'ACE Notes' by Michele Kirichanskaya is an informative book about asexuality and finding your place in the LGBTQ+ world. As a allosexual person, I didn't really know much about the topic before starting the book. I've been trying to educate myself on LGBTQ+ topics and reading this helped me a lot.
It was a bit trying at first, because Kirichanskaya brings up many terms and facts related to the topic of sexuality. For this reason, I don't know if I would recommend this book to people who don't know anything about the topic yet. In the end though, I am glad she did at those things it, because page by page I felt a bit more knowledgeable. I didn't even know words like "allosexual" before reading this book and now I'm comfortable using them frequently. There is so much stuff to learn from this. Even if you are 100% cis-gender allosexual alloromantic, I can assure you you will find out some things about yourself you didn't know before. Here are some of the things I liked:
- there's a list of recommended reads on different ACE topics on one of the first pages
- there are quotes from and interviews with different ace people who each bring to light different aspects of their sexuality
- the author explains things that not-ace people could learn from too, such as different types of attraction or attitudes towards sex
- there are many studies and historical as well as personal stories mentioned
Thanks very much to NetGalley, Michele Kirichanskaya and Michele's team for providing me with an ARC for this book. The fact that I got a copy doesn't affect my review, all I'm stating here are my honest thoughts.
TW: mention of the 'usual' LGBTQ+-related phobias
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| portrait from Michele's website |
