Until That Day, No Mourners No Funerals

The first photo is from 1956. It shows a Black woman watching members of the Ku Klux Klan (a terrorist, racist, far-right organization focused on white supremacy) walking along a sidewalk in Montgomery, Alabama (USA). I couldn't find the photo's author, but most sources state that it was taken in 1956.

The second photo shows members of the Patriot Front group (a white supremacist and nationalist group, formed in 2017, that openly advocates what they call "American Fascism") traveling on the subway during the 250th anniversary of the U.S. independence in Washington D.C., while a Black woman watches them. The photo is by photographer Cheney Orr, taken on July 4, 2026, 70 years after the first photo.

I specifically meant that it should be normalized to have conversations about what you're comfortable with in a platonic relationship.

Like with romantic relationships there's usually a conversation about whether you're in a relationship or not. That should apply to platonic relationships as well. I'm tired of being in situations where I'm considered someone's friend who i barely know. Because then i have to "aqcuintance-zone" them and i look like the bad guy when in reality i never consented to being in a platonic relationship with you.

empathy

love

intelligence

romance

friendship

art

things that do make you human:

belonging to the species Homo sapiens

defining humanity by the things we do or feel rather than what we are is always going to exclude someone. maybe someone you care about. not all humans love, not all humans have or want partners or friends, not all humans are nice, not all humans feel empathy or remorse, not all humans make art, not all humans will make sense to you. they're still human. they're still human. they're still human.

A-spec stands for:

Anattractional

Aromantic 

Aplatonic

Afamilial 

Asexual

Alove

Asensual

Aphysical

A-alterous

Aemotional

A-aesthetic

Aqueerplatonic