Tag: asexuality

INTRODUCING – ‘Artemis’, the Aspec-Pride soap!

Organic, all-natural, homemade handcrafted soap using shea butter and coconut oil! These bars create a quick, sweet-smelling lather that’s gentle enough for normal-to-sensitive skin.

This soap is crafted after the image of Artemis, who is known as the ‘Virgin Goddess’ in Greek and Roman mythology. She is famous for rejecting her many suitors, sometimes to the point of danger upon herself. She (and her followers) took vows of chastity as a loving coven. She’s considered the patron and protector of young women, hunters, wild animals, and childbirth.

Each soap is crafted to protect the absence of gender loving, and to celebrate asexual pride! Artemis was a fierce protector of her nymphs and followers, and she would gladly risk her life to keep her friends safe. Bask yourself in the protection of the virgin Goddess!

Available in four different unique scents;

  • Original scent ’Acetyne’ (Chocolate, Buttermilk, Vanilla, Cinnamon) 
  • Grey-Asexual scent ’Titanium’ (Tea Tree, Eucalyptus, Lemongrass, Red Ginger) 
  • Demisexual scent ’Persephone’ (Chocolate, Peach, Geranium, Green Cognac) 
  • Aromantic scent ’Alphaea’ (Lemon, Lilac, Violet, Frankencense, Ylang Ylang) 
  • Queerplatonic Pide scent ‘Gautama’ (Mint, Bamboo, Jasmine)

Check these soaps out on etsy.com! The entire pride soap series is available for sale!

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I just want to say, before I read your post on how ace people are treated, I was unsure of whether they should be included in the LGBTQIA community. I never went so far as to denounce them, but internally I doubted they were oppressed. But you really opened my eyes to the very real problems faced by ace people. I’m sure I’ll be forced off the site because of how I used to feel, but it’s worth it for you to know that your post really helped at least one person learn from their mistakes. Thank you

In response to the anon who asked about the different responses to ‘I’m ace’ and ‘I don’t like/want sex’ Before I identified with ace my partner and I didn’t have sex because of some anxiety issues I had. He was very respectful about it. After i was like ‘oh I’m ace’ that changed. He was angry and upset, offended that I wasn’t sexually attracted to HIM. He basically decided that the reason we weren’t haven’t sex had nothing to do with my anxiety even though it 100 percent did (I’m sex positive)

Hello, I don’t know if it’s recent but I found a post of you saying how many peope tell you how other people are awful to them (at least I hooe it was yours otherwise this is a bit awkward) I just wanted to tell you that’s not always the case. I don’t know if I’m actuallu asexual and sure my parents say it’ll change when I get older but they never tried changing me. And my ex boyfriend was really great about it too, he never forced himself on me nor did he ever make jokes etc. Don’t give up hope

generally, if you don’t really like sex/want anything to do with it, would just saying that instead of coming out as asexual have a different effect on the negative terrible things you recieve by saying it?

im willing to bet. one of the first questions i get from my dates after coming out is ‘so how does sex work?’ with varying levels of gall

and when i respond with ‘yeah i do have sex’, thats when a lot of stuff explodes

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Relationship between engagement with academic research and (collective) identity

Lisa Maria Ferent from University of Vienna has contacted us about the following project:

I am currently writing my master thesis at the University of Vienna in the field of science and technology studies (STS), which looks at the entanglement of science, technology, and society. I am interested in the role that is ascribed to scientific knowledge about asexuality and the different ways people who identify on the ace/aro-spectrum engage with it: discussing research papers, building bibliographies, participating in studies.

My thesis aims to investigate the relationship between engagement with academic research and (collective) identity. Through qualitative in-depth interviews with members of this forum I want to answer questions regarding the conception of knowledge, identity, and experience. In this I am most interested in you telling me about your experiences with and thoughts about academic research. The only criteria for participation are that you are over 18 years of age and identify somewhere on the aro/ace-spectrum.

Participation involves taking part in a phone or video call with the researcher (me) via an instant messenger app such as Skype (should you happen to live in Vienna, I would also be happy to conduct the interview in person 🙂 ). The interviews will last approximately 1,5 hours and recorded (except if you do not wish so). During the transcription process your data will be anonymized and only short quotes of the interview will appear in the thesis.

Should you be interested in participating in this research or have any further questions, I’d happy to answer them (a0953275@unet.univie.ac.at).

I am looking forward to your responses,
Lisa