Asexuality Studies Interest Group @ NWSA
@nwsacesgroup.bsky.social
The National Women's Studies Association's Asexuality Studies Interest Group 🖤🩶🤍💜
Chair: Maya Wenzel
Chair: Maya Wenzel
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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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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 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!
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
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!
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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
@mcsociology.bsky.social @acefeministmaya.bsky.social
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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...
journals.sagepub.com
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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It's that time again! The Call for Papers for the 2025 ROLES Sexuality and Gender Studies Conference is now open! More info below, and visit rolesbham.wixsite.com/home/confere... for more info/to submit! Welcome to all researching in Gender and Sexuality Studies!
April 10, 2025 at 9:21 AM
It's that time again! The Call for Papers for the 2025 ROLES Sexuality and Gender Studies Conference is now open! More info below, and visit rolesbham.wixsite.com/home/confere... for more info/to submit! Welcome to all researching in Gender and Sexuality Studies!
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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...
docs.google.com
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...
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...
docs.google.com
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...
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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...