{"product_id":"ace-theory-an-essay-in-fragments-about-asexuality-9781771669900","title":"Ace Theory: An Essay in Fragments about Asexuality","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCurrent opinion always holds asexuality to be invisible. Hence the notion of a happy, gentle, jubilant asexuality is never to be found in any text. Where are we to read it, then?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this revelatory essay-in-fragments, critically acclaimed poet Ryan Fitzpatrick works through the ways in which they have interfaced with a sexual world as an asexual person. Often defined as the orientation of those who don't experience sexual attraction, asexuality is tied to a shared logic wherein our lives are shaped by sex, by romance, by economic and social pressures that determine what a good life looks like.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLeaping from the eureka-moment of finding the right words to name an unnameable experience, \u003ci\u003eAce Theory\u003c\/i\u003e upends rigid definitions by turning over the pieces of a supposedly broken life. Through intellectual analysis, cultural criticism, and personal reflection, Fitzpatrick tangles with the trenchant knot of compulsory sexuality, putting a squeeze on the many pressures that make asexual people feel like they simply don't fit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Book*hug Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/27\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781771669900\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 372","brand":"Ryan Fitzpatrick","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53195227594933,"sku":"9781771669900","price":17.85,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/9781771669900.jpg?v=1788273499","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/ace-theory-an-essay-in-fragments-about-asexuality-9781771669900","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}