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─── ･ ｡ﾟ☆: *.☽ .* :☆ﾟ. ───   How to Not “Ace” Asexual Representation in Media The sparse asexual representation in film and entertainment correlates with society’s pressure for people to perform sexually; thus, if someone doesn’t wish to perform their sexuality through sexual acts, they are deemed “unnatural.” In turn, the tv shows and movies often depict asexuals as people who are “nonhuman,” “unfeeling and robotic,” and “late-bloomers.” Examining the characters of Sheldon Cooper from The Big Bang Theory , Spock from Star Trek , and Jughead Jones from the CW’s Riverdale , the negative depictions of asexuality either persist or are stripped away from the character for the sake of marketability.  _____ ____________________________________________________________________________ Sheldon Cooper is a character that the ace community has dubbed “ace-coded” from his lack of interest in sex or women compared to his other male leads: Howard, Raj, and Leonard, leading to many negative ...

The "G" Word: Perspectives on Gender from a Queer Woman of Color (784)           My gender has been shaped by my education, my family, and being surrounded by Southern culture: my schooling taught me to be “modest” and “soft spoken”, my family insisted that I be interested only in boys, and living in the South caused me to view my gender as a way of serving men and to not be a threat.  The strict dress code and the casual bullying through my K-8 education made me hate the “feminine” side of myself. I was raised by white parents and went to a predominantly white K-8 private school where the dress code was enforced more heavily on the girls than the boys. The rules for girls were to not show anything past the collar bone, if one wore skirts, they had to be two inches above the knee, and lastly, do not wear any makeup. On the other end, boys must not grow hair beyond their ears and must wear polo or dress shirts. It was assumed by the school officials th...