I’m Not Pretending Anymore: An Expression of Ace Joy

A purple background with a wheat field and a pink sunset. In the center is a black rectangle, slightly transparent. There is white text over it which reads: I’m Not Pretending Anymore: An Expression of Ace Joy, by Elle Rose.

When I was younger, I felt like everyone was going to some sort of party I wasn’t invited to when it came to sexual attraction. Everyone around me going through puberty suddenly seemed to know all these things about their bodies and about how bodies worked, and I was sitting in class trying my best to pretend like I had a clue what was going on. It was like everyone got this invitation to start…