Aro Oh-No

TOMORROW IS HALLOWEEN!!!

TOMORROW IS HALLOWEEN!!!

This is Kjell Lindgren. He’s a NASA astronaut who just got back from 5 months on the International Space Station. There are two reasons why this picture is hilarious:

His wife is flawless and makes bad space puns to make him do household chores.

I have that shirt. Thousands of people have that shirt. That shirt is available at Target. Which means actual astronaut Kjell Lindgren, with his wardrobe already full of NASA-issued and logo-emblazoned clothes, was at Target, saw a NASA shirt, and was like, “Yes, I am buying this because this is what I want to spend my actual astronaut salary on.”

Courtesy of Wikipedia, here’s the poster NASA released for his mission to the ISS:

Everything started off all vanilla but a Expedition 16 they showed that they were truly Masters of The Dork Side of The Force:

Some other amusing posters they approved:

The plan for the 17th, when the adult content ban comes in, is to protest.

To do that, we are making as much noise either side of the 17th as possible, and using the site as normal.

On the 17th, dead silence.

People are saying log off but what they really mean is don’t open the site or the app.

But, on the 17th make as much noise as possible on every other platform. Tweet about it and post on facebook and instagram and everywhere else.

What this does is causes a massive dip in ad revenue for one single day. That does not make staff think ‘oh everyone’s gone let’s shut down.’ What it actually makes them think is ‘oh shit people aren’t happy and if people don’t keep using our site we’re out of money and out of jobs.’

A boycott reminds a company that the users (consumers) have the power to make their site (business) worthless with one single coordinated decision.

If you want to join in, here’s what to do:

Do:

Close all open instances of the app and site on all your devices before the 17th

Make posts before and after the 17th on tumblr and other platforms, talking about why this ban is bad

Make posts on other sites during the 17th. Flood the official tumblr staff twitter and facebook with your anger and your opinion

Come back on the 18th and check in

Don’t:

Delete the app from your phone (this doesn’t affect their revenue and since it’s off the store at the moment it’ll be hard to get back)

Delete your account. I mean you can if you want to, but if you keep your account and don’t use it you’re saying to staff that there’s still time to save it. If you delete it’s hard work to come back.

Open the app or website (including specific blogs)

Make any posts (turn down/off your queue and make sure nothing is scheduled)

Go quiet elsewhere. Make it clear that this is just about tumblr, not a mass move away from all social media.

Remember: the execs don’t care about anything but money. Shutting down the site means there’s $0 further income from it. That’s their last possible course of action. If we make it clear we’re not happy, they’ll have to do something or we can do more and more until it becomes too expensive.

all the trans boys and nb people who are going to get “girl presents”

all the trans girls and nb people who are going to get “boy presents”

all the lesbians who are going to be asked why they don’t have a boyfriend

all the gay boys who are going to be asked why they don’t have a girlfriend

all the closeted kids who are going to have to listen to their families being homophobic and transphobic

all the lgbt kids who have to spend time with their abusive family members

all the lgbt kids whose families disowned them

all the trans boys and nb people who are going to have to dress feminine for their families

all the trans girls and nb people who are going to have to dress masculine for their families

And then, much much later, you start to wonder why people are getting so caught up in drama for romance or sex, like, why bother? It’s not worth it, they’re not worth it, why are you doing stupid things for something that’s just so- and then you wonder if there’s something wrong with you, start mentally over compensating. Like ‘uh, okay, um, who should I date? Who can I stand to date? Who could I stand to fuck?’ like- it’s not, it’s not something you want, but you want to fit it, to be normal.

Sometimes you don’t even know that you’re doing it.

Sometimes you don’t even know asexual’s a thing.

I dunno, I guess, I just feel like, uh, people should understand more?

Being gay Being bisexual Being asexual Being pansexual Being aromantic Being genderfluid Being nonbinary Being transgender Being polyamorous

All of the pride hearts I have on hand, including the 10 I made this a weekend. I removed the old around hearts because it was brought to my attention that I used the old flag colors.

So, from top left in the last picture we have: polyamory, bisexual, genderqueer, bisexual, demisexual, genderfluid, transgender, inverted agender, agender, asexual, transgender, non-binary, bigender, aromantic and pansexual.

All are available at my zibbet store at bxdcubes.zibbet.com

💜grey aces are beautiful

💜grey aces deserve happiness

Last person you kissed?? Was it your bf/gf?? Favorite position?? Are you a virgin??

About the flag

The original flag was made of four stripes: green, yellow, orange, and black. However, due to some cultural and sensitivity issues, it was changed to the current flag. Green is the opposite of red, which is traditionally a romantic color and is represented as such on the flag. The two shades of green show that being aromantic is a spectrum. The white stripe represents platonic relationships. The grey and black also represent a spectrum, but for sexuality.

What does aromantic mean?

Aromanticism is feeling little to no romantic attraction to someone. Romantic attraction is the desire to be in a romantic relationship. “Aromantic” can be used as both a specific identity (someone who experiences no romantic attraction) or as an umbrella term for someone who identifies as being on the aromantic spectrum. The aromantic spectrum includes a number of identities that fall between “experiences no romantic attraction” (aromantic) and “experiences romantic attraction” (alloromantic), such as people who experience varying, little, or infrequent romantic attraction. Those people can identify as “aro-spec” or simply as aromantic in addition to a more specific label.

Myths and Misconceptions:

People often think/confuse us for robots, being repressed, being scared of everything, being sad and lonely, needing to be fixed.

One myth is that aros are still straight.  Aros are not straight. I am not straight. At all. In any way, shape, or form. Heterosexual Aros are not straight. Anyone on the aromantic spectrum is not straight.

A lot of people think being aromantic is the same thing as being asexual, but it’s not at all! Many people are aromantic without being asexual, and many people who are asexual without being aromantic.

There are a number of misconceptions about aromantic people. Apart from mixing up asexuality and aromanticism, people often think that we have no emotional attachments or feelings at all, since we don’t feel romantic attachments. That isn’t true! A person’s romantic orientation is simply one part of their identity and aros are no more inclined to be loners or unfeeling than anyone else.

Aros who aren’t asexual are often called predatory or manipulative for having sexual attraction towards people without romantic attraction towards them. That is untrue. Aromanticism is not a character flaw, and a person who experiences sexual attraction without romantic attraction accompanying it is no more likely to be manipulative or hurtful than anyone else.

What is it like to be aromantic?

For me, being aro is looking at your friends and thinking and feeling that is the end. There’s nothing stronger for me than what I feel for my friends. Thinking of trying to give more is overwhelming or even frightening. When I am expected to feel anything more than that, I feel sick, mostly because I know that I can’t reciprocate that for them. Genuinely, the deepest bonds I’ve ever had have been the ones of pure friendship.

Personally, I don’t feel the need or want to date, kiss, or do conventionally romantic things with others. I do not desire a partner, and I’m told that alloromantics get butterflies in their stomachs? That sounds uncomfortable. This is by no means a universal experience. Aromanticism is always having your orientation autocorrect to its exact opposite. When people flirt with me, I shut them down. Hard. I can usually tell when people are flirting with me, but I also usually interpret flirting as aggression. I don’t flirt with other people. Note: Aromanticism can be influenced by past experiences or neurodivergence, as well as not. They are still valid. At any rate, it’s none of your business unless the individual in question feels you should know. The first time I came out, it was to my mom. She told me I was too young to know, and that I should wait until I turned 21 to decide. She tried to be supportive otherwise, thought, by replacing “when you get married” with “if you get married” when talking about relationships. Coming out got easier as I did it more. I’m out to most of my friends, but not all of my family or church. If I wanted romance, I’d get it. I’m just not remotely interested and honestly kind of bored by the whole idea. My aromanticism and my asexuality are not linked to each other. They are two separate identities which coexist. I don’t like romance music/shows, however, I do ship fictional characters. A lot. When you come out, you’re gonna have to give people vocabulary lessons, so prepare yourself for that. You don’t have to come out of course. I’m lucky enough to have friends who understand and care enough to learn stuff about me.

Contributions by:

@aroadventures

@dinosaurrainbowstarfish