“God has given you one face, and you make yourselves another” -Mysogynistic rant in Hamlet, III i. So while catching up on the blogs I lurk, I discovered S. E. Smith on feminism and make-up: Few feminist conversations confuse me as much as the one surrounding makeup and beauty standards, a reminder of my outsider [...]
So this comes apropros of two things, both of which have been discussed particularly recently. Firstly, as we’ve mentioned, there is uncertainty about the role of AVEN. Is it a place for visibility? 101? Community? Discussion? I know I’m not the only person who feels uncomfortable linking someone to AVEN when I don’t know what [...]
Ok, I’ve been spending way too long writing about asexuality. The reason I know this? I saw an advertisement today for eye-drops, which said “You may be up for the christmas party, but your eyes won’t show it!” or something similar. The idea being that you have to look smiley and happy. Looking happy being [...]
…save where some sepultured Caesura bled.”A letter to a living poet, Rupert Brooke So I found an ancient (given as a gift in 1944) copy of the complete works of Rupert Brooke in a charity shop for 50 pence. And oh my god. Because up until now, I’ve only read one poem of Brooke’s. I [...]
First off, a quick asexy link, courtesy of my friends at American Virgin. I think I’ve heard about this film before, and I’m guessing the first place they came to fundraise was AVEN, but, in case you haven’t heard the trailer, go and take a look. Anyway, I forgot to write down the big list [...]
So in this blog-post, I’m going to share some ideas about the importance of the asexual lifestyle. If you want to be picky about lexicon (which I do), it should probably be called the ‘non-sexual’ or possibly ‘de-sexual’ lifestyle. After all, the celibate lifestyle is one that I, as an asexual, have no particular desire [...]
