Reposting in lieu of JKR's latest tirade: I wrote a book & gained a doctorate degree analysing asexual characters in YA.

FWIW, my personal favourites are Summer Bird Blue (Akemi Dawn Bowman) & We Were Restless Things (Cole Nagamatsu), just in case you need a book rec as a HP palate cleanser.

Happy International Asexuality Day!!!🖤🩶🤍💜

MY BABY!! the covers go so well together, very pleasing colour palette

There just might be a book launch in my future 🤫

My author copies arrived a couple days ago & they're so beautiful I could CRY

Thank you so much Mark!! 💗

Thank you so much Jodi!!!! So happy to be your firstborn PhD student! 🤩

You'll have to let me know what you think :D

Let me know what you think 👀 thank you so much!!

Thank you so much!!! 💓

Thank you so much D: crying in the club rn

for all the nerds like me who love an academic deep dive into young adult literature, you can literally download the pdf of this RIGHT NOW for NO MONEY. wild.

THANK YOU 😭

Author here 🥺 this is one of the best things I've seen anyone say about my book. Thank you so much for everything, Claudie

Given the current rapid backslide in the US, I think it’s very important to note:

In the 90s & 00s, when pitching to traditional publishers, I was ALWAYS asked who the romantic interest would be

And in fact, had to fabricate one for a character I’d intended to be ace or get the series dropped.

"Ace researcher Claudie Arseneault"

LISTEN. 😳

THANK YOU GUYS 😭

YOU STOP THAT RIGHT NOW 😭 thank you so much!

My first book is out now! "Asexuality in Young Adult Fiction" with Cambridge University Press. 🤍💜🖤

This has only been my dream since I was about 7 years old. Back then, I'd have never believed my debut would be academic non-fiction. 📚

Read my book for free for the next two weeks: cup.org/3CEJUrZ

I can't tell you how emotional it makes me that one of the most important people I cited in my book is THIS thrilled about my writing. 🥺 Dove, I'm so grateful to you!