ACE Post-Sexuality

“ We’re all stars, and we deserve to twinkle. ” —Marilyn Monroe.   Does the ACE community have representation in cinema and television series?     This is not a new question; but it is certainly a recurring one. It is not unusual to find conversations on this topic in forums such as AVEN or on social media. The interest of any person or collective in having representation in the audiovisual medium is evident and natural. All of us, in one way or another, encounter this question at some point in our lives or during our process of self-recognition as ACE individuals. My case was no different.   On one occasion, I was browsing posts in an asexual Facebook group. By chance, I came across a post by someone who had asked this very question. They commented that, apart from Sherlock Holmes —a recurring figure within the community— and a few others, they had not found many fictional characters —clearly or hypothetically— who were asexual. That question resonated in my mind fo...

«Todos somos estrellas, y merecemos brillar..» — Marilyn Monroe. ¿El colectivo ACE tiene representación en el mundo cinematográfico y de las series?   Esta no es una pregunta nueva; pero sí, ciertamente, recurrente. No es raro encontrar conversaciones sobre este tema en foros como AVEN o en redes sociales. El interés de cualquier persona o colectivo de tener representación en el medio audiovisual es evidente y natural. Todos, de un modo u otro, nos topamos con esta pregunta en algún momento de nuestras vidas o durante nuestro proceso de reconocimiento como personas ACE. Mi caso no fue diferente.   En cierta ocasión, me encontraba ojeando las entradas en un grupo de asexuales de Facebook. Casualmente, descubrí una publicación de una persona que había formulado esta pregunta. Comentaba que, aparte de Sherlock Holmes —personaje recurrente en la comunidad— y algunos más, no había encontrado muchos personajes de ficción —clara o hipotéticamente— asexuales. Su pregunta resonó en mi ...

The Transcendence of Eros in the Post-Organic Era Post-sexuality is emerging as a new paradigm of desire in contemporary culture. It does not entail the absence of Eros nor the denial of the body, but rather its radical reconfiguration: an experience in which intimacy, connection, and interdependence shift beyond sex as the central mediator. This article proposes an interdisciplinary reading, articulating phenomena from pop culture, ACE identities, spiritual practices, and kink/BDSM rituals, culminating in a theoretical framework that situates post-sexuality as a living, ethical, and aesthetically relevant phenomenon in the post-organic era. Download Article 1.     Introduction    In the  Ghost in the Shell  saga—across its films as well as series such as  ARISE  and  Stand Alone Complex —one of the most provocative questions of the post-human era emerges: what happens to desire when the body ceases to be biological? Through its characte...