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Happy Ace Week!
The word 'asexual' has been used by humans describing themselves for several decades; 'aromantic' is newer. Both words enable people to voice identities that were unacknowledged for centuries, to find each other and build communities together, and to provide counternarratives to what the allosexuals are pushing.
Lewis Brown, a writer and poet, speaks on behalf of AUREA, the Aromantic spectrum Union for Recognition, Education and Advocacy, about the history and use of 'asexual' and 'aromantic'.
EXTRA MATERIALS:
Lewis recommended lots of good stuff for you to check out: aroace lingerie model Yasmin Benoit, the sweet coming-of-age novel Loveless by Alice Oseman, Ace Dad Advice, Rowan Ellis’s videos, and the book The Invisible Orientation by Julie Sondra Decker.
Tal Minear compiled a playlist of fiction podcasts with ace and aro characters/creators.
Find AVEN at asexuality.org and AUREA at aromanticism.org, and read AUREA’s history of aromanticism.
Read The Asexual Manifesto 1972 and learn more about it.
The aforementioned Yasmin Benoit on aromanticism and asexuality.
Where the word ‘platonic’ went tepid.
Otherlusionists mentioned in this one include Queer, Bisexual, and Verisimilitude.
YOUR RANDOMLY SELECTED WORD FROM THE DICTIONARY:
obelus
obelus, noun: a symbol † used as a reference mark in printed matter, or to indicate that a person is deceased. 2. A mark (- or ÷) used in ancient manuscripts to mark a word or passage as spurious or doubtful.
CREDITS:
Lewis Brown is a writer and poet, and a volunteer representative for AUREA, the Aromantic spectrum Union for Recognition, Education and Advocacy.
This episode was produced by me, Helen Zaltzman.
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