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Ace and Aro Journeys: A Guide to Embracing Your Asexual or Aromantic Identity by The Ace and Aro Advocacy Project
1 review
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
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