This artist, celepom has some of the coolest art about asexuality that you simply MUST read! I promise you’ll find yourself in at least one of her episodes of:
I like microlabels! I like to find tons of words that describe my experience and that more people feel the same way; that I’m not alone in that experience. I can think of at least 3 microlabels from the aro spectrum that fit me well, but in reality I just call myself aromantic! I use umbrella terms to describe myself when coming out, but I’m not opossed to the idea of having a bunch of microabels too . In the end it’s all about what makes you the most comfortable, I think.
Their Importance: Aromantic representation is pretty hard to find in media, especially in series like Bloom into you, where the main focus is on romance. Maki describes himself as not able to love anyone romantically, and he seems completely fine with it. There are also no suggestions that he is “weird” or “broken” for not wanting to date anyone. A common stereotype about ace/aro people is that they are cold, and Maki is the opposite of that, he is a good friend to the protagonist and cares about others.
talking with my friends (alloromantics) about romance, relationships and crushes, they explained to me that they usually feel a difference between having “crush” and a “person they like.” which made me very confused bc I thought both were the same . but apparently a crush is like unattainable or just physical attraction, whereas a person you like is someone you actually care for, love and want to spend time next to, romantically. kind of made sense but it still made me realize I don’t experience either .
we were having a conversation with my sibling (who knows I am aromantic) and she randomly asked “have you ever felt your heart beat faster when you see your ex-crush again?” and I had to burst out laughing and remind her I have never, in fact, experienced a crush the way she has . we had a great laugh tho <33
“Being aro is not inherently a tragedy, and we should stop portraying it as such” and “amatonormativity can make being aro an incredibly isolating experience, and we should talk about that more” are statements that can and should coexist.
Don’t you ever dare to say that representation doesn’t matter, when I started to cry, while reading Loveless by Alice Oseman, at the part where Sunil told Georgia that there wasn’t anything to be done about being aroace and that all she needed to do was be who she was.
I cried, because it was the very first time I have EVER seen aromanticism and asexuality represented in a book, having a big part of my experience in a book and that book telling me it is OK and that I didn’t need to do shit to be whole and accepted.
And it is not like I was terribly insecure about my sexuality but this book hit so hard.
So don’t you dare say that aroace rep doesn’t matter.
honestly the boundaries between friendship and romance don’t really matter that much like at all if everyone involved is ok with it
like most of what is and isn’t romance is cultural/constructed anyways… you can take and leave what you want with it as long as you maintain boundaries. does that make sense
️️⚧️ HAPPY PRIDE MONTH EVERYONE ️⚧️️ - i made some pride froggies to celebrate i hope all of you have a nice month remember you’re valid and no one can change who you truly are. ️
the words “no romo” handwritten over a photo of pine trees, displayed on a tapestry
Get this here as a tapestry, posters, tote bags, shirts (adults and kids), stickers, etc for your fav aromantic person. My other gay-as-hell art is here.
now available in the flags for asexual, aromantic, greysexual, greyromantic, demisexual, demiromantic, acearo, quoi, and one with a combination with six of them.
