Join our last Aro/Ace Talk this Friday, 31st of July, at 1 pm UK, so two hours ahead of our typical schedule! Ela Przybyło and Yo-Ling Chen will talk about the Erotics of Editing! You can join the talk here: www.aroaceresearch.com/events

Working on intimacy in all its forms? Apply for a post-doc at @clsrleeds.bsky.social, home of the aro/ace research network!

Centre for Love, Sex, and Relationships@clsrleeds.bsky.social · 3w ago

Want a @britishacademy.bsky.social post-doctoral fellowship with us? We'd love to mentor philosophers with projects on intimacy, love, and relationships. More information here: ahc.leeds.ac.uk/news/article...

In this week’s talk, KJ Cerankowski takes us through some of the themes in his recent book, Nothing Wanting, on Friday, 17 July, at 3pm (UK). Link on our website, where you can also find the full talk schedule. www.aroaceresearch.com/events

Sophie Gusenko will talk about her book "Asexual Slut" on Friday, 10 July, at 3pm (UK). Link on our website, where you can also find the full talk schedule: www.aroaceresearch.com/events

Theressa N Kenney (@topoliticise.bsky.social) will talk about the “queerly platonic” on Friday, 3 July, at 3pm (UK). Link on our website, where you can also find the full talk schedule: www.aroaceresearch.com/events

We are delighted to welcome Yasmin Benoit (@theyasminbenoit.bsky.social) Sally from Asexual Kenya and Sofia from Aces Uruguay as our panelists on the topic of Asexual Activism, on Friday, 26 June at 3pm UK. Link: www.aroaceresearch.com/events Don't miss it!

Another new paper of mine was just published - "Compulsory romance: introducing an emerging discourse": bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal...

This week’s talk is titled ““If only there was more": Aceness in Online Fandom, a Case Study of Baldur's Gate 3” and will be held by Polina Smirnova. The talk will take place on zoom Friday, 19 June, at 3pm (UK). Join us for the talk and discussion on zoom (Link here: www.aroaceresearch.com/events)

This week’s talk will be given by Alex Jacquemot-Krupp who will speak on the topic of “Aromantic sense of belonging to queer and aromantic communities”. The talk will take place on zoom Friday, 12 June, at 3pm (UK). Link here: www.aroaceresearch.com/events

Do you have any events, call for papers, publications, or other news that are interesting for the aro/ace research community? Share them with other interested researchers via our mailing list! www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/wa-j...

Still buzzing from our @aroaceresearch.bsky.social talk! It was such a pleasure to reflect with @joejukes.bsky.social on why we love geography, and share some of our work with such an engaged audience. If you'd like to learn more about Asexual Geographies, check out our co-written article here:

New directions for asexual geographies - Joe Jukes, Rachel Bayer, 2025

Thinking geographically involves empirically contextualizing and critically contesting the situatedness of relational life. Thinking asexually, meanwhile, means...

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Rachel Bayer@rachelbayer.bsky.social · 2mo ago

The Aromanticism & Asexuality Research Network's Online Talk Series starts today at 3pm Irish/UK time! Join us as we introduce the emerging sub-field of Asexual Geographies & talk about all things space, place, and asexuality 💜 🌍 ✨ Link here: www.aroaceresearch.com/events

Huge congratulations to @joejukes.bsky.social and @rachelbayer.bsky.social on an informative and inspiring presentation on Asexual Geographies for the first @aroaceresearch.bsky.social talk. Very excited to see how and where Asexual Geographies will develop in the future

Come join is online tomorrow to learn about ace geographies!

Aromanticism & Asexuality Research Network@aroaceresearch.bsky.social · 2mo ago

We are delighted to welcome @rachelbayer.bsky.social and @joejukes.bsky.social for the first session of the Aro/Ace Online Talk Series who will introduce us to #asexual #geographies! The talk will take place on zoom next Friday, 5 June, at 3pm (UK). Link here: www.aroaceresearch.com/events

We are delighted to welcome @rachelbayer.bsky.social and @joejukes.bsky.social for the first session of the Aro/Ace Online Talk Series who will introduce us to #asexual #geographies! The talk will take place on zoom next Friday, 5 June, at 3pm (UK). Link here: www.aroaceresearch.com/events

Our talk series will begin in only three weeks, and we‘re excited to share the amazing people we have lines up with you! The talks will be online, weekly on Fridays at 3 pm UK time! 🧡💛🤍🩵💙 There is no registration required, you can find the link to join at aroaceresearch.com/events

Calling partnered asexual (including demi-, gray-, or other ace-spec) folks! 💜 🍰 We’re recruiting for a study on asexuality and romantic relationships (broadly defined). Take part or share with your network! Word of mouth is super helpful. 👉 tinyurl.com/acerelations... Open to any nationality

On the 7th of May @kristin-kaeuper.bsky.social will be talking about Marija Kavtaradze’s film Slow at Hyde Park Picture House in Leeds hpph.co.uk/films/slow

Challenging the societal standard that not having sex is a problem would be a positive for everyone

French marital reforms are an important step forward for women and asexual people

Challenging the societal standard that not having sex is a problem would be a positive for everyone

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Han O'Flanagan is a PhD student in English Literature at Lancaster University, UK, working on asexuality in Gothic literature.

CLSR PhDs Isobel, Kristin and Charlotte are convening this workshop! Check it out and send your abstracts👇👇

Isobel Logan@isobellogan.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Pleased to announce our workshop ‘Intimate (In)Justices’ at MANCEPT 2026 Co-convened alongside @kristin-kaeuper.bsky.social and Charlotte Curran from @clsrleeds.bsky.social research.manchester.ac.uk/en/activitie...

Less than 1 week to submit an abstract to the European Geographies of Sexualities Conference! 📣 Deadline: 16 March. If you research sexualities/LGBTQ+ and space/place, you're more than welcome! MORE INFO and to submit: sites.google.com/view/egsconf... Pic: EGSC in Brighton 2024. 🌈🎓

Happy 25th Birthday AVEN! Thanks to everyone who contributed to our community over the years, whether through our forums, our other social media, our conferences and our wonderful volunteer teams!

We are going live with the Aspec Podcast!! Join @jancheta25.bsky.social, Heidi from Aurea, and Willow from the @aroaceresearch.bsky.social network for a really important discussion about amatonormativity! www.twitch.tv/tyeewhyee/

Tyeewhyee@tyeewhyee.bsky.social · 6mo ago

The Aspec Podcast will be hosting a panel discussion on amatonormativity on Fri Feb 20th at 11:30pm PST/2:30pm EST/7:30pm GMT! Join myself, @jancheta25.bsky.social, Heidi, and Willow as we discuss amatonormativity, its history and ties to entrenched power structures, and impacts on mental health!

Did you know that My Fair Lady was never meant to be a love story? We had a great event yesterday discussing aromanticism, love stories, and the aro/ace origins of My Fair Lady with @jtwelsch.bsky.social and @kristin-kaeuper.bsky.social!

Today we observe the second Soul Ace Day. Created by Kimberly Butler, Marshall Blount and Alyshia Rodgers, Soul Ace Day celebrates the activism, art and culture of african american asexuals. acedadadvice.substack.com/p/celebratin...

Celebrating Black Ace Community... with the creators of Soul Ace Day

Marshall Blount, Alyshia Rodgers and Kimberly Butler created Soul Ace Day to uplift Black ace voices and experiences.

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Looking for your hot takes on love ❤️‍🔥 What have you learned about love by thinking about aromanticism? 🤔

What starts after Valentine‘s Day? Aromantic Spectrum Awareness Week! Find out below what we can learn about love from aromanticism 👇

Why Aristotle would hate Valentine's Day❤️🕯️🥀 Janset Özün Çetinkaya and Ian James Kidd explain why and lay out the Greek philosopher's five steps to true love. Read: tinyurl.com/k7wvusyh @uk.theconversation.com #philosophy #love #romance #ValentinesDay #ValentinesDay2026

Why Aristotle would hate Valentine’s Day – and his five steps to love

For Aristotle, the true form of love wasn’t about intense passion or grand gestures on one day of the year.

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I presented a new PhD output at the Marginalised Ruralities conference today. Queering the trope of ‘settling down’ in the countryside by thinking about the lesbian home-making (and home-sharing!) practices I encountered during fieldwork & putting forward the concept of ‘queer rural domesticity’.