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My only "critique" is that I wish the book would have been longer! It was really refreshing to learn more about an often not talked about side of the queer spectrum from a different perspective, and to apply that knowledge to my own experiences, in the hopes of growing into a better, more informed person. It really opened my eyes to how deeply ingrained the setup of certain relationships is in our society and the greater benefits that are given to those types of relationships--something I understood from the polyamorous side of things but less so through the aro-ace lens. I also learned about the split attraction model and thanks to that, was able to give terms and definitions to nuanced feelings I've had in the past that didn't fit into a clear label. It truly helped me understand others and myself. Really glad there's books like this!
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A good read, just not exactly what I was expecting. Very anecdotal which isn’t necessarily a bad thing.
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Content Warnings
Moderate: Homophobia, Acephobia/Arophobia
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It's okay but I think it never quite nails down what it wants to convey - the authors (who admit up-front and early on that their views are influenced and limited by their cis white middle-class American backgrounds) go over a lot of basic info about how being aro/ace affects your social life (anxiety about abandonment as allo friends pair off, backlash from people expecting you to follow the Standard Script of growing up, complications around dating, etc) but it doesn't really add much to what one might have encountered in online discourse. I didn't really mesh with the division of text between paragraphs/passages in one or the other author's individual voices and the narrator-voice.
Sprinkled-in quotes from aros and ace of different gender identities (cis, enby, trans) and attraction types show the many different ways different aces/aros might experience, ponder, and understand their ace/aro identities in combination with the other aspects of their identity (gender, neurotype, etc).
I wouldn't recommend this as an 'intro to asexuality/aromanticism' for those unfamiliar with it, but maybe aros/aces looking for a bit of introspection, who haven't been all over the internet, might get something out of it.
Sprinkled-in quotes from aros and ace of different gender identities (cis, enby, trans) and attraction types show the many different ways different aces/aros might experience, ponder, and understand their ace/aro identities in combination with the other aspects of their identity (gender, neurotype, etc).
I wouldn't recommend this as an 'intro to asexuality/aromanticism' for those unfamiliar with it, but maybe aros/aces looking for a bit of introspection, who haven't been all over the internet, might get something out of it.
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