#aro activism

[arowitharrows]

I don't want a romantic partner I want friends who will go dumpster diving with me, I want neighbors who will knock on my door and ask for butter because they forgot to buy some and it's sunday. I want book shelves in public spaces, food banks and shared tool sheds and community gardens. I want to trade home grown tomatoes for a couple of eggs with my neighbor and I want to bring food over to my friends house when I've cooked too much. I want bicycle only streets and I want people to go on spontaneous walks with. I want people to ask me for help when they need it and I want to be able to ask for help in return. I want community as a safety net. I want people to stop focusing on the vague concept of the one, who will Cure All Isolation and Loneliness. I want every single person to be able to find support and comfort around them, regardless of their relationship status.

#so so tired of the narrative that ONE person is waiting for you to cure your loneliness I don't want that #mai rambles #community #aromantic #anti capitalism aro activism #aroace #solarpunk

[rocksanddeadflowers]

character: *shows the slightest disgust/disinterest in romantic or sexual anything*

me, grabbing them and shaking them violently around, chanting: ASPEC ASPEC ASPEC!!!!!!!!

#gotta project somewhere when representation is so minimal ya feel? #reblog with your fav aspec headcanons mine rn is jotaro and so so so many tma characters #pls I'm not actively in jojo but i just remembered the way jotaro acted #he's so aroace coded??? pls tell me I'm making sense??? #ace #aspec #aro #aspec community #asexuality #aromanitc

[scarlct-vvitch]

srry romantics you dont get a poll option this time but i will try to keep the tags updated :)

#aromantic #polls #aroace #i am now summoning the aros #aroace powers activate #reblog to spread the word! #thank

[lovelessrage]

Pro-kink advocacy goes hand in hand with aspec advocacy and if you don't understand this you need to start.

#note: yes this includes advocacy for the sex repulsed and averse! the point is that both communities are villified for living outside norms #both communities are actively hated for not conforming to what society deems the natural way of things #the freedom to be proudly kinky comes with the freedom to proudly not participate #it's about a collective shared goal for relationship freedom and personal choice #if you're pro aspec but anti kink you're not getting it. same if you're pro kink but anti aspec. #we have so much in common. i've never felt more accepted than when i've been around kink positive people #we're valuable allies for each other #we're all freaks to normative society. linking up pulls all of us forward #aromantic #asexual #aplatonic #atertiary #aro #ace #apl #arospec #acespec #aplspec #aspec #scowl corner #you don't have to live the lifestyle of someone else to want to see each other succeed.

[sokkabackbender2021]

honestly i think it’s so gross how many adults i have seen on this app upset that heartstopper is a show rather mild in its sexual content. it’s a show that’s target audience is young queer people….about young queer people……played by young queer people. the show is not “anti-sex” at all, if you actually watched the show charlie and nick discuss that they WANT to do more, that they want to “go further” some day. charlie has a boat load of trauma (including trauma about having his physical boundaries ignored) however and nick is still processing his sexuality, so why are you pushing for them to be intimate?? i’ve known people who have dated for years and didn’t actually have sex until they were adults and mature enough to do so.

viewing this show as a adult woman i find it honestly disturbing that there is this fixation on the necessity of sexual content including children. because that is who these characters are. children.

the show does not bash sex (uhh the teachers very clearly banged??), it merely advises against forcing yourself to be sexual before you are ready. the queer community has always been demonized as a “hypersexual” group of people, but that is merely a label forced upon us. heartstopper is the one of the only queer pieces of media that defies this expectation, and tells queer kids everywhere that it’s ok to take your time, and that sex is not the end all be all.

#no that does not mean sex is dirty or gross #it’s just not everything in life #or in a relationship #i think it’s a relief to finally see that represented #heartstopper #nick nelson #charlie spring #nick and charlie #i’m so sorry to any aro/ace people who have seen this content on this platform :( #i know it’s very invalidating to see this kind of hate against the show #asexual #queer #TW: discussions of sex/sexual activity

[angleofmusings]

“i’ll punch any terf who comes after transfems in the face!!1!1!” “i’d defend transfems with my life!!” “terfs are not welcome here!!!” okay but are you a meaningful accomplice or just an agitator. are you engaging in activism with the intent to help transfems or are you engaging in activism with the intent to hurt terfs. you HAVE to remember humanity. remember that showing kindness to transfems is more important than punching terfs. and yes if a terf shows up make yourself very clear that they’re not welcome. but absent any immediate threats, prioritize aid and support. if you have the funds, donate to transfems who need funding for housing, food, medical care. if you don’t, reblog mutual aid posts or share them into places where people have the ability to donate. find local nonprofits and donate your time volunteering. put up posters around your area. create a safer space with your efforts, not a more hostile space. help transfems live.

#op is trans but not transfem. this call is coming from inside the house. #transmisogyny #trans solidarity #accomplices not allies #transmasc #trans activism #yes it’s aro week rn but this is timely and relevant. and there’s not so many aro posts to rb that this actually has to take away from that. #but even if there were. even if it did. i would still post this. because it’s important.

[peevesiehasasideblog]

Aromantics on 5th June:

#aro visibility day #aromantic visibility day #aromantic #aro memes #aromantic memes #aro positivity #shitpost #meme #peevesie speaks #i've barely been active and this blog runs almost entirely on queue BUT I HAD TO POST SOMETHING TODAY #happy first ever visibility day besties #aspec

[aromantic-diaries]

I am a pretty boring person but one fascinating thing about me is that I never really thought of myself as the rebellious type but my existence contradicts the conventional rules of what a human being is expected to be which means that rather than rejecting the norm I was rejected by the norm itself

#personal ramblings #for the record i never actively tried to set myself apart from the majority in any way #i'm an outlier because of the way people perceive me. which is something to think about #this post is mainly about being aro but can also be applied to my relationship with gender #my not-like-other-girls phase wasn't a rejection of girlhood but rather an observation that my experience was unconventional

[francarieq]

happy valintinz my lovez!! hope u all enjoyed ur valentines whether with someone or not ⭐︎ !!

#okay all that aside where my aro + aces at?!?!1!! shout out to u guyz!! #here’s some doodlez of shrig i’ve done in the past few months!! #i probably won’t be that active as much since school and such!! gotta get studious this quarter!! #dearest mootz; keep a look out for any giftz in your inboxes ( reminder set i might squeeze in some time!! ) #dhmis #dhmis fanart #dhmis teachers #dhmis shrignold #shrignold #lamp dhmis #valentines day #ILY ALL BUH BYE!!! #!dewdl dumpz

[gobstoppr]

hey guys am i allowed to say on main that i dont like metadad . am i gonna get beaten up for saying this.

guys i think we all took the term found family too literally and now everythings flattened into a boring nuclear family. guys can we stop. hello . is anybody there

#text #it was kinda charming at first but it feels like everytime i try to look at the mk tag its always the same shit . guys. guys. #we can do so much more w/ their dynamics than just dad and son ugh its so . ughhh. #every since i realized i was like . really really aroace. ive started to grow a bit of a distaste for shipping culture #this is relavant i swear. iwanna talk about metadede #like ok in fandoms right. theres often #the enforcement of specific roles onto characters for a simplified understanding of them for memes and drawing ideas #we want gay rep but we dont quite have it canonically so we make our queer headcanons seem more legit #by giving a char a same sex partner. ok easy we did it. gay people are real now #and we get awesome art and its wonderful bc people are wonderful #but its like . the relationships themselves feel flat a lot of the times. #metadede never seems to be about dedede. its about mk having a boyfriend. bc we need him to date someone. #and im not like . mad at anyone about this. i participated in it back in the day. but like. #ok so. gay hcs are the most popular in most fandom things bc its easy; hot; and sweet #but things like aro or ace hcs? its just. they. how can you depict that in a single framed drawing of a char?so theres none at all. #its not even that i actively hc chars aroace its jsut this is my world view; how i default to reading chars #maybe this rant in the tags is unrelated after all. #but idk. ive got lots of thoughts about things. #anyways as ceo of meta knigth im right about everything #i can talk more about metadad stuff specifically if people want

[boxdstars]

i am sorry queer HL fans if you feel alienated in your personal life and then have to come online to see it all over again, i sincerely wish HP fans in general could just be normal with the notion of our existence

#boxd chitchat #feeling emotional today just thinking about it #str8 ‘people’ stop fetishizing mlm relationships while ignoring wlw ones and aro and ace folks challenge IMPOSSIBLE #yall will reblog smut art of sebinis and act like you’re the paradigm of inclusivity while actively ignoring queer people’s work #the discrepancy’s of note ratios from queer to het presenting posts is obvious enough

[aroacettorney]

ok fine, i also read aup for this too, ig.

#academy's undercover professor #academy's undercover professor spoilers #aro ludgercasey propaganda #selmore's undercover husband #im actively replacing aup ending with the last two panels in my head

[fma03envy]

I feel like (in my Jabberwock Ryoko AU ig) it would be so funny if Ryoko and Hajime weren't even really friends and were more like acquaintances before finding out about their backstories, including All The Insane Junkozuru Shit™. Imagine realizing that your alternate/non memory wiped self was obsessed with someone who to you is genuinely just some guy

^ my vision

#This could NOT actually happen in said AU bc Hajime wld already have a vested interest in befriending Ryoko there. But its funny to imagine. #Adrien says stuff #my doodles #Jabberwock Ryoko AU #Danganronpa #ryoko otonashi #hajime hinata #junko enoshima #izuru kamukura #junkozuru #<- love how I adore this ship but from half the things I post on the topic you'd think I hated it #Tbf I'm very aro so this is kinda just how shipping works with me #(sidenote ik that neither mastermind would even have the emotional intelligence to actively think this stuff. I'm editorializing a lil bit) #danganronpa spoilers

[scarlct-vvitch]

*im using "dating" to refer to any kind of romantic relationship, it just fits neater in the boxes! interpret as u see fit

pls leave your thoughts in the tags im genuinely very curious

#look ok yknow how a lot of ace people tend to be sexually active for whatever reason #im kinda wondering if the same principle applies here #my GUESS is that it does but also the two are very different #i feel like most people are more likely to compromise/want to branch out with sex rather than dating #like...sleeping with a partner even tho youre ace? makes sense #dating someone for months even when youre aro? makes less sense #idk im having Thoughts #reblog pls!!!! #aromantic #aromantism #aroace #lgbtqia #polls

[lovelessrage]

A lot of people are completely disinterested in creating a safe space for all aros and aces because that would require letting go of being allowed to publicly shame things like sex and romance. There is a stark difference between repulsion/aversion and negativity, and that line stands where you treat those things as disgusting or as a personal fault/flaw. While I'm romance repulsed, I'm never going to go on my blog and call romance disgusting or gross, because it isn't; it's a feeling, neutral in morality, and a way to live your life if you so choose.

I don't think a lot of people get this or what the difference is. Anybody can be negative and anyone can have harmful ideas, favourable or repulsed. It's about how you treat it, how you express about it, and if you seek to demonise or make those things out to be disgusting, perverse, or deviant.

Even small things or "jokes" add up over time; put yourself in the shoes of someone who has to see those "jokes" made about their lifestyle and what's important to them every day, or even every hour. Would you still feel like they're lighthearted after even one day of reading over and over again?

[Not to say anyone who's done this in the past is a horrible, terrible person. You can change and grow as you take in info; that's just the life experience. But, to grow, you need to actively want to, and that means addressing biases and asking yourself "should I say this? Could this affect my peers?"]

#aromantic #aro #asexual #ace #arospec #acespec #aspec #scowl corner #listen. some of you. not all of you. need to recognise the internet is a community space #your words do not exist in a vacuum. your opinions are shaoed by the biases ideas and opinions around you. #sometimes those opinions or takes are not good and actively harmful to others around no #repulsion? normal to feel. completely normal. not what this post is about. i feel repulsion too. #if i see anyone in the tags calling out repulsed people i'm exploding them. #this post is about people who don't recognise their own internalised negative ideas and refuse to confront them for the comfort of others #begging people to be more considerate. begging people to remember respect is a two-way street.

[kitsu-katsu]

Every motherfucker calling people who headcanon autistic-coded characters as aroace "ableist" because they see aromanticism and asexuality as ableist infantilization owes me $500 actually <3

I accept cash or credit

#Makes me SO MAD #no you're not doing an Activism™ #by erasing autistic aroace people from your worldview #and calling them infantilized by their own identity #sincerely: an aroace who knows they're some kinda neurospicy #aromantic #asexual #aro #ace #aroace #autism #autistic coded