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Why I’m Over the Pressure to “Find Love” as an Asexual Person

November 7, 2019 by Dawy Rkasnuam Leave a Comment

I wish it were more acceptable in this world for people to live life without romantic love — without having it, without wanting it, and without waiting around for it. What tires me most about our cultural view of romantic love is the idea that, even if we don’t have it or want it now, romantic love will ultimately make its way into our lives, and it’s going to change … [Read more...]

Hot Sex After 50: 3 Myths and 3 Truths

September 12, 2019 by Jaime Grant Leave a Comment

As a longtime sex coach in my mid-50s, I find myself in a constant state of speaking truth to power when it comes to sex and aging. How is hot sex after 50 different from hot sex after 40? Or 20? How is it different from hot sex in the aftermath of divorce? Or during the hottest love affair of our lives? The point is: hot sex matters. It generates and releases energy. It … [Read more...]

Asian and Asexual: How I Came to Own My Asexuality While Fighting Cultural Stereotypes

May 2, 2019 by Dawy Rkasnuam Leave a Comment

As an Asian American woman who exists on the asexual spectrum, I navigate a tricky space when it comes to sexuality. On one hand, I experience hypersexualization and fetishization based on Orientalist assumptions about Asian women. On the other, I come from a culture of sexual conservatism, where families don’t speak about sex but the expectation of abstinence is always … [Read more...]

Stop Assuming Everyone Wants a Partner: 5 Ways You’re Erasing Asexual & Aromantic People and What to Do Instead

May 22, 2018 by Dawy Rkasnuam Leave a Comment

As someone who identifies as gray asexual—meaning I don’t experience sexual attraction except in a very rare, once in a blue moon case—I see a lot of misconceptions about asexuality and aromanticism, everywhere. I also see a lot of erasure, whether that’s in the form of outright denying that people can be asexual or aromantic, or in the subtler form of portraying sex and … [Read more...]

Why I’m Over the Pressure to “Find Love” as an Asexual Person

Hot Sex After 50: 3 Myths and 3 Truths

Asian and Asexual: How I Came to Own My Asexuality While Fighting Cultural Stereotypes

Stop Assuming Everyone Wants a Partner: 5 Ways You’re Erasing Asexual & Aromantic People and What to Do Instead

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