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🌰 Source: https://theoutline.com/post/5065/tumblr-asexual-history-bloggers-ace-historical?zd=1&zi=he4yrfii

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"the 19th-century British feminist Elizabeth Wolstenholme Elmy may not have identified as asexual — the term used to describe people who experience minimal to no sexual or romantic attraction is barely two decades old — but modern asexual activists trace their history back to her" (Waters, 2018)

"In writing about asexual history, Kerschenbaum and other bloggers are doing the work that much of academia has not. Even as queer history continues to seep into the mainstream, asexuality — despite also falling under the 'queer' umbrella — is continually excluded from academic discourse" (Waters, 2018)

"The strength of queer communities on Tumblr, which allows for more detailed discussion than Twitter minus the hordes of trolls, is widely documented ... but especially for the asexual community, which is often excluded from queer spaces, Tumblr has become the primary place to connect" (Waters, 2018)

"Most asexual people credit writer Zoe O'Reilly's 1997 essay, "My life as an amoeba," with creating the first contemporary asexual community. Countless commenters responded to O'Reilly's proclamation that she was 'out and proud to be asexual' with relief — they, too, had never experienced sexual attraction, and they thought they were the only ones" (Waters, 2018)

Noel Smith founded a blog called 'Historically Ace', "Smith believes that many academic writers on asexuality focus too much on the basic questions of what asexuality is. 'Aces know we exist, and intracommunity, the conversations need to be ... moving beyond that,' Smith said" (Waters, 2018)