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Some pride creatures I will turn into stickers! I wanna make a couple more then do a kickstarter for em.

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Aroace

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guacamole is aroallo culture

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interested in sex the same way you can be a sports fan without ever playing a single sport

*reading absolute filth and humming thoughtfully* fascinating.

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How To Get Active And Get Organized!

Five tips for forming an affinity group

Crimethinc: How To Start An Affinity Group

Sprout Distro: How To Start An Affinity Group

Rebel Steps: Community support and mutual aid

Want to start a tenants’ association? Here’s what you need to know first (WaPo)

How to organize a tenants’ union (TenantNet)

Form a tenants’ association (HomeLine)

Food Not Bombs handbook

Food Not Bombs materials and books

Principles of harm reduction

What is harm reduction?  (Harm Reduction International)

Getting started in union organizing

Is it time to start a union at your workplace?  (spoiler alert the answer is yes)

Building working-class defense organizations: An interview with the Twin Cities GDC (It’s Going Down)

Practical organizing for antifa and beyond

https://www.iww.org/content/join-one-big-union

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Murder bb

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I feel like I am constantly watching a back and forth in ace/aro positivity between saying it's ok to be ace/aro and still be interested in sex/romance and saying it's ok if you don't.

it's OK to be asexual/aromantic and do whatever you want. the core idea of queer ideology is that the people who are claiming these identities are doing so for community and solace, not for harsh delineation and definition.

so yeah...

if you are asexual, you are valid and awesome and I am proud to share an identity with you, no matter your thoughts on kink, sexual content, or even sexual relationships.

and if you are aromantic, you are valid and awesome and i am proud to share an identity with you, no matter your thoughts on romance, or relationships.

for me, despite any leanings I have, I want to push the idea that is farthest from the people who are not asexual or aromantic. I want to establish that not being interested in sex is ok, and can even be wonderful, and that being uninterested in romance is ok, and is great in its own way.

when I see positivity for being aro/ace and still being ok with those things, I totally understand the desire to make that clear, that that is true, and that feeling anywhichway doesn't counteract your identity. But by the same token it's not helping to establish the main arguing point; wanting to live a life differently then from what societal expectations are, vis a vis sex and romance, is both a thing that exists and is a thing just as valuable as wanting those things.

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Did I unexpectedly tear up when reading this? Yes, yes I did.

From Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

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Why so many great songs are about romance? Nothing against romance but there are many other fantastic things to write about and put a good melody with.

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I’m aroace I don’t got any nudes on my phone but I do have over 100 raccoon photos (mainly memes) saved to my phone

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Things friends can't do according to allos!

(these are all things I have been told with 100% sincerity, and not stuff that I myself believe.)

Give each other meaningful gifts

Pay attention to the others likes and dislikes

Look at one another in a 'certain way' (???)

Match clothes or accessories

Hold hands for 'too long' (???)

Hug for 'too long' or hug 'too close' (???)

Cuddle because it's 'too intimate'

Not want to pull away during a hug or holding hands

Lean onto the other emotionally and physically

Smile in one another's presence

Laugh at each others jokes

Give genuine advice

Text each other 'good morning' 'good evening' 'good night' 'happy birthday' 'happy new years' 'merry Christmas' etc, etc

Ask how the others doing

I'll add more once I think of things I've forgotten

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People treat characters being AroAce like they're being forced to eat vegetables despite the fact that a character being aspec instantly makes them 300% more cool and interesting.

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Sometimes, being aro can be lonely, but not in the way you'd expect. If you dont have a crush or you dont like someone or you dont think someone is hot, in most peoples eyes, you are boring. You are boring and no longer worth being around. You are uncomfortable with romance around you, now you are a prude who cant 'get bitches'. You will just be forgotten for not wanting love and it sucks.

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i hope you don't mind me going off on the pronunciation of the word "aromatic"

because to me it makes no sense to just change the pronunciation of the base word for no reason. like why does ‘aroma’ [uh-row-muh] goes to ‘aroma’ [a-row-ma]??

and so that's why i'm going to continue to pronounce it as it should, aromatic [uh-row-muh-tic]

(also i am confident i would've hated the word if i wasn't Aromantic, but it's definitely amplified my hate)

This is the real aro discourse

-Mod Ama

#asks #mod ama #aromantic #aro jokes

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"there's no platonic explanation for this", but this time there's not a romantic one either, or a sexual one, or even an alterous one, you know what? not all things need an explanation, sometimes people just feel

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Actually one last thing before I go to bed so I can deal with the consequences of my actions later but

My biggest issue with the queer community is they need to learn how to take a win.

You heard me.

It’s like no one can celebrate anything anymore. One of us gains a few more rights in a country and others will say “it’s not enough”

We know it’s not. But let us breath for a moment. Let us cheer for a moment. Let us celebrate without guilt tripping people.

I can never see a post about “XYZ happened and it’s good!!” Without at least one fucking person being like “yeah well XYZ is happening and it’s negative.”

Be fucking happy

Take a fucking win

Even if it’s a small one

And use those as fuel for the next step