Despite exploring other queer topics, communication scholars
and rhetoricians are lacking in offering academic inquiries involving asexuality. We engaged in a critical thematic analysis of
posts and comments posted from asexual and/or aromantic
folks on the online communities of Reddit and AVEN, the
Asexuality Visibility & Education Network. The analysis focused
on three cultural tropes prominently used when describing
asexual and aromantic folks, namely robots, aliens, and monsters. Our discussion centers asexual and aromantic voices and
invites communication and rhetorical scholars to take steps in
combating the allonormativity of our fields by centering the
voices and experiences of intersectional aces and/or aros in
their own research. We conclude with a call for an asexual and
aromantic communication studies.
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