A review by spacerkip
Hopeless Aromantic: An Affirmative Guide to Aromanticism by Samantha Rendle

fast-paced

2.0

For a non-fiction book, seeing wikipedia cited as a source once is suspect. Seeing wikipedia articles in the majority of the footnotes is infuriating. Add to that the pushy rhetoric about how it's your MORAL DUTY to come out to people as a way of being "representation" for the masses...no thank you, I will pass. I am not representation. I am a person. I did not chose to be aromantic, therefore I have an obligation to no one. Coming out is a privilege in the best of cases, a danger in the worst, but most of the time? It's just a hassle. It's great to see people who are out and proud, but the onus of aro acceptance is not on me to explain the split-attraction model to everyone I meet.

Giving an extra star for the mini essays on aro experiences from other authors.