#literally think about label makers. you're not printing out a cute little thing that says 'yarn' to put on your drawer | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

knifearo · 4 months

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daily gentle reminder that the words we use to describe ourselves are labels. they're not immutable states of being, they're not all-encompassing, they're not permanent, they're not universal; labels are just words that we use to indicate something about our experience that we find important enough to communicate to others. if your experience with attraction is significantly different enough from a typical allo experience then aspec labels are there for you to use as long as you want them; and conversely, what aspec labels communicate is just that someone's experience is aligned enough with what we describe as aromanticism/asexuality to warrant telling people about it. you never need a label, you never need to keep a label, you never need to justify a label, and you never need to use a label for anything besides what you want it for. it's not a contract. it's an adjective that you can choose to use or not to use. all it needs to do is be useful for you. 💚🖤

#literally think about label makers. you're not printing out a cute little thing that says 'yarn' to put on your drawer #because that drawer is like. the universe's one true place to store yarn.#nah. that drawer just has yarn in it rn. and it's useful to you/maybe to other people to know that there's yarn in there.#might be something else later. might be more than yarn later. but like. that's not what the label is about. it's just communicating smth.#saw a post once that made a point about labels being like little signposts that you put out and! yeah!#labels are like pride flags or pronoun pins or fuckin. bumper stickers. they're just a way of saying something about yourself.#and you can use them however the fuck you want frankly #talking #aromantic #aromanticism #arospec #aroace #aro positivity #aspec #asexual #ace positivity #asexuality #ace spectrum

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