I have a degree in gender and sexuality studies and I'm also on the ace spectrum. And yet this book exposed me to concepts and perspectives I've never encountered anywhere else. I had never heard the term "compulsory sexuality" or engaged with such robust writing about asexuality. Sherronda J. Brown's work is truly groundbreaking. 

This book was intellectually engaging and challenging. It made me reexamine a lot of things and validated the complicated thoughts and feelings I've always had around sex. It was affirming and healing to read about asexuality from a person who is ace themselves and who can so skillfully and lovingly argue their theories and perspectives.