Tag: sexuality

The Differences Between ‘Asexual’ and ‘Aromantic’ Matters — Here’s Why

Once upon a time, the term asexual served the purpose of covering anyone and everyone who didn’t feel so inclined to marry, to romance, to fuck. Homosexual, heterosexual, and asexual were the only labels worth mentioning, and covered all necessary categories. Or so we thought. And then along came my fabulous and ridiculously queer self, balancing on […]

Walk This Way: What We Need More Of

Cross-posted on Postmodern Woman Why is it so damn hard for mainstream non-monogamy to conceive of relationships that aren’t monogamy +? Even for those for whom poly is their orientation rather than the result of a transition often fall into the same traps. It’s so much more common to claim ownership of a person rather […]

6 Reasons Lilith is Absolutely My Hero | Postmodern Woman

via 6 Reasons Lilith is Absolutely My Hero | Postmodern Woman. The other day I mentioned the lack of actual diversity and positive, realistic, emotionally intelligent role models in our media (as in entertainment) and literature. There are some: One of my favorite examples. Also, extremely relevant to this post. But not nearly enough. They’re […]

Sex, Love, and BDSM; Dating notes from an Englishman in New York: On the subject of labels

Human first! As I’ve always said! And even thoughmany of my characters are something other than human it still stands that none of their traits, labels, or aspects are bigger than their core (their lovely electron-like humanity). A label may tell you where someone stands or where they’ve been but it will never dictate where […]