“I am not a robot, I am asexual”: a qualitative critique of allonormative discourses of Ace and Aro folks as robots, aliens, monsters

B Brandley, M Dehnert - Journal of Homosexuality, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Despite exploring other queer topics, communication scholars and rhetoricians are lacking
in offering academic inquiries involving asexuality. We engaged in a critical thematic …

Coming full circle and spiralling: Fissures through essentialism, English, and empire

A Labador - Communication Studies, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
In this performative autoethnography, I broadly question the communication discipline's
investments in empire. Specifically, by tracing how my body–as a Pinay–has not fit within the …

Ace awakening: Communication sources that lead to affirming asexual-spectrum identities

ben Brandley - Women's Studies in Communication, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Despite important inquiries on queerness, communication scholars have yet to explore the
lives of folks on the asexual spectrums (also known as “ace”). This study brings attention to …

Towards an asexual-affirming communication pedagogy

B Brandley, A Labador - Communication Education, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
In this essay, we move towards theorizing an asexual-affirming communication pedagogy.
We position asexual-affirming (or ace-affirming) communication pedagogy as having two …

Rhetorics of allonormativity: The case of asexual Latter-day Saints

ben Brandley, LG Spencer - Southern Communication Journal, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Asexuality describes a range of identities characterized by a lack of attraction toward sexual
relationships or activities, and its opposite is allosexuality. In this essay, we offer a rhetorical …

Exploring understandings of sexuality among “gay” migrant Filipinos living in New Zealand

J Adams, EJ Manalastas, R Coquilla… - SAGE …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Ethnicity, sexuality, and health are inextricably linked. This study reports on individual
interviews carried out with 21 “gay” migrant Filipinos living in New Zealand to understand …

“May death stay away from us!” Regulating desperation and desire by Eritreans with asylum status

WB Sereke, JA Drzewiecka - Journal of International and …, 2025 - Taylor & Francis
This paper advances the understanding of migrant adaptation by elucidating the role of
emotions and their regulation in negotiations of cultural differences and power relations. We …

How Filipinx Individuals Internalize Their Language as Part of Their Identity: A Research Study View of Oppression and Liberation

MG Morales - 2024 - search.proquest.com
This study explores how Filipinx providers and clients of healthcare and social services
internalize their language as part of their identity, in turn affecting their help-seeking …

Between two worlds: East Asian sojourners' negotiation of identity in the United States

E Kim, M Meares - Journal of International and Intercultural …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
As sojourners adjust to a new culture, they adjust their identities, navigating both their home
and host culture expectations. This study examines the process of identity development …

" I am not a Robot, I am Asexual": A Qualitative Critique of Allonormative Discourses of Ace and Aro Folks as Robots, Aliens, Monsters.

M Dehnert - Journal of Homosexuality, 2024 - search.ebscohost.com
Despite exploring other queer topics, communication scholars and rhetoricians are lacking
in offering academic inquiries involving asexuality. We engaged in a critical thematic …