Reviews with content warning for Homophobia - Ace: What Asexuality Reveals about Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex

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Ace: What Asexuality Reveals about Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex by Angela Chen

22 reviews

ksuazo94's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.5

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mfrisk's review against another edition

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challenging hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

I really enjoyed this book as it gave us a glimpse into the experience of the author as an ace person but also many others with a variety of different experiences and perspectives. Though this book was well sourced (and has follow up reads given) it never felt like a textbook but felt more conversational and like the author was taking us on their journey.

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redrosemoth's review against another edition

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informative medium-paced

4.0

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aus10england's review against another edition

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informative medium-paced

4.0

Very informative! Really liked the accounts of actual ace people to give some perspective.

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decklededgess's review against another edition

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informative reflective fast-paced

5.0

trigger warnings: homophobia, transphobia, acephobia

This book is so uniquely insightful. As an ace person this was so perceptive and gave a lot of detail on how asexuality is affected by a culture that revolves around sex. It also analyses asexuality through the lens of race, disability, gender/presentation, class and more. It's super thorough and very very well put.

I wonder what could be added to the book if the author had a cowriter who was ace and non hetero-romantic though.

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kellyinbookland's review against another edition

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informative medium-paced

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horizonous's review against another edition

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informative medium-paced

3.25

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librarianmage's review against another edition

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informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

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perpetualpages's review against another edition

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5.0

CWs: explorations of acephobia; references to domestic terrorism and massacre; some references to sex acts; racial slurs (reported); discussions of rape and rape culture; some mentions of ableism and forced sterilization

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caseythereader's review against another edition

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challenging emotional funny informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

📚 I keep trying to think of what a coherent review of this book would say, and all I can think is "please read this book. Oh my gosh, please read this book."
📚 I came to the realization last year that I am on the asexuality spectrum, and several passages in this book had me in tears because it was describing things I had felt or thought but had never seen anyone else express. This book is all the words I didn't have.
📚 Even if you are not asexual or aromantic, please read this book, for two reasons. One, to gain greater understanding of those who are. And two, because this book pulls apart each strand of what makes up our identities - attraction, drive, romance, etc. - and helps the reader understand how these factors are at play (or not) in their own lives, and how assuming everyone is straight/cisgender/allosexual/etc. while placing behavioral expectations on those identities hurts everyone and holds so many people back from knowing their full selves.

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