A OK

Erica Cameron (she/her) is a young adult author who identifies as WTF-romantic and asexual. Erica discusses her past marriage and divorce, aro and ace characters in literature, and the importance of roommates.

 

Erica's Website: http://byericacameron.com

 

Coming Up Aces (Asexual Q&A): http://byericacameron.com/wp/q-ace/

 

Content Warnings: swearing, divorce

 

Special Thanks: 

Editor/Producer: Sofi LaLonde; 

Visual Artist: Tanner Groehler;

Music: A OK by ÜberKicK is licensed under a Creative Commons License. 

And thank you to our wonderful patrons at https://www.patreon.com/AOKpod!

Daniel (he/him) is a YouTuber and engineer who is homoromantic and asexual. Daniel talks about his experiences dating allosexual men, his current long-distance relationship, and his YouTube channel Slice of Ace!

 

Warnings: swearing

 

Slice of Ace: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3vDNqa_MMGI43NAO2C-JJw

 

Special Thanks: 

Editor/Producer: Sofi LaLonde; 

Visual Artist: Tanner Groehler;

Music: A OK by ÜberKicK is licensed under a Creative Commons License. 

And thank you to our wonderful patrons at https://www.patreon.com/AOKpod!

Maddy (she/her and they/them) is a genderqueer music nerd who is greyromantic and bisexual. Maddy talks about changing labels, ethical non-monogamy, and an unexpected romantic experience after she had already embraced the term "aromantic."

 

Twin Cities Sirens: https://www.facebook.com/tcsirens/

 

Content Warnings: swearing, mentions of childhood sexual abuse

 

Special Thanks: 

Editor/Producer: Sofi LaLonde; 

Visual Artist: Tanner Groehler;

Music: A OK by ÜberKicK is licensed under a Creative Commons License. 

And thank you to our wonderful patrons at https://www.patreon.com/AOKpod!

Leo (he/him) is a medical student from Puerto Rico who identifies as quasiromantic and asexual. Leo talks about his experiences with women, what intimacy means to him, and why aces and aros are definitely LGBTQIA+.

 

Content Warnings: swearing

 

Special Thanks: 

Editor/Producer: Sofi LaLonde; 

Visual Artist: Tanner Groehler;

Music: A OK by ÜberKicK is licensed under a Creative Commons License. 

And thank you to our wonderful patrons at https://www.patreon.com/AOKpod!

Vincent Scott (he/him & they/them) is a writer who identifies as asexual and aromantic. Vincent talks about toxic masculinity, trends of sexuality throughout history, and his new novel!

 

Warnings: depression and social anxiety

 

Link to Vincent's Kickstarter campaign: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/thinkinginkpress/the-hereafter-bytes?ref=user_menu

 

Special Thanks: 

Editor/Producer: Sofi LaLonde; 

Visual Artist: Tanner Groehler;

Music: A OK by ÜberKicK is licensed under a Creative Commons License. 

And thank you to our wonderful patrons at https://www.patreon.com/AOKpod!

Laura (she/her) is a student and dancer in Finland who identifies as asexual and cupioromantic. She discusses wanting children as an asexual, why she’s still questioning her romantic orientation, and ace and aro book recommendations.

 

Content Warnings: none

 

Book Mentions: Summer Bird Blue by Akemi Dawn Bowman, Radio Silence by Alice Oseman, Loveless by Alice Oseman, Tash Hearts Tolstoy by Kathryn Ormsbee, Beyond the Black Door by A.M. Strickland, Tarnished are the Stars by Rosiee Thor, & Let's Talk About Love by Claire Kann.

 

 

The Asexual and Aromantic Characters Database: https://www.obvibase.com/p/N7SD6v1F4mrVBWzV/?location=%7B%22type%22:%22table%22,%22databaseId%22:%22N7SD6v1F4mrVBWzV%22,%22queryPath%22:%7B%22recordPath%22:[],%22columnPath%22:[%221%22]%7D%7D

 

Special Thanks: 

Editor/Producer: Sofi LaLonde; 

Visual Artist: Tanner Groehler;

Music: A OK by ÜberKicK is licensed under a Creative Commons License. 

And thank you to our wonderful patrons at https://www.patreon.com/AOKpod!

Rowan (they/them) is a tarot reader and hairstylist who identifies as demisexual and greyromantic. Rowan talks about their ultimate dream-relationship, why they masturbate, tarot reading, paganism, and witchcraft!

 

Content warnings: mentions of sex, masturbation, swearing

 

LISTENER SURVEY: https://forms.gle/9Pwpz7QpifbvniUBA

 

Special Thanks: 

Editor/Producer: Sofi LaLonde; 

Visual Artist: Tanner Groehler;

Music: A OK by ÜberKicK is licensed under a Creative Commons License. 

And thank you to our wonderful patrons at https://www.patreon.com/AOKpod!

Christy (they/them & she/her) is a movement artist with disabilities who identifies as grey-aro and grey-ace. Christy talks about the stereotypes that come with being an asian femme poledancer and a disabled aromantic asexual. They also describe visible vs invisible parts of identity, sexual attraction vs sexual desire, and how sex education can be improved.

 

Content Warnings: mentions of sexual trauma and racism

 

Christy's Instagram: @catwoman_chris (includes censored nudity)

 

LISTENER SURVEY: https://forms.gle/9Pwpz7QpifbvniUBA

 

Special Thanks: 

Editor/Producer: Sofi LaLonde; 

Visual Artist: Tanner Groehler;

Music: A OK by ÜberKicK is licensed under a Creative Commons License. 

And thank you to our wonderful patrons at https://www.patreon.com/AOKpod!

Gwen Elledge (she/her) is an astronomy nerd and jock who identifies as asexual and biromantic (but usually just says gay). Gwen talks about changing labels, being touch-starved, Tinder, and the wonders of gravity. 

 

Content Warnings: none

 

LISTENER SURVEY: https://forms.gle/9Pwpz7QpifbvniUBA

 

Special Thanks: 

Editor/Producer: Sofi LaLonde; 

Visual Artist: Tanner Groehler;

Music: A OK by ÜberKicK is licensed under a Creative Commons License. 

And thank you to our wonderful patrons at https://www.patreon.com/AOKpod!

Devon (they/them) is a Japanese translator who identifies as asexual, aromantic, and agender. Devon discusses role-playing as identity exploration, sex and romance as the focal point in western music, and why they are looking forward to starting estrogen.

 

Content Warnings: swearing and mentions of racism, aphobia, and transphobia

 

Special Thanks: 

Editor/Producer: Sofi LaLonde; 

Visual Artist: Tanner Groehler;

Music: A OK by ÜberKicK is licensed under a Creative Commons License. 

And thank you to our wonderful patrons at https://www.patreon.com/AOKpod!