{"id":350,"date":"2023-03-01T23:58:59","date_gmt":"2023-03-02T05:58:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.writingforlife.net\/?p=350"},"modified":"2023-03-01T23:59:00","modified_gmt":"2023-03-02T05:59:00","slug":"carnival-of-aces-february-round-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.writingforlife.net\/index.php\/2023\/03\/01\/carnival-of-aces-february-round-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Carnival of Aces February Round-Up"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Aannddd we\u2019re back with the Carnival of Aces, this time with the round-up of submissions!\u00a0 (You can view the original call for submissions <a href=\"https:\/\/www.writingforlife.net\/index.php\/2023\/02\/01\/call-for-submissions-february-carnival-of-aces\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">HERE<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thanks to everyone who submitted this month!<br>(Also my apologies to everyone for the site being down temporarily earlier last month &#8211; that doesn\u2019t normally happen and I don\u2019t know why it picked then of all months to do it.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Frawley wrote about the amatonormativity within media &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/nothingradical.blog\/2023\/02\/04\/amatonormativity-as-a-media-trope\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">https:\/\/nothingradical.blog\/2023\/02\/04\/amatonormativity-as-a-media-trope\/<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Perfect Number wrote a review of <em>Let\u2019s Talk About Love<\/em> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/tellmewhytheworldisweird.blogspot.com\/2023\/02\/lets-talk-about-love.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">https:\/\/tellmewhytheworldisweird.blogspot.com\/2023\/02\/lets-talk-about-love.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anonymous wrote about the need for more aspec kids books &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.writingforlife.net\/index.php\/2023\/02\/24\/coa-guest-submission-we-need-aro-and-ace-kids-books\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">https:\/\/www.writingforlife.net\/index.php\/2023\/02\/24\/coa-guest-submission-we-need-aro-and-ace-kids-books\/<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sildarmillion wrote about the problem of having to explicitly label ace representation as such &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/sildarmillionsays.wordpress.com\/2023\/02\/22\/the-trouble-with-ace-representation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">https:\/\/sildarmillionsays.wordpress.com\/2023\/02\/22\/the-trouble-with-ace-representation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Blue Ice-Tea wrote about how portraying aces and allos as opposites can support compulsory sexuality &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/acefilmreviews.wordpress.com\/2023\/02\/26\/do-ace-stories-contribute-to-compulsory-sexuality\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">https:\/\/acefilmreviews.wordpress.com\/2023\/02\/26\/do-ace-stories-contribute-to-compulsory-sexuality\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rachel wrote about an asexual lavender marriage in <em>Spy x Family<\/em> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.writingforlife.net\/index.php\/2023\/03\/01\/coa-guest-submission-by-rachel-spy-x-family-a-sweet-asexual-marriage\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">https:\/\/www.writingforlife.net\/index.php\/2023\/03\/01\/coa-guest-submission-by-rachel-spy-x-family-a-sweet-asexual-marriage\/<\/a>\u00a0<br>And about a QPR-like relationship and how it fell apart in <em>Snow Flower and the Secret Fan<\/em> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.writingforlife.net\/index.php\/2023\/03\/01\/coa-guest-submission-by-rachel-laotong-as-qprs-an-aro-ace-analysis-of-snow-flower-and-the-secret-fan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">https:\/\/www.writingforlife.net\/index.php\/2023\/03\/01\/coa-guest-submission-by-rachel-laotong-as-qprs-an-aro-ace-analysis-of-snow-flower-and-the-secret-fan\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I can&#8217;t think of a good conclusion at this hour, so, happy reading!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aannddd we\u2019re back with the Carnival of Aces, this time with the round-up of submissions!\u00a0 (You can view the original call for submissions HERE). 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