Giving unparalleled insight into asexuality and asexual relationships, How To Be Ace shows the importance of learning to be happy and proud of who you are. Combine Editions Rebecca Burgess’s books Average rating: 4. Their comics have been featured in The Guardian, and they love telling stories. In this brave, hilarious and empowering graphic memoir, we follow Rebecca as they navigate a culture obsessed with sex - from being bullied at school and trying to fit in with friends, to forcing themselves into relationships and experiencing anxiety and OCD - before coming to understand and embrace their asexual identity. Rebecca Burgess is a full-time autistic illustrator who identifies as asexual. Growing up, Rebecca assumes sex is just a scary new thing they will 'grow into' as they get older, but when they leave school, start working and do grow up, they start to wonder why they don't want to have sex with other people. Me though? I was only interested in comics.' 'When I was in school, everyone got to a certain age where they became interested in talking about only one thing: boys, girls and sex. B.C.GREAT GRAPHIC NOVELS FOR TEENS - YOUNG ADULT LIBRARY SERVICES ASSOCIATION (YALSA) 2022 Brave, witty and empowering, this graphic memoir follows Rebecca as they navigates their asexual identity and mental health in a world obsessed with sex. Their comics have featured in The Guardian, and. Plus, a very long list of upcoming November book releases you will definitely want to check out! Hope you enjoy- How to Be Ace Author Biography: Rebecca Burgess is a full-time autistic illustrator who identifies as asexual.

There is so little asexual representation that it was years before I knew it existed, let alone accept that this is something I identify as. This edition’s Bookish Brain features mini book reviews of Princess Princess Ever After by Kay O’Neill, Burning Girls and Other Stories by Veronica Schanoes, The Times I Knew I Was Gay by Eleanor Crewes, The Heartbeat of Trees by Peter Wohlleben, How to be Ace by Rebecca Burgess, and Everything is Beautiful and I’m Not Afraid by Yao Xiao. How to Be Ace is an adorably illustrated memoir in which the author looks back on her life and the events that shaped her knowing now that she is asexual and obsessive-compulsive. : How to Be Ace: A Memoir of Growing Up Asexual (9781787752153) by Burgess, Rebecca and a great selection of similar New, Used and Collectible. Moreover, I proposed to Bryant at the beginning of this week, and he said yes! We have been together nearly five years and I am so excited he is my fiancé now–cheers to a long and glorious engagement! As the semester has proceeded, most of my attention has been on school work, though I have carved out more and more time to read because this time of year compels me to cozy up with a book. Greetings! October has been a month of abundant beauty and life, despite the dying nature of our region’s foliage. Rebecca Burgess does a great job of informing and educating without preaching or casting hatred on ignorance.

How to Be Ace by Rebecca Burgess