Maya Wenzel
@acefeministmaya.bsky.social
Feminist Studies PhD Student at UCSB 🖤 Chair of NWSA Asexuality Studies Interest Group 2023-2025 🩶 author at Ms. Magazine 🤍 she/her/hers 💜
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Maya Wenzel
@acefeministmaya.bsky.social
· Jun 21
Challenging Metronormativity
In Queering the Midwest: Forging LGBTQ Community, Clare Forstie investigates how LGBTQ community is created and sustained in the small, rural Midwestern town of River City (Forstie's pseudonym for pla...
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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-...
@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-...
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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!
November 5, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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!
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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
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
July 22, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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
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
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Also: married
The only person to have universal rights in this country is a straight, white, able-bodied, Christian man.
June 27, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Also: married
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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!
June 21, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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-...
@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-...
Challenging Metronormativity
In Queering the Midwest: Forging LGBTQ Community, Clare Forstie investigates how LGBTQ community is created and sustained in the small, rural Midwestern town of River City (Forstie's pseudonym for pla...
read.dukeupress.edu
June 21, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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-...
@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
I study asexuality for a living. But sometimes I find that fiction can reveal things research can't.
"Portalmania," a new story collection by Debbie Urbanski, offers thought-provoking—and sometimes disturbing—reflections on being asexual in a sea of compulsory sexuality.
"Portalmania," a new story collection by Debbie Urbanski, offers thought-provoking—and sometimes disturbing—reflections on being asexual in a sea of compulsory sexuality.
May 13, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Go check out Debbie's book "Portalmania" -- out now!! #asexuality #asexual #ace #compulsorysexuality
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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...
azejournal.com/article/2025...
Submissions Open: Resilience — AZE
Submit by July 15th, 2025.
azejournal.com
May 10, 2025 at 7:54 AM
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...
azejournal.com/article/2025...
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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
This should send a chill down the spines of every sexually-active member of the LGBT Community who has ever disclosed their sexual orientation to a physician. We're coded as Z72.52 — High-Risk Homosexual Behavior.
This is a test run of using medical coding to create a list of targets for the Feds.
This is a test run of using medical coding to create a list of targets for the Feds.
May 9, 2025 at 4:56 AM
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
Want to avoid reinforcing compulsory sexuality in your research? Catch up on asexualities and aromanticism research with Megan Carroll and Maya Wenzel in the newest ASA journal, Sex & Sexualities. #asexual
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New Dimensions, New Directions: Asexualities and Aromanticism in the 21st Century - Megan Carroll, Maya Wenzel, 2025
This article offers an overview of the state of the field for asexualities and aromanticism and suggests new directions for research. Our goal is to inspire fem...
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May 7, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Excited to share this wonderful article I wrote with @mcsociology.bsky.social #asexuality #aromanticism #asexualitystudies #compulsorysexuality
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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...
And Then JK Rowling Came For the Asexuals...
Transphobia and asexuality-antagonism are linked
cantonwiner.substack.com
April 9, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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...
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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...
Excited to see you in Puerto Rico,
Maya
CFP: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Form: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
NWSA 2025 Aro/Ace Sponsored Panel CFP
The Asexuality Studies Interest group is seeking presentation proposals for our sponsored panel session at NWSA to be held in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on November 13–16, 2025. The 2025 NWSA conference...
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February 9, 2025 at 12:39 AM
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...
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...
dx.doi.org/10.1002/dvr2...
Who Is Queer Enough for Queer Research?: The Issue of Absence Within Queer Research
Although the inclusion of queer people in research—as well as the application of queer research methods and methodologies that some call queer research—has been on the rise, too often, certain voices....
dx.doi.org
January 9, 2025 at 1:21 AM
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...
dx.doi.org/10.1002/dvr2...
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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:
Until now!
I just published a study in Social Currents about split attraction. You can read it here:
Splitting Attraction: Differentiating Romantic and Sexual Orientations Among Asexual Individuals - Canton Winer, 2024
It is often assumed that sexual and romantic attractions are aligned: that the gender(s) a person is attracted to sexually “matches” the gender(s) to which they...
journals.sagepub.com
December 3, 2024 at 5:33 PM
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:
Until now!
I just published a study in Social Currents about split attraction. You can read it here: