Amber7726 Posted August 3, 2015 Share Posted August 3, 2015 Hi everyone! I discovered I'm grey-ace some time ago (the day I signed up on AVEN as a matter of fact), but I only had time to find out more about asexuality and become more comfortable with the label in the past few weeks, so I figured this would be a good time to introduce myself on here. I found out about asexuality on tumblr, as many aces have, but at first I didn't really think the label fit me, because I've had crushes on guys. Only later I learnt that there's a distinction between romantic and sexual attraction and I started to wonder if I've actually ever experienced sexual attraction. I'm still not sure if I have, but if so, it's only been on a few fleeting occasions. I think. I'm still questioning everything. So that's basically how I came to the label grey-ace. I might just be asexual, without any greyness, but for now I feel more comfortable using this label. What I also wanted to write about is my academic interest in asexuality. I'm doing a master in English literature in Amsterdam, and I specialise in gender and queer studies (I already did so before I discovered I'm not straight, so that's kinda funny). Because I've realised how little known asexuality is, I'm now thinking about writing my thesis on asexual representation (or erasure) in literature and/or film. I'm still trying to think of a more concrete topic (suggestions welcome), but I'm already pretty excited to be writing a thesis on this, as it's a highly original topic in my field (at least that's an advantage of nobody knowing about asexuality). Anyway, that was about me and my aceness. I'm never really good at posting on forums, but I'll probably be lurking on here a lot. Link to post Share on other sites
an18059 Posted August 3, 2015 Share Posted August 3, 2015 Hello :) That would be a really awesome thing to do! Not much research has been done into asexuality as of yet, so it would be great for someone to do that :) I know there are some modern day TV characters that people think could be asexual, like Sheldon Cooper or Benedict Cumberbatch's Sherlock, but it's never confirmed by the directors or anything. It would be good to have more ace representation in TV and film. If you do end up doing your thesis on this, will you post at least a section of it on here so we can see? Link to post Share on other sites
CMV Posted August 3, 2015 Share Posted August 3, 2015 Hello And Welcome To AVEN! Link to post Share on other sites
Amber7726 Posted August 3, 2015 Author Share Posted August 3, 2015 Hello :) That would be a really awesome thing to do! Not much research has been done into asexuality as of yet, so it would be great for someone to do that :) I know there are some modern day TV characters that people think could be asexual, like Sheldon Cooper or Benedict Cumberbatch's Sherlock, but it's never confirmed by the directors or anything. It would be good to have more ace representation in TV and film. If you do end up doing your thesis on this, will you post at least a section of it on here so we can see? Thanks! Yes, I already found a very helpful list with potentially asexual characters, but most of them aren't explicitly ace, so I'll probably do something with that. And I think I'm going to publish my thesis when it's finished so everyone can read it! ;) Link to post Share on other sites
darkesthour Posted August 3, 2015 Share Posted August 3, 2015 Hi Amber :) Welcome to AVEN! Link to post Share on other sites
Xavy Posted August 3, 2015 Share Posted August 3, 2015 Hi welcome. I had an online asexual friend from the Netherlands once. Haven't been in contact with her for a while though. Link to post Share on other sites
SwirlyKitten Posted August 3, 2015 Share Posted August 3, 2015 Hello~ That sounds like a really good thesis. Film and media is so focused on romance, even stuff that's not in the romance genre has a bit of romance twisted into it. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 Hello and welcome! Link to post Share on other sites
kelico Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 Welcome to AVEN! You've come to the right place to learn and make friends and find support. : ) Tumblr has brought a lot of people here, which is great! It seems to have a nice asexual community. I'm glad it brought you here as well. Feel free to be as active as you want or lurk as much as you'd like, too!! Your studies sound really cool. That would be really neat to do your thesis on asexuality in literature/film. : )) Best wishes and I hope you enjoy being a member! Link to post Share on other sites
Lady Girl Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 Hi and welcome! This site is full of friendly and supportive people. As kelico mentioned, feel free to post or lurk as much as you like...and good luck with your writing! I'm glad you joined and hope you love being part of this awesome community!!! :) Link to post Share on other sites
Amber7726 Posted August 4, 2015 Author Share Posted August 4, 2015 Thanks everyone for all the welcoming messages and pictures of cake! :D Link to post Share on other sites
CosineTheCat Posted August 8, 2015 Share Posted August 8, 2015 Hello and Welcome To AVEN! That would be amazing! I (the moderator of the world watch, a spot that archives asexuality in media/internet/research) love to see new research/papers done on Asexuality. I'm glad that you've come back to the community and I hope that you enjoy being a part here, if you ever want any asexuals to interview for your paper check out the Project Team, and they'll make sure you have some :) Welcome Again Fellow Cake Lover! xD Link to post Share on other sites
VindicatorPhoenix Posted August 8, 2015 Share Posted August 8, 2015 Hi Amber, welcome to AVEN! May the cake be with you! ;) Link to post Share on other sites
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