I'm happy to share that my entry (with my dear mentor, Dr. Yalda Hamidi) on Heteronormativity for The Sage International Encyclopedia of Politics and Gender is out! 🥳🎉 I push the aroace agenda in it too, of course 💚🤍🩶🖤🩶🤍💜 sk.sagepub.com/ency/edvol/t...

NWSA 2025 is almost here! Our group will have a social gathering Friday (Nov 14) 2:30-3:30pm right before our group's panel "Ace Voices, Ace Joys" 4:00-5:15pm! Please see the program for locations & I'm looking forward to seeing you in Puerto Rico!

Hello folks! Elections for NWSA constituency/interest groups open September & we will have 2 co-chair positions open: one is a 2yr term, the other is a 1yr term My term as chair ends this year, so please consider running -- our group will be inactive if we do not have a chair/co-chairs! -Maya

Also: married

Our group's panel, "Ace Voices, Ace Joys: Remembering Asexual Struggles, Victories, & Potentialities," was accepted for the NWSA 2025 conference! The panel will include the wonderful @mcsociology.bsky.social @cantonwiner.bsky.social @annakurowicka.bsky.social and myself! Happy pride!

So happy to share that my book review of Clare Forstie's Queering the Midwest was just published in GLQ @dukepress.bsky.social today! Please go check out my review, "Challenging Metronormativity," of this wonderful book! #queer #bookreview #queerstudies #Midwest read.dukeupress.edu/glq/article-...

Go check out Debbie's book "Portalmania" -- out now!! #asexuality #asexual #ace #compulsorysexuality

AZE is accepting writing and artwork by asexual, aromantic, and agender authors exploring stories of resilience against oppression, silencing, discrimination, disbelief, and other social pressures. Deadline: July 15th, 2025 azejournal.com/article/2025...

Asexuals are not excluded from this kind of surveillance risk either (especially JKR and others increasingly target us), we may be coded as F52.0 Hypoactive sexual desire disorder- I suspect I may be myself, my first counselor I saw about a decade ago was skeptical about the concept of asexuality

Excited to share this wonderful article I wrote with @mcsociology.bsky.social #asexuality #aromanticism #asexualitystudies #compulsorysexuality

I study asexuality for a living. You can read my thoughts on why Rowling threw her anti-ace hissy fit here: cantonwiner.substack.com/p/and-then-j...

The 2025 NWSA Aro/Ace sponsored CFP is now up! Please complete the Google Form by February 28, 2025, 11:59pm PST to be considered for the panel! Please share widely! Excited to see you in Puerto Rico, Maya CFP: docs.google.com/document/d/1... Form: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

I'm excited to share my co-authored journal article, "Who is Queer Enough for Queer Research?: The Issue of Absence Within Queer Research," about the absence of asexuality and queer Muslims in queer research was recently published! 🖤🩶🤍💜 dx.doi.org/10.1002/dvr2...

Distinguishing between sexual and romantic orientations is common in asexual communities... yet there's no research specifically about the split attraction model. Until now! I just published a study in Social Currents about split attraction. You can read it here: