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A Clockwork Orange
Feb 10

Feb 10 A Clockwork Orange

Paula Puolakka
Vol 2 Iss 4, Poetry

Yet, to me, the attraction is not just about the mind, the heart, or the soul…

Her Crush
Feb 10

Feb 10 Her Crush

Paulina Gazda
Vol 2 Iss 4, Poetry

And sex is not necessary, even if sexual fantasies are a part of her life.

I love you like a candle flickering on December 1st
Feb 10

Feb 10 I love you like a candle flickering on December 1st

Andrea Wold Johansen
Vol 2 Iss 4, Poetry

I want to pour you thirteen cups of tea, / strawberry and cranberry, twirling, swirling, / like your eyebrows lifted when I said I didn’t want to have sex.

Mental Health and Brain-Scrambling Animal Magnetism
Feb 10

Feb 10 Mental Health and Brain-Scrambling Animal Magnetism

Cat Cotsell
Vol 2 Iss 4, Article

When we desire an emotional bond with someone we admire, it can be hard to accept that they don’t feel the same. But desire isn’t a license to guilt or push someone.

Thinking Attraction
Feb 10

Feb 10 Thinking Attraction

Ruth
Vol 2 Iss 4, Personal

I think my life would be better without the concept of ‘attraction’ constantly invading my thoughts. I overthink it, I see it everywhere. I can’t escape from it.

What Are The Steps?
Feb 10

Feb 10 What Are The Steps?

Madeline Wierzal
Vol 2 Iss 4, Poetry

All are secret dances / I do not know the steps to. / Some I regret not knowing / more than others.

Gravitational Pull
Feb 10

Feb 10 Gravitational Pull

Daniela Illing
Vol 2 Iss 4, Art

It’s not sexual and goes beyond aesthetics but is nevertheless physical.

The Exclusive Nature of an “Inclusive” Community
Jan 2

Jan 2 The Exclusive Nature of an “Inclusive” Community

A.M. Gutierrez
Article

These larger problems are on their way to being healed, but the amount of work that still needs to be done is astronomical.

Asexuality Studies Interest Group CFP for NWSA 2019
Jan 2

Jan 2 Asexuality Studies Interest Group CFP for NWSA 2019

The Asexual
Announcement

2019 Asexuality Studies Interest Group (National Women’s Studies Association) call for presentation proposals.

Finding the Language to Feel “Normal”
Dec 27

Dec 27 Finding the Language to Feel “Normal”

Zach La Ford
Academic

After finding this language to finally describe how I felt, I immediately started looking online for more people like me.

A "Normal" Asexual
Dec 25

Dec 25 A "Normal" Asexual

Danyi
Personal

We live in a world now where any type of physical contact between two adults is seen as sexual.

Pronouns are for Other People
Nov 14

Nov 14 Pronouns are for Other People

Heidi Samuelson
Agender: An Anthology, Academic

But I just don’t feel non-binary or fluid. I feel like nothing.

Little Revelations
Nov 14

Nov 14 Little Revelations

Alex Barnes
Agender: An Anthology, Personal

The way I’ve begun to see it, I was always who I am, even if I wasn’t aware of it.

An Impostor: and other abstract thoughts
Nov 14

Nov 14 An Impostor: and other abstract thoughts

(Grappling Hooks)
Agender: An Anthology, Poetry

Sometimes, I feel like an impostor. A poser.

Welcome Drought
Nov 14

Nov 14 Welcome Drought

Lore Graham
Agender: An Anthology, Poetry

They call xym on the phone sometimes. / By mutual unspoken agreement, no / one speaks of the dam, though xe knows / what they think, and they know / xe knows.

How to Appreciate Unwanted Things
Nov 14

Nov 14 How to Appreciate Unwanted Things

Lore Graham
Agender: An Anthology, Poetry

He sheds tears for your ignorance, but breathes / relief, unburdened of long-unwanted antiques.

Słowa, z których składa się samotność
Nov 14

Nov 14 Słowa, z których składa się samotność

Ginny N.
Agender: An Anthology, Personal

It's not my breasts or my uterus that define who I am, just as my disabled leg does not define it. My mind defines who I am.

Thoughts on being a fem agender: And never feeling queer enough.
Nov 14

Nov 14 Thoughts on being a fem agender: And never feeling queer enough.

Shei
Agender: An Anthology, Personal

No matter how I look, I do not belong to any gendered category. I am just being me.

Untraditional
Nov 14

Nov 14 Untraditional

Audrey Duarte
Agender: An Anthology, Poetry

I’m not a woman nor am I a man / Nor any gender known under the sun.

The Skirt
Nov 14

Nov 14 The Skirt

C. Bougie
Agender: An Anthology, Personal

If you could only alter you as in a game, stretching cheekbones and thinning legs to mannish ones, pulling out little hairs along your chin — if only it were cheap.

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