Today’s post is a little different from the others, in that I am reposting something I wrote for the Patreon tied to reclaiming tropes.

It is framed as talking about aromanticism, since the Spinster is a Baker Thief character, a novel with an aro lead, but this old crone stereotype is very much an ace thing too, and Denise Jalbert is both aro and ace.

So, on with the post!

Spinsters are older ladies (although depending on historical context, “older” can be quite young still) who have gone u...