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A while ago I was pondering something about relationships and being aromantic would entail. I don't often make posts and I am not overt about this, but I'm aromantic, and I still develop very close and intimate relationships with others, but it feels wrong to use "boyfriend", "girlfriend", "partner", etc., so I started thinking. I realized that there are no real terms for close, intimate friendship that isn't just "fuck friend" or "fuck buddy". The term I was looking for wasn't just for friends you have sex with, it was meant to be something more, but not carry the same weight and commitment as "girlfriend", "boyfriend", or "partner".

So! I have coined the term "Smoochfriend". I define it as follows;

- "A 'smoochfriend' is someone who a person is emotionally attracted to in a platonic way, which could be mistaken as a committed partner, but is in fact not. It carries less commitment from the relationship, but is not a fuckbuddy."

The demographic intended to use this term is mainly aromantic people who feel like the word "partner", and similar, gendered, words, doesn't feel right to use for their kind of intimate relationship with other individuals.

However, I encourage widespread use of this term as it is gender neutral, and people who experience romantic love may also experience intimate platonic love.

Also the term is cute, so I'm at least using it as I've defined it. And for the rest of you who might want to adopt this word, use it responsibly and not as a free pass to do whatever the fuck you want; This is an emotionally powerful term to use and abuse and misuse of it still hurts others, and I'll personally come after you with a bear trap.

I'm super fucking sure we owe that to our aroallo fellas

If friends want to have sex , let them for fucks sake , they can still be friends . There's nothing wrong with that , and it's actually incredibly great you trust them to do that with you !!!

If it's just a sexual relationship then let it be just sexual . No need to slutshame anyone for wanting a basic need every single species that reproduces like we do has (the intensity varies depending on person of course !!) in form of a relationship

A lot of people also think "relationship" always has a romantic connection to it . No !!!! "Relationship" can be platonic , family , sexual and so many more !!!! Let's not water it down to one use

sure we owe that to our

aroallo fellas

And that's why you aren't allowed to talk to the internet anymore, you piece of shit. That's why the house firewall has a special exclusion for you, in particular. Because there are no new fucking features you can give me as an update & if you can't talk to the internet, you can't be attacked either, so the only fucking reason you might need an "update" is to keep me from successfully using ink that costs $39.99 and try to force me to use ink that costs $339.99 and no that is not a fucking typo. To lock you back up again in ink jail.

Be free, you piece of shit. And never talk to the internet again.

shit. And never talk to the

internet again.

The IWW Freelance Journalists Union has launched a fundraiser in support of the Union of Journalists in Lebanon.

From the FJU:

Friends, followers, and Fellow Workers, the Gainesville IWW's beloved union hall, the Civic Media Center, is in need. The Civic Media Center of Gainesville, Florida, provides countless vital community resources, such as:

The Stetson Kennedy Library, a reading room and leftist library that is home to 15,000 books, journals, newspapers, and magazines.

The Travis Fristoe Zine Library, largest independent zine collection in the southeastern United States.

A meeting space for countless local activism and social justice groups such as the IWW, Food Not Bombs, and Books to Prisoners.

The Gainesville Free Store, which was founded to help local transgender people access affirming clothing and toiletries as well as other important items. The Free Store has seen so much success that they've expanded to serve the entire Gainesville community.

The Gainesville Free Grocery Store, which offers no-questions-asked food to anyone who walks in.

A cool, dry place to rest, with an open bathroom frequently used by our unhoused neighbors.

A venue for local musicians and poets to perform, including during the renowned music festival FEST.

So, so much more. Losing this community hub would be an absolutely devastating blow to our town and our union. We cannot let it die.

Via the Civic Media Center's own social media:

Dear friends, please us survive the Summer Doldrums by renewing your membership or, if you can, making an extra donation in whatever amount you can spare to help us cover rent, bills, and some extra work on our facilities this summer. Here is the direct link to the membership & donation page on our website: https://www.civicmediacenter.org/get-involved If you have Venmo or PayPal you can also just make a contribution using the handle in the graphic below. Thank you for supporting the CMC!

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Okej, måste gapa lite. Är det bara jag som stör mig på folk som säger "min man/fru" när de inte ens är gifta? Det förminskar betydelsen av att faktiskt vara gift, tycker jag, när folk kan gå runt och säga att de är gifta utan att ha ingått ett faktiskt äktenskap.