U of T Mississauga’s Jenna McKellips, left, and Liza Blake, right, co-created the Asexuality and Aromanticism Bibliography, which currently contains more than 500 references (photos supplied)
U of T Mississauga's Jenna McKellips, left, and Liza Blake, right, co-created the Asexuality and Aromanticism Bibliography, which currently contains more than 500 references (photos supplied) - It is now easier for researchers to study asexuality and aromanticism thanks to a new resource created by two University of Toronto English scholars. Liza Blake, an associate professor of medieval and Renaissance literature at University of Toronto Mississauga, and Jenna McKellips , a graduate student in English language and literature, have co-created the Asexuality and Aromanticism Bibliography. The bibliography is unique in that it combines references to literature on asexuality, which is defined as having little to no sexual attraction to others, with those on aromanticism, which is defined as not being romantically attracted to others. While other collections of citations and references on these orientations exist, Blake and McKellips say much writing in this area is scattered across the web, which can make research difficult. "One of the best ways we thought to advance this field of study was to let people save themselves that extra step and just dive right in and find the relevant writing for them," says Blake, who has taught classes on early modern asexualities and is co-editing a scholarly collection on this topic. The project arose through the two scholars' research process while the bibliography was launched last September. "A lot of the work academic work on aromanticism is kind of buried within asexuality resources.
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