{"product_id":"refusing-compulsory-sexuality-a-black-asexual-lens-on-our-sex-obsessed-culture","title":"Refusing Compulsory Sexuality: A Black Asexual Lens on Our Sex-Obsessed Culture","description":"\u003cb\u003eFor readers of \u003ci\u003eAce\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBelly of the Beast\u003c\/i\u003e A Black queer feminist exploration of asexuality--and an incisive interrogation of the sex-obsessed culture that invisibilizes and ignores asexual and A-spec identity.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEverything you know about sex and asexuality is (probably) wrong. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe notion that everyone wants sex--and that we all have to have it--is false. It's intertwined with our ideas about capitalism, race, gender, and queerness. And it impacts the most marginalized among us. For asexual folks, it means that ace and A-spec identity is often defined by a queerness that's not queer \u003ci\u003eenough\u003c\/i\u003e, seen through a lens of perceived lack: lack of pleasure, connection, joy, maturity, and even humanity. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this exploration of what it means to be Black and asexual in America today, Sherronda J. Brown offers new perspectives on asexuality. She takes an incisive look at how anti-Blackness, white supremacy, patriarchy, heteronormativity, and capitalism enact harm against asexual people, contextualizing acephobia within a racial framework in the first book of its kind. Brown advocates for the \"A\" in LGBTQIA+, affirming that to be asexual is to be queer--despite the gatekeeping and denial that often says otherwise. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith chapters on desire, f*ckability, utility, refusal, and possibilities, \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRefusing Compulsory Sexuality \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003ediscusses topics of deep relevance to ace and a-spec communities. It centers the Black asexual experience--and demands visibility in a world that pathologizes and denies asexuality, denigrates queerness, and specifically sexualizes Black people. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA necessary and unapologetic reclamation, \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRefusing Compulsory Sexuality\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e is smart, timely, and an essential read for asexuals, aromantics, queer readers, and anyone looking to better understand sexual politics in America.\u003cdiv style=\"display:none\"\u003eISBN-10: 1623177103\u003cbr\u003eISBN-13: 9781623177102\u003cbr\u003eAuthor: Brown, Sherronda J., Love, Hess, Freedom, Grace B.\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: North Atlantic Books\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"North Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback (Sep 2022)","offer_id":46081667793093,"sku":"9781623177102","price":19.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0708\/6414\/2533\/files\/9781623177102.jpg?v=1776048342","url":"https:\/\/www.inveni.store\/products\/refusing-compulsory-sexuality-a-black-asexual-lens-on-our-sex-obsessed-culture","provider":"Inveni","version":"1.0","type":"link"}