN; comics; dandy; dehumanization; desexualization; erotics; fetishization; gay; gender; gold star asexual; identity; intimacy; LGBTQ; literary analysis/theory; literature; nonsexual; performativity; pop culture; queer; queer theory; sexual violence; spectacle; trauma
Sherronda J. Brown'Left to hold my grief alone.' Grieving platonic love in a culture of romantic domination2022aromantic reading/theory; care; community; discrimination; friendship; love; non-romantic; platonic; romantic; single; stereotypes
Sherronda J. BrownRefusing Compulsory Sexuality: A Black Asexual Lens on Our Sex-Obsessed Culture2022adolescence; antiracism; aphobia; asexual; asexual reading/theory; Black; capitalism; compulsory sexuality; controlling images; corrective assault; definitions; dehumanization; femininity; fetishization; frigidity; gatekeeping; gender; history; infantilization; intersectionality; masculinity; monstrosity; nonhuman; objectification; pathologization; queer; race; reproduction; reproductive futurity
Lijing Ma, Hailey Hatch, Eddy ClarkThe Investment Model of Commitment: Examining Asexual and Aromantic Populations using Confirmatory and Exploratory Factor Analysis2023aromantic; aromantic spectrum; asexual; AVEN; love; monogamy; nonmonogamy; relationships; science; sex
Shannon MahantyMoses Sumney on Aromanticism: the Lack of Romantic Attraction to Others2018amatonormativity; aromantic; art; love; media; music; platonic; politics; pop culture; romantic
Josh MiltonSpongebob Squarepants says ‘I’m ready’ as the cartoon character officially revealed to be queer2020asexual; fandom; pop culture; representation; TV
Bart BeatyJughead Jones2017aromantic; asexual; comics; food; pop culture; queer; representation
Peter CharnellAsexuality, Affect Aliens, and Digital Affect Cultures: Relationality with the Happy Objects of Sexual and Romantic Relationships2022affect; aliens; aromantic; asexual; LGBTQ
Allie Daisy KingThe Lack of Asexual Characters In Pop Culture Is A Product Of The Male Gaze2023asexual; femininity; feminism; film; nonbinary; patriarchy; representation; TV; visibility