r/BestofRedditorUpdates: Asexuality Edition #3

From embargoed press releases to scam products to charting on podcast platforms, there's never a dull day in our overly-inflated email inbox.

A masterpiece of television worthy of an Ace reading.

Although this isn't the end of the conversation, this is the final episode for our Consent Month. We round out the discussion by explaining why all consent models will fall flat until we can properly unpack widespread societal norms that perpetuate rape culture.

Week 3 of consent month! We're finally starting the complicated conversation about enthusiastic consent and how this model doesn't do enough for a variety of Aspecs.

Week 2 of Consent Month, so OF COURSE we have to talk about the voice memo guy discourse.

August is officially Consent Month over here in our little podcast corner. We're kicking off week 1 talking about the movie Obsession.

A masterpiece of storytelling! Even though it doesn't specifically include an ace or aro character, it resonates with many aspecs when it defies romance tropes in a way that feels indicative of allo writers making fun of themselves in a humorous and self-aware way.

Unfortunately, more of you are going to listen to this episode than last week's.

Courtney Vs. One Dozen Cops. A personal story and a broader message.

Although there is a large history of anti-ace sentiment leeching into laws and policy across many countries, Asexuality as an identity has now been outright criminalized for the first time in history, that we know of.