Ace Readings
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When Aversion Ain't "Appropriate": Sexnormativity in the Simon/Kaylee Subplot [Meta] by osteophage
Fandoms: Firefly, Serenity (2005)
03 Mar 2020
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Metacommentary on the canon Simon/Kaylee subplot and the negative framing of sexual refusal.
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- Part 1 of Ace Readings
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Reading Love Songs Against the Grain (Through a Lens of Asexual Greed) [Meta] by osteophage
Fandoms: The Killers (Band), Genghis Khan - Miike Snow (Music Video), Miike Snow - Fandom
01 Mar 2021
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Metacommentary on a couple of songs where the whole picture clearly adds up to a conventional narrative of sexual jealousy, but I smash that picture to pieces and reassemble them into something else.
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- Part 2 of Ace Readings
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Ace of Eyes: the Violence of Beholding in the Magnus Archives & What it Illuminates About the Paradigm of Visibility [Meta] by osteophage
Fandoms: The Magnus Archives (Podcast)
01 Mar 2021
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Metacommentary on how the themes in TMA reflect on real-world frameworks of asexual advocacy.
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- Part 3 of Ace Readings
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"You're Too Picky, Man": An Ace Reading of Oz's Character Arc in BTVS [Meta] by osteophage
Fandoms: Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV)
02 Mar 2022
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Metacommentary interpreting Oz as ace and analyzing the Oz/Veruca subplot in terms of (non)consent.
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- Part 4 of Ace Readings
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Reflections on Jason Voorhees, Virginity in Horror, and the Specter of the Anti-Sex Killer [Meta] by osteophage
Fandoms: Friday the 13th Series (Movies)
04 Mar 2022
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Metacommentary on the Friday the 13th films and the way that certain interpretations of them have been taken up in popular culture. See within for content warnings.
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- Part 5 of Ace Readings
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An Ace Reading of "When She Loved Me," Exploring the Drawbacks and Affordances of Nonhumanity [Meta] by osteophage
Fandoms: Toy Story (Movies)
05 Mar 2022
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Metacommentary on discussions about nonhuman characters, approached via the asexual resonances of Jessie's lament.
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- Part 6 of Ace Readings
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Sexnormativity and the Android in Syfy's Dark Matter [Meta] by osteophage
Fandoms: Dark Matter (TV)
07 Mar 2022
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Metacommentary on (non)humanity and the narrative implications of the Android's character arc.
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- Part 7 of Ace Readings
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The Sexless Menace: Moralizing & Valorizing Sexuality in Media Criticism [Meta] by osteophage
Fandoms: No Fandom
03 Mar 2023
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Metacommentary on criticism of fiction, criticism of audience members, and criticism of creators that all shares one thing in common: framing the "sexless" as both artistically bankrupt and ideologically dangerous.
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- Part 8 of Ace Readings
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Forbidden Dove: Rejecting Sexualized Nuclear Warfare in Miike Snow's "My Trigger" [Meta] by osteophage
Fandoms: Miike Snow - Fandom
03 Mar 2023
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Metacommentary on a Miike Snow music video that both sexualizes violence and yet resolves the story with abstention and peace.
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- Part 9 of Ace Readings
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Asexual Seduction in Some Like It Hot [Meta] by osteophage
Fandoms: Some Like It Hot (1959)
02 Mar 2024
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Metacommentary on the subplot where Joe pretends to be asexual.
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- Part 10 of Ace Readings
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"Complete" Manhood and The Desirability of Becoming Human in Bicentennial Man (1999) [Meta] by osteophage
Fandoms: Bicentennial Man (1999)
07 Mar 2024
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Metacommentary on a movie about an android's desire for humanity, provided as a point of reference for analyzing other works in the genre.
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- Part 11 of Ace Readings
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"Seldom Typical of Anything": An Ace Reading of Stefan Uccello's Blood Bond with Mercy Thompson [Meta] by osteophage
Fandoms: Mercy Thompson Series - Patricia Briggs
03 Mar 2025
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Metacommentary on the ace resonances of some vampire bite scenes and the complicated asymmetrical relationship between Mercy and Stefan.
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- Part 12 of Ace Readings