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Hey guys! I'm doing asexuality/aromanticism for the Frequently (or Not So Frequently) Asked Questions project and I've been asked something that I can't answer. Would anyone like to take it?

The question is:
What's your favourite and least favourite thing to read about asexuality in fiction?

And I... can't think of a single example of or reference to (textual/canon) asexuality in books/fiction I've read. :|

Date: 2011-04-23 07:11 pm (UTC)
From: [personal profile] pyrofennec
No-o. Rowling said something much worse:

And it’s relevant only in so much as he fell in love and was made an utter fool of by love. He lost his moral compass completely when he fell in love and I think subsequently became very mistrusting of his own judgment in those matters so became quite asexual. He led a celibate and bookish life.


You see, he started out as gay but became asexual because one love affair went wrong, since "asexual" is something you turn into and not, like, a legit orientation or anything. Ho ho ho. (Her handling of his homosexuality is iffy as shit too, but that's neither here nor there.)

Date: 2011-04-23 07:17 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] pipisafoat
Oh jesus. After the initial "btw gay" I just threw my hands in the air and had nothing else to do with it. Blech. I am glad I missed such a thing when it happened, but jesus god REALLY, woman?

He can lead a celibate and bookish life! I am okay with that sentence. Why didn't she just start and end with that one and be done with it without insulting people?

*headdesk* what the fuck, world.

Date: 2011-04-23 07:21 pm (UTC)
From: [personal profile] pyrofennec
I adore it when people conflate celibacy with asexuality! And by adore I mean "purge this person with a blowtorch."

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