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Book Thoughts: "Let's Talk About Love" by Claire Kann
Let's Talk About Love by Claire Kann follows a woman named Alice's summer after her college girlfriend abruptly breaks up with her...
Kendall Carroll
Oct 26, 20217 min read


Book Thoughts: "Loveless" by Alice Oseman
In the YA world, Alice Oseman is an incredibly popular name. Her novels include a lot of LGBTQ+ representation, and most people had only...
Kendall Carroll
Oct 25, 20216 min read


Let's Talk About Labels
People love labels. We love to come up with little words to summarize an entire group of people’s shared experiences. Psychologically,...
Kendall Carroll
Sep 26, 20215 min read


Let's Talk About Book Twitter's Aphobia
I really made a whole post talking about how aphobia on the Internet recently that it briefly drove me out of asexuality, only for...
Kendall Carroll
Sep 19, 20217 min read


Let's Talk About My Asexual Pride
CW: acephobia, general aphobia, talking about anxiety Disclaimer: I know that this is not a uniquely asexual experience, and I also know...
Kendall Carroll
Sep 12, 20216 min read
Cancel Culture: Canceling Authors
This is all based off of something that happened a long time ago, but I still have a lot of thoughts about it. As many people might know,...
Kendall Carroll
Aug 29, 20216 min read
Book Thoughts: Rebellion in "The Hunger Games"
CW: Spoilers for the Hunger Games series, discussions of death/war (from the book), brief mention of racism/sundown towns at the end...
Kendall Carroll
Aug 22, 202111 min read


How to Not be a Pretentious Reader
Most of you will know that I'm an English major, and I chose to major in English because I genuinely love reading. Eventually I want to...
Kendall Carroll
Aug 15, 20217 min read
Let's Talk About Purity Culture (from an Asexual)
1 Timothy 4:12, NIV Don't let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in conduct,...
Kendall Carroll
Aug 1, 20217 min read


Let's Talk About Ace Characters in Media
Ace representation in media is something that's really important to me, because I believe it's a vital aspect of awareness. However, it's...
Kendall Carroll
Jul 25, 202113 min read
Let's Talk About Dating Aces
CW: a lot of acephobia, mentions of NSFW stuff, vague transphobia (also very brief), biphobia mentions (no details) This one took me a...
Kendall Carroll
Jul 18, 202110 min read


Book Thoughts: "They Both Die at the End" by Adam Silvera
CW: death, discussions of anxiety On Friday January 15, 2021 (yes, I keep track of when I read books), I read They Both Die at the End by...
Kendall Carroll
Jul 11, 202114 min read


Let's Talk About Demisexuality
CW: acephobia (in general but also specifically targeting demisexuality), discussions of sex (vaguely, of course, mostly just refrencing...
Kendall Carroll
Jul 10, 20216 min read


Let's Talk About the "Ace Phase"
CW: acephobia First of all, I want to be very clear: phases are natural and good. We spend our whole lives trying to figure ourselves...
Kendall Carroll
Jul 4, 20214 min read


Book Thoughts: "Vanilla" by Billy Merrell
CW: acephobia, NSFW (contents of the book mostly) This one might be controversial. When it comes to engaging with media online, I'm a...
Kendall Carroll
Jun 27, 202114 min read
Let's Talk About Sex
CW: sex (duh) When a lot of people talk about asexuality, they think it all comes down to whether or not someone wants to have sex....
Kendall Carroll
Jun 20, 20214 min read


Book Thoughts: "Blank Spaces" by Cass Lennox
CW: NSFW (talking about sex, general book themes, nothing too graphic), vague acephobia This is the first book I've ever read with real,...
Kendall Carroll
Jun 13, 20215 min read


Let's Talk About "The A"
CW: acephobia, rape mention (vague and brief, nothing specific) Okay, listen. I don't want to talk about this because I don't want to...
Kendall Carroll
Jun 6, 20216 min read


Let's Talk About My Asexual Experience
Honestly, I consider myself to be pretty lucky when it comes to my experience with asexuality. I found out what it was at a young age,...
Kendall Carroll
May 3, 20213 min read


Let's Talk About Asexuality
What is asexuality? Someone who is asexual (also known as "aces") experiences little to no sexual attraction. This is an umbrella term:...
Kendall Carroll
May 3, 20214 min read
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