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A bachelor’s taste for freedom: an aromantic appreciation of 007
Bond isn’t the marrying kind, but is his devotion to the mission the only reason for his lack of long-term attachment? In her latest warm and witty piece, Fenna Geelhoed (our agent in Amsterdam) relates how Bond’s disinterest in romance helped her be okay with not feeling ‘normal’.
‘What DO you do?’ Asexual coding in the James Bond universe
“It might sound strange for an asexual person to be a Bond fan, given that sexual attraction is such a big part of the character’s world…” Fenna Geelhoed sets asexual representation in her sights and targets the best and worst examples from the Bond series.
‘James Bond is what every man would like to be and what every woman would like between her sheets’. Over six decades, this assertion has become received wisdom. But it turns out we’ve been lied to the whole time…