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I feel like such an asexual stereotype
I just ate like 2 pieces of stale garlic bread and honestly thinking about it, I’d eat that over having sex any day. Feels so stereotypical since I’m asexual (under the umbrella), but I’d have a strawberry shortcake or day old garlic bread over sex any day. Very happy to learn that those memes weren’t over exaggerating lol
Reblog if you genuinely support asexuals
It terrifies me that there’s so much raging passion in the lgbt+ community that insist on marginalizing asexuals and implying that asexuals don’t deserve to have safe spaces. There’s still so much acephobia so I just wanna know which blogs are genuinely supportive and a safe space for asexuals
TUMBLRINAS I NEED YOUR HELP!! I’m writing an essay about expectations surrounding romance through the lens of aspec identities for my creative nonfiction class. I have several short interview type questions and I’m trying to collect as many responses as possible.
If you identify as asexual, aromantic, or anywhere on the spectrum pls consider taking a look at this google form:
I'm writing a fic and I've done some surface level research on the stuff so I figured I'd ask here too for people on the acespec (is that what's it called??) (—specifically for people in qprs)
how did you like realize you didn't actually want a romantic relationship but a qpr one?? how did ygs sort your feelings out? (and how did you 'confess' that to the other person or is it like??)
I hope I'm not being disrespectful! thank you!!!!!!:33
This, just this.
"Amatonormativity permeates more than TV shows and books. It is woven into our legal rights, creating forms of discrimination that become more and more apparent as people age. Romantic love within marriage confers privileges that other forms of devotion cannot, including over 1,100 laws that benefit married couples at the federal level. Spouses can share each other’s health insurance, as well as military, social security, and disability benefits. They can make medical decisions for each other. Companies grant bereavement leave for spouses, no questions asked, but there will be more hesitation if leave is requested for a mere friend. It is possible to marry a stranger and give them your health insurance but not possible to give health insurance to a parent...
Criteria based on sex made sense when the main purpose of marriage was to merge fortunes and produce children, but today...marriage is more about a match of devotion than a match of trade. In many cases, the point is no longer to create an heir and a spare. Plenty of married couples don’t have children (or sex, for that matter), and bad marriages with little caring are common...
Offering legal and social benefits only to the romantically attached suggests that the mere presence of romantic feeling elevates the care and deserves special protections, even though friendship and other forms of care, which can come with less obligation, can include more love, more freely given. Therefore, the legal and social privileges of marriage should be extended to all mutually consenting adults who wish for them...
'In terms of policy, marriage law really reaches into all areas of law, like tax and immigration and property,' ... 'It doesn’t matter if it’s different-sex only or same-sex marriage, so long as we restrict marriage to romantic and sexual partners we will ensure amatonormativity.' Reforming marriage law by abolishing it altogether or extending marriage-like rights to friends (to small groups or networks) is one way to eradicate discrimination."
Angela Chen, Ace: What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex
I just saw someone say "Ace people get all the rep." And I'm just????? What the hell are you even talking about?????
I can think of two ace characters.
Saiki K, and that one person from Heartstopper
I know that's not all of the canon ace characters out there, but as someone who doesn't.t interact with any inherently queer media (it's all romance based. Gross and boring, coming from an aromantic person.), that's all I can come up with.
How the fuck is that "all of the rep"?
All about me thingy
Whenever i hear my friends talk about crushes or relationships i get really confused. Like, one of my friends was talking about how this guy (one he's hard-core pining for) called him "dear", and how happy(?) he was about it. And i'm just ???What???? Why is that good?? it just sounds really uncomfortable to me,,, Like i get platonic(?) crushes, i've had many of those, but i lack much understanding of romantic ones...
Being touched is for dorks (i'm just autistic)
the backlight doesn't show up well in places (hm go figure, black backlighting and also it's bright outside) but here's the aesthetic!
Programmed like so:
I still think it turned out neat in the end. (And the black part is still backlit, interestingly enough, so when it *is* dark I can still see my keyboard.)
me and my ace backlit keyboard 🟪🟣💜🖤⚫♣️♠️🟪◾◼️▪️✒️🖤🩶🤍💜▫️◻️◽🎵🎶⚪⬜🔳🪨🌫️🌪️🪽🎹⌨️💿☂️🌂⛓️📎🖇️📓📄✉️🔮🎵🎶🎼➰
🎼🌫️◻️🎵♣️🖇️🪽🔮📓💿📄☂️