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Asexual Friendly Film: Princess Cyd

Princess Cyd is a 2017 independent film written and directed by Stephen Cone. What I love about indie films, alongside the original plots…

23 min read5 days ago

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Film poster for Princess Cyd. The main character looks into the distance. She is in her late teens, white, blonde.

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Asexual Analysis of Cat Person (2023)

Short stories don’t often go viral, but in December 2017, one did. “Cat Person” by Kristen Roupenian was perfectly matched to the #MeToo…

29 min readMay 20, 2024

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The Cat Person film poster starring Emilia Jones and Nicholas Braun. Emilia plays a 20-year-old sophomore who studies ants. Braun plays a 33-year-old man.

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Dr Hilary Cass is anti-asexual as well as anti-transgender

It’s impossible to write about “The Cass Report” without falling into a pit of despair. In a just world that woman would be struck off the…

22 min readMay 11, 2024

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Dr Hilary Cass is anti-asexual as well as anti-transgender

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Edward Gorey: Asexual, Autistic Icon

I’ve long been fascinated by illustrator Edward Gorey. The moment I saw a photo of him in his big, fur coat I thought, “he looks fun”. Then…

44 min readMay 9, 2024

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Dorothy from Golden Girls giving off a withering look

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What journalists don’t understand about Autism

Content note: Death of an animal, death of a child

8 min readMay 8, 2024

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What journalists don’t understand about Autism

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Asexual Review: One Day by David Nicholls (2009)

A friend watched the 2024 mini-series adaptation of One Day by David Nicholls (2009) and asked my thoughts on it. Never missing an…

19 min readApr 15, 2024

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A long shot of Emma and Dexter kissing on a cheerful yellow background

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The Bone People (1984) by Asexual Author Keri Hulme

Started in 1966, finished in 1983, The Bone People by asexual Māori author Keri Hulme is one of the few Aotearoa New Zealand novels to have…

48 min readApr 13, 2024

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At age 40, Keri Hulme wears Elvis sunglasses, a mop of curly hair, and a Hei Tiki pendant, representing the first man in Maori mythology. This connects the wearer to the dead.

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Asexual Analysis of Freaks and Geeks (1999)

Freaks & Geeks is an American TV comedy drama which ran for just one season in 1999. Many of its fans, including myself, believe it could…

42 min readApr 8, 2024

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The Freaks and Geeks TV poster with all teenage main characters standing in front of lockers in a high school corridor. They all look overwhelmed at the situation. High school is a snapshot from their lives, and just as they learn to deal with high school, they’ll be out of there.

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Asexuality: The Illegible Orientation

Why did Riverdale writers choose to make the clearly asexual Jughead straight? Why did The Walking Dead writers choose to make Daryl Dixon…

35 min readApr 1, 2024

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On the left, a photo of Christopher Jeffries with his combover. He looks angry. His mouth is open. His hair is grey and wispy, held there with hairspray. On the left, a well-lit professional photograph of a smiling Jeffries. He has had a haircut and his hair is dyed brown. His eyebrows have also been manicured.

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Do Homophobic Christians Also Hate Asexuals? (Yes, but differently.)

This isn’t an anti-Christian article. Not all Christians are anti-LGBTQIA+. I refer specifically to the subset of Christians who are, in…

21 min readMar 30, 2024

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If a court can tell you what you can and can’t do with your body, basically you have the same rights as a carseat (a Twitter screecap) referring to the Supreme Court decision concerning Kate Cox.

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Larre Bildeston

Larre Bildeston

Queer, neurodivergent. Author of (aromantic) romance novel The Space Ace of Mangleby Flat (2023). Writing here about aspec representation in media.

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