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aroacearchangel · 7 months
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hey who wants to hold hands and play with my hair and be so gentle with me i might shatter into a million pieces
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theplasticdusk · 1 year
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Have a very asexual 2023! 🐸
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i’m tired of “that’s not how friends act” “friends don’t do that” etc.
platonic relationships don’t need to stay within the confines of “normal” friendship !!
friends can cuddle. friends can kiss each other’s hands. friends are allowed to blush at something the other said. friends can act however they want to.
friendship is not inherently “less than” romance or anything else.
(brought to you by an angry aroace)
edit: since this is getting popular, i think i should mention that this post is not saying “there are no boundaries, do whatever you want,”
it’s saying “there are no limits to what a friendship can be, and the individuals in the friendship should define the boundaries of their friendship together, instead of others trying to define it for them.”
(i hope that makes sense)
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make-space-for-as · 9 months
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My First Experience with Major Aphobia
I've lived a pretty happy aroace life. With an exception or two, nearly everyone I've come out to has been kind and curious. I knew aphobia was a thing, of course, but I didn't know it personally.
Until two weeks ago.
I'm a fantasy author with two published books featuring aromantic and asexual teenage protagonists. I am so proud of my babies. They are everything my little aroace heart needed as a teenager.
I have an amazing publisher who is supportive of my characters' orientations. But we had an opportunity to team up with another publisher to create curriculum courses based on my first book, Legend of the Storm Sneezer, for schools. Everything was going swimmingly until I made a Pride post where I mentioned, as I had countless times before, that my main characters are aroace.
And this publisher dropped me like a hot potato.
I received an email terminating our contract. Their reason? Because my characters are aromantic and asexual. It was like a slap to the face. I couldn't believe it. I was heartbroken and angry and hurt. And it didn't end there. The publisher went on to make videos and interviews with conservative social media influencers to make fun of my queer identity and style, and even partook in a smear campaign where they stole my pictures and intellectual property and slandered me thoroughly in an article. It's honestly the worst thing that's happened to me in my career.
But guys, the backlash. The outpour of support for aroace folks. The people who took up arms and fought against aphobia, supporting me, my books, and our community's identities. It was so beautiful my group of aroace writer friends called it "Chickengate" -- the day we stood up to aphobia (the publisher's name has to do with chickens, FYI).
It was a hard blow, but I've come through this so much stronger. My community is stronger. My identity is stronger. My faith is stronger. So, when you face aphobia, remember Chickengate and be strong!
Also, if you want to REALLY stick it to the aphobes, you can check out my fantasy series The Stormwatch Diaries for SO MUCH aromantic and asexual rep. It's perfect for fans of Doctor Who and The Owl House.
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degengxrl · 2 months
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khaarl-i · 11 months
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What I mean when I say I like a character as an aroace person
They look pretty
I want to analyze their brain
They look like they would give good hugs
I wanna carry them around in a bag like one of those little dogs
They make certain traumatized part of me feel safe
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phasmopunk · 5 months
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new essay just dropped !!
hear me out, girls, gays & a-specs! it's my first published essay - about the aroace experience, fanfiction and osemanverse :) hope you like it!
i just forgot to put my refs... forgive me <3 i'm an amateur still
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aroace-cat-lady · 1 year
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I have like a hundred problems and more aspec rep would solve at least 95 of them
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ace-culture-is · 7 months
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Aspec culture is begging your brain to stop trying to sabotage yourself by thinking that any kind of attraction you may feel is actually sexual attraction and you feel like you've been lying to yourself the entire time (otherthinking is fun (no it's not))
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HI FOLKS I THOUGHT ID SHARE THIS ASPEC EVENT (for aces, aros, and otherwise aspec individuals - including questioning folks) ON TUMBLR!!
FEEL FREE TO REBLOG OR SHARE CAUSE THE MORE THE MERRIER!!
IVE INCLUDED THE LINK TO SUBMIT YOUR ENTRY BELOW!!
MY ASKS ARE OPEN IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, OR YOU CAN ASK OVER ON THE INSTA MENTIONED IN THE SLIDES: @/i.put.the.ace.in.disgrace
THIS IS THE THIRD YEAR IVE DONE THIS AND I HOPE YALL ENJOY!!
- æsc ♠️⚔️
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acore-ballt · 11 months
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Current Aspec Acore pile!
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These are all the ones so far. Not everything has been posted yet, as there's still more in the queue.
If you have a flag/identity you want in the pile, send an ask with a link to it and I'll get to it when I can! Note that we do not do genders here. Only orientations.
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aroacearchangel · 9 months
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has anyone else ever felt… betrayed? when someone you thought was safe and platonic admits that they are attracted to you in a way that’s nonplatonic?
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theplasticdusk · 1 year
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Merry christmas to the whole asexual community. Hope Santa brought y’all tiny frogs, garlic bread and a purple dragon.
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sharpilu · 1 year
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shoutout to aromantics who are super emotional
shoutout to aromantics who flat out aren't stoic and emotionally distant
shoutout to aromantics who still crave people and platonic connection
shoutout to aromantics who still crave people and romantic connection
shoutout to aromantics who fuck
shoutout to aromantics who are hypersensitive to others emotions
shoutout to aromantics who this list doesn't apply to
media representations of aromanticism is fucked. you are valid no matter what
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shiutsu · 14 days
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I an idea from some of the reblogs from my previous aplatonic dedicated post.
Like as I mentioned several times on this blog, alloplatonics obsess over friendships & think everyone has the same experience.
Like as if everyone had a specific friend they just like the most out of the other friends & who would pick them over anyone else.
Like man idk where you got that,but I recommend you to open your eyes or stopped smoking something since this is the most delusional shit I've seen.
Not everyone is the fucking same!! Like if you spread nonsense how every single person is different but think that everyone acts the same or has the same opinions as you, then you're pretty hypocritical.
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aspec-culture · 3 months
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Aspec culture is being told, being aroace is the same thing as being mentally ill, unironically.
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