[image description: Trevor the Blob placed onto the aroace, oriented aroace and aro allo flags. The next three images are Negatus sprawled on his throne with one knee up on the arm and one hand behind his head. This image has been placed onto the genderqueer guy, queer and aro ace flags. The last three images are Kendall smiling down at someone off camera placed on the oriented aroace, polyamorous and asexual flags. End image description.]
Revised aroace flag after some conversation among community members! The old flag I made can be found here, but I decided to change it after some criticisms that I received. This was primarily made with the experiences of aroaces who don’t split their attraction in mind since that’s how I feel and why I made it in the first place (also why it’s not purple and green) but any aroace-spectrum person can use it and there’s no need to credit me as it’s meant to be a community symbol. If you want things with this flag on it, check my Redbubble!
Fun fact - it’s National Archery Day in the United States today!
[ID: “Happy National Archery Day! National Archery Day is celebrated on the second Saturday of May in the United States. Because of the phonetic similarity between “aro” (short for aromantic) and “arrow”, arrows and archery are often used as symbols for the aro community. TAAAP even has an arrow in our logo!” Pictured is a bow with three arrows notched, an arrow colored with the aromantic flag, and a silhouette of an archer with a bow outstretched. End ID.]
[ID: A 4 panel meme. Kaiba from Yu-Gi-Oh, labelled “aphobes,” holds up a card that says “if you don’t experience romantic or sexual attraction then you must be a robot.” Yuugi, labelled “me,” smirks and holds up a card, then turns it to reveal it says “robots are awesome.” In the last panel, Kaiba is blown away, screaming. End ID.]
[ID: A hand labelled “Aces, aros, and demis who don’t feel like doing another 20 minute TED Talk that day” slams down on a button that says “‘I’m just not interested in a relationship right now.’ :^)” End ID.]
With prevalent sex negativity and essentialist ideas of orientation & sexuality, aces often face invalidation and stigma for their sex drives and/or sexual behaviour. Check out these ace perspectives on sex and kink: https://taaap.org/2021/10/28/ace-week-21-aces-sex-kink/
[ID: Anakin and Padmé in Star Wars: Attack of the Clones staring at each other. In panel 1, Anakin, labelled “my body,” says “you’re asexual.” In 2, Padmé, labelled “me,” smiles and says “that means I won’t be horny, right?” Panel 3 zooms in on Anakin’s staring face (still labelled “my body”). In 4, Padmé’s smile falls and she repeats (still labelled “me”), “that means I won’t be horny, right?” End ID.]
[ID: The meme depicts “aromanticism,” written in the aro pride colours, stereotype vs. reality. The pic labelled “Stereotype” is in greyscale, showing a miserable person holding their head in their hands and going “I’ll never fall in love…” The pic labelled “Reality” is in vibrant colour, with a cool shark in the background, and shows a joyful smiling person wearing sunglasses, giving a thumbs-up, and going “I’ll never fall in love!” End ID.]
Hello, everyone! Earlier this year I made a tweet about #AroCreatives happening on the 21st! Here’s another reminder that this is happening in less than two weeks! Please share this with your aro friends!
[ID:
Two infographics with a blurred aromantic flag in the background with @Space_Ro_Bot ‘s twitter handle on the bottom. The first infographic displays @Space_Ro_Bot’s highlighted Zepeto avatar (a skinny dark skinned individual with shoulder-length black hair wearing a black hat, black glasses and a black shirt with the black power fist colored red, titled “Black History Month” in a banner under the fist holding up a peace sign) underneath the words #AroCreatives. The second infographic displays a wall of text that says the following.
“What: An event for ALL aromantic or aro-spec creatives (art, writing, cosplay, etc) to showcase their work!
When: February 21st!
Where: Mainly Twitter, but other platforms are welcome to participate!
Note: The only rules to participate are to be aro or under the aro umbrella, tag your posts appropriately, boost other creators (since it’s black history month, be sure to support black aros especially!)
[Photo ID: A thread of tweets from @nessalovebot on twitter that says, “Open Thread please! Hey guys! So, Aro Week is coming up before you know it (Feb 21)! So I’m inviting all aromantic creators to participate in #AroCreatives on February 21st. If you consider yourself to be under the aromantic umbrella, this hashtag is for you to participate! And this event is for ALL creatives, including writers, cosplayers, etc! The only rules to participate are:
-be aro or under the aro umbrella
-tag your posts appropriately
-boost other creators, and since it’s also black history month, support black aros! (Hi)
