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aro & ace books: where they already know they're aspec (adult)

whether they're 100% out and happy in their identity, or still closeted or working through pressures from amatonormativity. They may still be questioning aspects of their sexuality, but they know they're ace already. There's a mix here of books where their sexuality is significant to the story, and where it's literally just mentioned offhand.

YA / adult questioning

contemporary & romance

Looking for Love in All the Haunted Places - ace woman, m/f

Kiss Me Maybe (knows she's ace, figures out she's greyace) - ace woman f/f

Kiss Her Once For Me - ace woman f/f

Thaw - ace woman f/f

The Romantic Agenda - ace woman m/f

Upside Down - ace man m/m

Her Own Happiness - ace man m/f

Ace of Hearts - ace woman m/f

Life Underwater - ace man m/nb

That’s What She Said - ace woman m/f

We Go Forward - aroace woman

fantasy

The Thread That Binds - aroace agender, greyace agender

Baker Thief - aroallo genderfluid, demisexual woman

Death Valley Blooms - aro woman

An Accident of Stars - aroallo woman (major character)

Kill Your Darlings - ace woman

Awakenings - mutliple aroace MCs

The Day Death Stopped - ace woman

sci-fi

Time To Orbit: Unknown - aroallo nonbinary

Lord of the Empty Isles - aroace man

The Circus Infinite - ace man

Be The Sea - demisexual nonbinary MC, ace man SC

horror

Small Gods of Calamity - ace man

Benothinged - aroace nonbinary

historical

A House Between Sea and Sky - aroace woman

As Old As Thyme - grey-aroace man

#aspec books / aspec database / tumblr masterpost

put your TV on channel 2 so the VCR will work

open up the clamp shell case that held the VHS that has that satisfying crrlikkkkkk

put in the movie

gdi it has to be rewound

press STOP and then rewind because its so much faster that way

start the movie and it takes a few seconds for the movie to actually start cause you rewound to the VERY beginning

FBI will get you if you illegally distribute or exhibit this movie

and then. because you forgot that movies are always so much louder than TV

COMING SOON TO OWN ON VIDEO AND DVD

QUICK LOWER THE VOLUME LOWER THE VOLUME LOWER THE VOLUME OH FUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Okay crisis averted.

although. these ads are kind of quiet. a little hard to hear.....

better turn up the volume...

not because he's a baby a la classic man cold

but because he will AGGRESSIVELY try to pretend he is not sick

he is trying to gaslight others but ALSO himself

he has a gold medal immune system thank you he did NOT get taken down by ill pikeling spreading Elementary School Plague to him

not happening

as an itty bitty he lied so he wouldn't have to skip hockey, and that has NOT changed as an adult

his true toxic trait is that he WILL be typhoid mary in that locker room if it means he doesn't have to stay home and miss playing

“Your expression is looking real grim for a winner,” Erling says, crossing his arms over his chest and leans against the doorframe with his lips tugged into a small smile. For someone who was just defeated on the pitch, his tired eyes are glimmering too brightly with amusement as he looks at Jude.

Jude sucks in a deep breath.

"They aren’t teammates, and they haven’t been for years. So, it’s meant to be a rivalry of sorts but, when the night curtain falls across the sky, Jude gets a little too used to falling into the comfort of something else.

He’s heard the reminder over and over. They aren’t supposed to bring their feelings onto the pitch because when they’re there, they’re meant to be rivals over everything.

Jude supposes, though, even whilst he throws his entire soul out onto the pitch for England, he never did carry his desire onto the pitch.

Listening to a podcast about bodies and eating disorders and the body positivity movement of the last decade ish and hearing someone say (paraphrasing from memory here) "body positivity was all capitalism, there were no legislative changes, just new brands of jeans"

Legislative changes are super important but I cannot emphasize enough that jeans coming in bigger sizes and fat-friendly cuts is actually a really big deal! With meaningful impacts on people's lives (including mine)! Fat people do need clothes! And you may not realize this, but if you're over a certain size (that's not even that big a size) there's a very good chance you can go to a big box store and *not find anything that fits you*. There are towns in the US where if you're over a size 18 you need to drive an hour away or shop online to get things in your size. And they're expensive! "Just buy used" if they even have your size! Fat people want to look nice too. And we face enough judgement during job interviews (to give one example) without trying to do it in clothes that don't fit or are super uncomfortable.

Actually: If you're fat and you want to look cute/hot/masc/femme/etc I cannot recommend this website enough, you put in your measurements and it lists what brands have your size. You can filter for stuff like sensory friendly, nonbinary, masc, organic, etc. It's not AI just a database.