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Ace and Aro Journeys: A Guide to Embracing Your Asexual or Aromantic Identity by The Ace and Aro Advocacy Project
2 reviews
tranzkafka's review
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
4.25
*eARC from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review*
really glad this book exists! for me it was a little bit too 101-y, but i'm not the target audience for those sections so that was absolutely fine. i loved the sections about community history, and the use of academic explanations like the model of coming into your identity where it was relevant in a really accessible way. it was really honest and helpful about difficult emotions that come up about living in an allosexual/amatonormative society, and how to engage with ace/aro communities with lots of great resources at the end. also i appreciated that aromanticism featured significantly and didn't feel tacked on as it can do in some other aspec resources i've engaged with.
i would have put the glossary at the beginning, but i was using an ebook which made it much harder to flick between sections than it would have been otherwise. also i did think the book slightly simplified how non-ace/aro queer people realise their identities - i appreciate this book isn't about those experiences but in comparing how aspec people realise theirs it made it seem like it's easy for non-aspec queer people to recognise and label their attraction.
really glad this book exists! for me it was a little bit too 101-y, but i'm not the target audience for those sections so that was absolutely fine. i loved the sections about community history, and the use of academic explanations like the model of coming into your identity where it was relevant in a really accessible way. it was really honest and helpful about difficult emotions that come up about living in an allosexual/amatonormative society, and how to engage with ace/aro communities with lots of great resources at the end. also i appreciated that aromanticism featured significantly and didn't feel tacked on as it can do in some other aspec resources i've engaged with.
i would have put the glossary at the beginning, but i was using an ebook which made it much harder to flick between sections than it would have been otherwise. also i did think the book slightly simplified how non-ace/aro queer people realise their identities - i appreciate this book isn't about those experiences but in comparing how aspec people realise theirs it made it seem like it's easy for non-aspec queer people to recognise and label their attraction.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Acephobia/Arophobia
Minor: Racism, Ableism, and Homophobia
anniereads221's review
informative
slow-paced
5.0
Ace and Aro Journeys by The Ace and Aro Advocacy Project Review
Well when i saw this as read now i immediately hit that button
And you know what i went in hoping it would not just be about one type of Asexual person or one type of Aromantic person or just be AroAce people. And you know what it absolutely delivered
It has a little bit of everything, it talks about AceAlloro, AroAces, AlloAces, AroAllos and gray/demi sexual and romantic. I was just astounded that there was so much inclusiveness around people's identities even with gender, disabilities and Race. It even talks about Kink.
It goes through the basics, it has a glossary at the end for a lot of terms and it was just so lovely to see. I even found myself in the book that i did not think would be possible because I differ from what a lot of AroAces are. And it was just so nice to see it there on the page.
Also it has places to look up for communities, People, Books, and media.
I definitely recommend this book for sure
The only thing i did not like was the HP reference honestly. I guess there might have been more that could have been said but you can only say so much without repeating yourself
CW: HP Reference, Acephobia, Arophobia, Racism, Ableism, Transphobia.
Thanks to @netgalley
Well when i saw this as read now i immediately hit that button
And you know what i went in hoping it would not just be about one type of Asexual person or one type of Aromantic person or just be AroAce people. And you know what it absolutely delivered
It has a little bit of everything, it talks about AceAlloro, AroAces, AlloAces, AroAllos and gray/demi sexual and romantic. I was just astounded that there was so much inclusiveness around people's identities even with gender, disabilities and Race. It even talks about Kink.
It goes through the basics, it has a glossary at the end for a lot of terms and it was just so lovely to see. I even found myself in the book that i did not think would be possible because I differ from what a lot of AroAces are. And it was just so nice to see it there on the page.
Also it has places to look up for communities, People, Books, and media.
I definitely recommend this book for sure
The only thing i did not like was the HP reference honestly. I guess there might have been more that could have been said but you can only say so much without repeating yourself
CW: HP Reference, Acephobia, Arophobia, Racism, Ableism, Transphobia.
Thanks to @netgalley
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racism, Transphobia, Acephobia/Arophobia, Mental illness, Sexual harassment, Violence, Bullying, Gaslighting, Sexual assault, and Ableism
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