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

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

some really good points made and overall a good introduction to asexuality. really appreciated the chapters on intersectionality (disability, race, gender) and the beginnings of discussions of what relationships could look like if we moved past amatonormativity/compulsory sexuality. however, it seemed to me that some of these ideas were not fully developped or somewhat confused such as discussions on ace consent, and given the attention to the intersections of gender and the acknowledgment that many of the interviewees were genderqueer/non-binary, the lack of exploration of this topic seemed noticeable. whilst it is not chen's lived experience, neither is that of the black people she talked about or the binary trans people. additionally, a few times it is mentioned that in other (non-US) cultures cultural norms are different, but this is never really expanded on and i think could really add to the chapters about what styles of relationships etc are possibly.
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