PinnedMember-onlyLife Goals: 50 Before 50I’m a couple of years off yet, but I feel like I need a plan — Does anyone want to tell me where my 40s went? I’ve looked in the sofa and behind the microwave, but I don’t seem to have lost them there. Look, I’m not ready to give up this decade and I’m not as close to 50 as I might be making it…Turning 502 min readTurning 502 min read
Published in The Ace Space·PinnedMember-onlyRealising I’m on the Asexual Spectrum, aged 47Specifically, I’m demisexual — I first heard the term “demisexual” about ten years ago. Having only previously heard about the L, the G, the B, and the T, I was curious about this new term along with the others that were new to me: asexual, and pansexual. I read through the admittedly very brief…Sexuality4 min readSexuality4 min read
Published in Horror Hounds·2 days agoMember-onlySplash Down — A Tale of the End of the WorldThey rented a boat for the end of the world amazed that anyone was still available to rent it to them. The price was outrageous but it didn’t matter. They had just about enough and in a matter of days money wouldn’t matter because nothing would. Still, they laughed in…Horror4 min readHorror4 min read
Published in The Ace Space·5 days agoMember-onlyPolitical Acephobia is a Weird Movement with Links to Fascism and TransphobiaI was warned, but I really wasn’t prepared for it — I was going to save this article until October for Ace Week but a few posts I’ve seen on Twitter recently have hurried that forward. So here we are, seven months early. When I came out as demisexual last year, ace friends warned me about acephobia from both inside and…Asexuality5 min readAsexuality5 min read
Published in The Ace Space·6 days agoMember-onlyDemisexuality Sceptics: Do You Think Your Points Are Original?Because they really aren’t — I came out as demisexual in September 2022 and this here is my 30th article on the subject. That’s a lot, averaging over one every week and so far it’s the largest single subject I’ve written about. …Demisexuality2 min readDemisexuality2 min read
Mar 12Member-onlyWe Childfree Men Are All Seth RogenWe too are no longer willing to tolerate your ignorance and judgement — Another week and another full set of hurt feelings cards from parents who seem permanently angry about the existence of childfree people. Now it’s Seth Rogen’s turn to get shit for claiming to be happy without children. He was blunt and straightforward about his reasons which included (among other things)…Childfree2 min readChildfree2 min read
Mar 9Member-onlySociety: “Life Was So Much Easier Before All These New Labels”Easier for you perhaps, but not for them — “I don’t get it!” they cry from their armchairs and a position where they just don’t want to get it and have no intention of educating themselves. “I don’t get it!” …Identity3 min readIdentity3 min read
Mar 8Member-onlySix Months On: Do I Still Think I’m Sapiosexual?Realising I’m demisexual has given a new perspective — Around the time I was starting to grasp the idea that I might be demisexual, I posted an article titled Sapiosexuality: My preference for intelligence, curiosity, and creative passion in a partner. …Attraction3 min readAttraction3 min read
Mar 7Member-onlyIt’s Time Society Stopped Blaming Video Games for Society’s IllsAnother study shows they are beneficial to mental health — Video nasties, satanism, alcohol… every age and every society needs scapegoats to blame for the bad stuff that goes on in a society, often to avoid tackling the very real problems going on within it. Video games has been one of those since the 1980s and while the nature of…Video Games2 min readVideo Games2 min read
Published in The Ace Space·Mar 6Member-onlyNavigating Friendship with Women as a Heteroromantic Demisexual ManThere’s currently a viral video from a young man who looks a bit like Steve from Stranger Things doing the rounds on Twitter. In the video, this guy says that the only purpose any man has for befriending a woman is to eventually sleep with her. The guy is emotionally…Friendship4 min readFriendship4 min read
