A review by silvae
Ace: What Asexuality Reveals about Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex by Angela Chen

5.0

Angela Chen's "Ace" is the book that made me think "dang, I want to write something half as good and half as impactful as this". It's fun to read, combines interviews, research and personal anecdotes fluidly and hopefully reaches a lot of people in its quest to normalize asexuality to the point where it needn't be an identity of its own, but instead just a given in a society that accepts different approaches to (not) wanting sex. I enjoyed the different perspectives the author gave us, hammering home how important intersectionality is when approaching topics such as asexuality, as well as how brutally she honest was about her own struggles with the label.

I'm excited to see what Angela Chen writes about next and I will definitely buy the book after having devoured the library copy!