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AZE (azejournal.com) is a literary and art journal publishing asexual, aromantic, and agender authors. Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aze_(magazine)

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AZE @azejournal.bsky.social · May 2

Hi everyone! AZE journal has been run by me independently for 8 years. I am hoping to raise more support for the journal, since it is becoming difficult for me to continue the project in my current life situation. If you would like to help, consider supporting on Patreon: www.patreon.com/azejournal

Get more from AZE on Patreon

creating a journal for ace, aro, and agender writers and artists

www.patreon.com

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Ell Huang 🖤🤍💜 @nocturnalxlight.bsky.social · 14d

“He holds me so tight I might compress back into stardust.

Her loving fingers card through my hair so softly, with the tenderness I missed for decades of my life.

Low tones of “I love you” received with trust and warmth, having been, at long last, understood.”

I try to love myself this same way.🤍

AZE @azejournal.bsky.social · May 20

A-: not as in missing, without, but as in free.

So many spaces of perceived absence beget

So much room for becoming

A person who can finally love themself back.
azejournal.com/article/2024...

In the absence of? Everything. — AZE

He holds me so tight I might compress back into stardust.

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Ell Huang 🖤🤍💜 @nocturnalxlight.bsky.social · Sep 3

“I imagine sharing a bed, waking up feeling home in a partner’s arms as I turn to gaze on his face, slowly running my fingers through his morning hair.”

As an aroace who grew up resonating with David & Jonathan, I recognize also the wonderful love here, asexual homoromantic comfort in the same.

AZE @azejournal.bsky.social · Jun 6

"Just because I think romance is “sexy” doesn’t mean I want to have sex. Just because I’m aroused by emotional intimacy and physical affection doesn’t mean I’m trying to get at more."
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There’s something about David and Jonathan — AZE

But what if both perspectives meet somewhere in the middle? What if they weren’t straight, and what if they weren’t gay? What if they were homoromantic, even asexual?

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Ell Huang 🖤🤍💜 @nocturnalxlight.bsky.social · Sep 3

♠️♥️ aspec subs open! ♣️♦️

AZE @azejournal.bsky.social · Sep 2

submissions open:
azejournal.com/article/2025...

Submissions Open: Resilience Pt. 2 — AZE

Submit by November 15th, 2025.

AZE @azejournal.bsky.social · Sep 2

submissions open:
azejournal.com/article/2025...

Submissions Open: Resilience Pt. 2 — AZE

Submit by November 15th, 2025.

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Leth Wong @sowrotethegodless.bsky.social · Aug 28

It's live!!! I'm officially a published writer!! 🥳

Read my poem "frigid (bitch)" here, and check out all the other awesome pieces in this volume too!
azejournal.com/article/2025...

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Ell Huang 🖤🤍💜 @nocturnalxlight.bsky.social · Aug 28

“Most people move through the world assuming that eventually, they will merge their life, finances, and domestic labor with someone else’s […] Even the price of a hotel room makes more sense when you’re two.”

So, so much about this @azejournal.bsky.social article. 💯

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The Economy of Solitude: an Aroace in a World Made for Two — AZE

When people picture loneliness, they tend to imagine something dramatic (or cinematic): crying in the dark, empty rooms echoing with regret. But for me, loneliness is quieter than that. It’s logistica...

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AZE @azejournal.bsky.social · Aug 11

The next issue of AZE (Vol. 7, Issue 4) is out now! The issue features articles, poems, visual artworks, and a musical composition that explore the subject of Resilience. azejournal.com/article/2025...

Vol. 7, Issue 4: Resilience — AZE

Vol. 7, Issue 4 of AZE focuses on the theme of resilience.

AZE @azejournal.bsky.social · Aug 11

The next issue of AZE (Vol. 7, Issue 4) is out now! The issue features articles, poems, visual artworks, and a musical composition that explore the subject of Resilience. azejournal.com/article/2025...

Vol. 7, Issue 4: Resilience — AZE

Vol. 7, Issue 4 of AZE focuses on the theme of resilience.

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AZE @azejournal.bsky.social · May 10

AZE is accepting writing and artwork by asexual, aromantic, and agender authors exploring stories of resilience against oppression, silencing, discrimination, disbelief, and other social pressures. Deadline: July 15th, 2025
azejournal.com/article/2025...

Submissions Open: Resilience — AZE

Submit by July 15th, 2025.

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Chance Hess @thechancehess.bsky.social · Jun 29

God, this hit close to home. Beautifully written piece!

As someone who had a close friendship that may be was really a qpr, and lost it, I feel like this author understands the specific ache that comes with that and describes it beautifully.

AZE @azejournal.bsky.social · Jun 28

“Romance” doesn’t cross my mind; a “crush” is something intense and oppressive and apparently visually-motivated that I’ve never known and don’t care to know.
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Snapshots of aromantic childhood love — AZE

I am thirteen years old, confident in my close friendship of two years, and suddenly appreciating it in a new light. I bound around the downstairs circuit of my house, thinking, I love her! I love he...

AZE @azejournal.bsky.social · Jun 28

“Romance” doesn’t cross my mind; a “crush” is something intense and oppressive and apparently visually-motivated that I’ve never known and don’t care to know.
azejournal.com/article/2024...

Snapshots of aromantic childhood love — AZE

I am thirteen years old, confident in my close friendship of two years, and suddenly appreciating it in a new light. I bound around the downstairs circuit of my house, thinking, I love her! I love he...

AZE @azejournal.bsky.social · Jun 6

"Just because I think romance is “sexy” doesn’t mean I want to have sex. Just because I’m aroused by emotional intimacy and physical affection doesn’t mean I’m trying to get at more."
azejournal.com/article/2023...

There’s something about David and Jonathan — AZE

But what if both perspectives meet somewhere in the middle? What if they weren’t straight, and what if they weren’t gay? What if they were homoromantic, even asexual?

AZE @azejournal.bsky.social · Jun 3

AZE is trying to reach 100 Patrons by the end of June and is currently at 58! You can help support the publication of asexual, aromantic, and agender authors here: www.patreon.com/c/azejournal

Get more from AZE on Patreon

creating a journal for ace, aro, and agender writers and artists

www.patreon.com

Reposted by AZE

Ell Huang 🖤🤍💜 @nocturnalxlight.bsky.social · Jun 3

“Sweet Dreams Made of These -or- I Won’t Say I’m in Love Cuz It’s True” on @azejournal.bsky.social, a Black Mirror meets Enchanted dystopian dating show in which kidnapping is legalized if it’s true love and the girl can apparently always just opt out.

azejournal.com/article/2024...

Sweet Dreams Made of These (or: I Won’t Say I’m in Love Cuz It’s True) — AZE

When I was taken, it was supposed to be a compliment.

AZE @azejournal.bsky.social · Jun 2

"self-love is the most radical act of resistance in a society that is constantly trying to invalidate you."
azejournal.com/article/2020...

on feminism, asexuality, and resistance — AZE

Self-love entails acceptance and compassion towards yourself: you begin to acknowledge that your experiences are valid and important.

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Dr. Heather Hinam 🍁 🇨🇦 @secondnaturemb.bsky.social · Jun 1

Happy #Pride everyone. Nature is infinitely diverse.

A rainbow made up of different Manitoba wildflowers. The red on the left end is a three-flowered avens (lantern-shaped flowers), orange - wood lily, yellow - goldenrod, green - green bog orchid, blue - lungwort (little blue bells), purple - iris.

AZE @azejournal.bsky.social · Jun 1

If anyone has any information on what steps other authors who are caught up in this Unbound mess are doing, please feel free to leave a comment or reach out some other way.

AZE @azejournal.bsky.social · May 30

I don't really know what next steps I should take, but if you would like to help support my work with AZE, you can become a Patron here:
www.patreon.com/c/azejournal

Get more from AZE on Patreon

creating a journal for ace, aro, and agender writers and artists

www.patreon.com

AZE @azejournal.bsky.social · May 30

I am still very thankful for everyone out there who has supported the book, cited it in articles, and given it recognition. It has been so affirming to see how the book was received and even to know that it sold many copies, it is just a little frustrating to receive nothing for it financially.

AZE @azejournal.bsky.social · May 30

I also could use some of the compensation that I am owed right now in my current situation, so it is pretty disheartening to receive this news. I feel like I've been stuck in a back-and-forth, thinking that I might receive something eventually, just to have my hopes reversed.

AZE @azejournal.bsky.social · May 30

I don't really like talking about this stuff, but it is just frustrating given the time and energy I put into the book, and also the fact that there were so many people who helped crowdfund the book, just for this to be the outcome.

AZE @azejournal.bsky.social · May 30

Unfortunately, I also received this news yesterday about the book Ending the Pursuit: Asexuality, Aromanticism, and Agender Identity. Although I spent many years writing the book and it was released last year, I have still yet to receive anything for its sales.

Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · May 30

So there you have it. My ex-publishers who last year stopped paying me for the seven books I'd written for them, have today gone back on their promise that some of the money that they owe me and their other authors would come through. I should have guessed.. www.thebookseller.com/news/unbound...

Unbound authors will not receive unpaid royalty payments until new publisher Boundless 'is cash stable'

As founder John Mitchinson leaves, Unbound authors learn they will not receive historic royalty payments for sales of their books unless Boundless "survives and thrives".

www.thebookseller.com

AZE @azejournal.bsky.social · May 30

azejournal.com/article/2025...

AZE is Raising Support to Continue Publication — AZE

To AZE’s readers, supporters, and friends, I created AZE journal in 2016 under the name The Asexual originally with the goal of creating a platform for asexual people to publish their thoughts an...

AZE @azejournal.bsky.social · May 29

"People are expected to push other connections more to the wayside in favor of one special person, stopping intimacy from developing among all types of connections like it could."
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Intim-ace-y — AZE

Without boundaries, without expectations, without conformity. 

AZE @azejournal.bsky.social · May 27

"...catching the void space where we exist challenging the structure of romantic love and sexuality

This world tells you to love

But you don’t have to

You are radical"
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An asexual manifesto — AZE

Poetry by Terlona Knife.