Ella-Mae

Asexuals and Aromantics definitely belong in the lgbt+ community.

yeah!! i do actually. i think they’re money-grabbing shills who, although perhaps care about their audience to a certain extent, romanticize and idealize and present false images for the sake of their viewership. i think they’re people who got very very famous for doing very very nothing at all. and you know, like, all of that stuff might be shitty, but it’s not criminal, right. of course. well, zoe lied to her audience consisting of young teen, preteen girls about writing something that she actually didn’t and sold her name off without a second thought. went on about how it had always been her dream to write a book and bullshit. alfie literally just said he wrote a book by doodling in a notepad and now they’re just. publishing it. with their names and faces. and they’re making millions off the naivety of hundreds of thousands of young people with parents who’ve got money to spend on them

so :-) yeah

1) Money-grabbing: There is no money in publishing. My friends who work in publishing will vouch for this. The celebrity bestsellers, ghost-written or otherwise, create the funds for the publishers to give advances to up and coming talent they wouldn’t have otherwise been able to support. Thus through publishing YouTuber’s books, many more people will get the opportunity to become published authors despite the general decline in book sales and that’s fabulous! The Pointless Book is £3.99; Alfie’s advance will have been much less than he would make through other endeavours and he will be earning pennies, if that, off each one sold. I doubt Zalfie wanted to publish for the money. And regardless, they are doing good things to the industry by bringing an influx of money to the publishers who can now invest it in other areas.

In addition, I have read Girl Online and I think it serves two very important purposes. By releasing a teen novel as an influential person, you are encouraging your younger audience to read, something that’s so, so important when parents are giving their children iPads and buying them the new Halo for Christmas. At least one of the presents in their stocking is a book! Secondly, the book talks about tackling anxiety in a time where social media has created a whole new wave of virtual situations that can cause panic and insecurity. Anxiety is super common and it sucks – I think any accessible literature that talks about mental illness and can get into the hands of thousands of teenagers is not an inherently bad thing. I’d much rather they were buying a book from a YouTuber than a makeup bag or a beanie.

2) Inauthenticity/lying to your audience: On saying this, I really wish that Girl Online had not been ghostwritten and I’m glad that it was exposed. Sav is right; as YouTubers, we market ourselves on authenticity and this puts us at a clear advantage to other celebrities when it comes to winning over an audience. When we abuse that trust, however accidental it may be, it is much more important that we own up to it and apologise. Authenticity is a marketable trait and it is a double-edged sword.

3) Naïve audiences: Zoe’s audience were the ones who worked out that the novel was ghost-written – they’re evidently not as naïve and impressionable as the generic tropes of “fangirl” would have us think. I remember watching vlogbrothers aged thirteen and critiquing their ideas. I was an engaged teenager, but that’s not uncommon. Teens are smart.

4) Morality in selling oneself online: Everyone who earns money through sponsorship deals on Youtube is selling himself or herself online. Surely all of it is relatively morally questionable? It’s a bit strange to think that because some people make simpler videos than others, they are less deserving of financial rewards. It becomes a game of snobbery when really it’s a case of personal taste. I definitely used to think of people’s videos as “lesser” than some of my peers but over time I’ve realised that we are all a bit pompous about the stuff we make on YouTube and that we are actually just strange people wandering around London with an entry level camera telling people about our opinions on hair gel.

Hello! So I’m going to a meet up Dodie and Andie are doing in February in London and wanted to make a cool book filled with art and quotes and little messages for Dodie.

However, I can’t draw to save my life. So I was hoping some artists could draw some pictures for, of or about Dodie and send them in to go into the book.

If you also send me your Twitter or tumblr or something you’ll be credited fully! Or if you even want to send in a little message I’ll put that in as well!

You can send them to my email: [email protected] and I’ll print them off to put in the book. I’ll also post some pictures of the finished product one it’s done ^_^

It doesn’t have to be a masterpiece, just a doodle really. Also, if anyone has any messages or quote they want to put in then I’ll add those as well even if you don’t put in any art. Although I would appreciate of the messages weren’t more that 300 words because of space!

Please please PLEASE send stuff in, I wanna make this really cool

wowie! whats this??

@amazningphil (alex), @buttchair (grace), and myself are hosting an asexual phandom meetup !!

this meetup is for any demisexual/grey-asexual/asexual/asexual spectrum phandom member. your romantic interests and gender matter not! as long as you are on the ace spectrum you are welcome to participate. if you are not asexual, we ask you refrain from posting a selfie, but you can show your support by reblogging others’!

TO PARTICIPATE:

post a selfie in the hashtag #AcePhandomMeetup ! make some friends, reblog cute faces, the whole shebang, and celebrate yourself and others.

The meetup will take place from 12pm Mountain Time to midnight Mountain Time on Saturday December 5th (or Sunday depending on where u live lol). Check under the cut for your time zone or to calculate it.

if you have any questions please ask me, six-foot-two-phanchild.

hope to see all the phandom’s rad (f)aces!

Friendly Reminder that Ace Day takes place in 2 days (November 26, 2015) 

across social media (though, if you’re planning offline observances, I’d love to see photos!). Here are some things myself and some others are planning for the day:

Ace Card reveal posts - picking out our ace cards and introducing ourselves as aces using the #AceDay hashtags on Tumblr, Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.

Reblogging #AceDay posts: 

Tumblr - theasexualityblog and acedayposts

Facebook - TheAceBlog and AceDayPosts

Twitter - AsexualityBlog and AceDayPosts

Instagram - TheAsexualityBlog

Ace Community Support Video Compilation

Linkspams for Coming Out and Dealing with Family

An AVEN user is running a bilingual Ace Awareness effort using the #AceDay hashtag

1) Thanksgiving only happens in the US. This is not a conflict for the rest of the world.

2) It’s also International Cake Day (Cake + Asexuality = A Thing)

3) Even for those who are in the US, it is possible to queue posts so that you don’t have to be online day-of to participate

4) Time zones mean you can theoretically start posting/reblogging on the 25th in US and fill your queue, then come back on the 27th early and reblog/post more.

5) Thanksgiving is actually kind of a shitty holiday anyway.

the closest person in the world to you doesnt have to be a romantic relationship

platonic relationships are just as valid, if not more

Brother: look at u, cleared up ur acne, u might actually get a boyfriend

Me: I had a girlfriend… For six months

Brother: yeah but ur looking alright, u might get a boyfriend

Me: I don’t want a boyfriend

Brother: nah, nah but guys might actually start liking u

Me: I don’t need, nor want, a boyfriend

Brother: but you’ve proper cleaned up, ur gonna get a boyfriend soon

Me: yeah but that doesn’t mean I want or am going to get a boyfriend

Ace Rings Giveaway for Asexual Awareness Week, Day #6 (10/24):

So sorry I’m late posting this celestial ace ring, size 9!

If you’d like to own it, reblog this post.

Entries for all seven rings will be accepted through Monday, 10/26.

Day #1 ring! - Day #2 ring! - Day #3 ring! - Day #4 ring! - Day #5 ring!