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heartless-aro · 4 hours
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the best thing about being aromantic is everything about being aromantic.
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heartless-aro · 8 days
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heartless-aro · 8 days
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ppl in fandoms do not demonize arospec ppl challenge!! (impossible)
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heartless-aro · 19 days
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heartless-aro · 26 days
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OK, so a while back I found out that some of the sex ed videos for people with I/DD were age restricted by youtube. This was frustrating because the whole purpose of the series was to overcome the ways society desexualizes and thus endangers intellectual and developmentally disabled people by denying them access to this kind of info. But! one of the ways carers do this is through parental controls! So the people the people who need this most still can't get to it.
So I'm going to test a workaround.
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heartless-aro · 27 days
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I WILL NEVER SHUT UP ABOUT THIS
NASA SUPPORTS THE AROS 😭😭😭😭😭
THERE IS NO GREATER ARO WIN FOR THIS ARO ACE PHYSICIST
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heartless-aro · 1 month
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it sucks that aromanticism is still so invisible to the larger population because learning about the aromantic spectrum could benefit so many people!! like whenever i watch reality tv shows about love or dating, i’m struck by the number of people who feel guilty or like something’s broken inside them because they tend to fall out of love once they get into a relationship or form an emotional bond with someone, and like!! that’s not a moral failing or a sign that something’s wrong with you!! it’s just the way attraction works for some people. there are folks who feel like they’re selfish because they’re never as in love with their partners as their partners are with them, and i just wanna hug them and tell them it’s okay.
during the aro “discourse” one of the most common arguments i saw was about “fuck boys” calling themselves aro to “sneak” their way into the queer community, but i feel like you can only come to that conclusion if you don’t see men as real people, because watching men struggle with the feeling that they aren’t enough because of their lack of romantic attraction?? it sucks. especially when everyone’s constantly telling them it means they’re irredeemable, toxic misogynists for something they can’t control. it makes me so upset because like, if someone’s been hurt by “fuck boys” then they should be in favor of opening these kinds of conversations!! because we’re never going to arrive at a place where people can be upfront about their intentions if we don’t have the vocabulary to talk about our unique experiences with attraction
i just feel like the aromantic community has so much to offer, and i wish i had found it sooner because i spent so much time thinking there was something wrong with me before discovering it. seeing how many other people could benefit from learning about the aro spectrum (even if the identities themselves aren’t for them) makes me wanna broadcast the complexities of attraction from the rooftops of the world
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heartless-aro · 1 month
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I feel like a lotta people don’t understand this but <2 is NOT just a “platonic heart.” It’s used by the aspec (mostly aro) community to signify a love that differs and is divergent from the norm and what is typically seen as “love.” It is also used by loveless aros to signify their lack of feeling love, but presence of another emotion like compassion or appreciation.
Please don’t simplify it down to being a “platonic heart.” It’s so much more than that.
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heartless-aro · 2 months
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Camp Daze: A Hopeful Apocalypse Story on Kickstarter Now! (And it's SHINY.)
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Blurb: With summer winding down, the counselors at Camp Aspen Heart are counting the days until they go home to their own beds after weeks of songs and campouts and budding friendships. But a missing food delivery after the start of one of the last sessions sets off alarms in the isolated camp. With no easy way to contact the outside world Conifer, a survivalist who grew up going to the camp every summer before becoming a counselor herself, heads out to try and find out what is going on, only to be confronted with the unthinkable: a nuclear war has started, and they’ve been forgotten. Conifer was raised to survive the end of the world. Any end of the world. Except this one, alone in the woods with over 150 kids to save and only a handful of other young counselors to help her.
The project is already funded, so you're guaranteed to get the book if you pledge! And if you do pledge, you can help unlock even more awesome goodies. So far, we've unlocked the shiny foiled version of the book, and printed edges! Next up is illustrated endpapers, and after that, lots more fun things that will be revealed soon!
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Look at that lovely shine under the dust jacket. Just gorgeous. A book that's just as fun to look at as it is to read. And, it's cat approved!
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Look at that fuzzy face. That fuzzy face knows a good book when she sees it. She would never lead you wrong.
Learn more on the Kickstarter page!
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heartless-aro · 2 months
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love the concept of <2 as an aromantic symbol/emoticon because not only is it a spin on the <3 heart (typically romantic) symbol, but it literally is written "less than 2" and idk as a non-partnering aroace that just speaks to me
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heartless-aro · 2 months
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Hi! Do you have any posts about asexuality and or aromanticism and queerplatonic relationships?
Thanks for running this blog!
Yes! We love asexual, and aromantic history here!
Early Asexual Feminists: The Asexual History of Social Purity Activists and Spinsters
Catherine Bernard: A question in studying asexual history
Redefining the Dandy: The Asexual Man of Fashion
Florence Nightingale
Zinaida Gippius
Charlotte Payne-Townshend
Langston Hughes
The Golden Orchid Society
Kristina King of Sweden
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heartless-aro · 2 months
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Someone: “You don’t wanna be a spinster, do you?”
Me: 🕷️🕸️🕷️🕸️🕷️🕸️
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heartless-aro · 3 months
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“i support aros!!” you can’t even handle alloromantic people saying they’re happy single
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heartless-aro · 3 months
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patient: doctor there’s a sinking feeling in my chest doctor: flesh eating worms patient: it’s like a constant longing… doctor: flesh eating worms
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heartless-aro · 3 months
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ACES!!! Look at this Scientific American article!!! It makes me genuinely so happy to read. We’re making it!!!!
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/asexuality-is-finally-breaking-free-from-medical-stigma/
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heartless-aro · 3 months
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it’s very heartwarming to me that nowadays, when someone starts talking shit about aros, our tag starts trending on account of all of us telling the arophobes to fuck off
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heartless-aro · 3 months
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being aromantic fucking rules, I love it
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