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an aromantic person is someone who (fill in the blank here) // april 10 2024

#aromanticism #arospec #aro #aromantic #poetry #aro art #aro poetry

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Yorkshire, England by Paul Moon

#landscape #nature #summer

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@/girlglimmer (x) // @/christmas-winter (x) // fireflies - suzanne siegel // “orange and blue” - sarah jarosz // beautiful night - momcilo simic // christmas eve - julia andreevna petrova // @/hunting-brother (x) // @/bluecapsicum (x) // suzanne siegel

#nature #art #writing #winter

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people: if you so much as TOUCH your friend, that means you are DATING

me, laying in my friend's lap to watch them draw: oh is that true. lol

#aromantic #arospec #aromanticism #platonic love #lovequeer #i'm an absolute cuddle bug

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hey your hugs keep me sane btw. I feel safest when I'm with you.

#platonic love #aromantic #arospec #aromanticism #queerplatonic

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#photography

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i hate how embarrassing and shameful desperation feels...like looking back at more recent times in my life where I was begging for love and care and then scorning myself for needing it is so so sad to me - it's so natural and human, even if it's unhealthy at times...people arent meant to be perfect well adjusted beings and it's so stupid to wish I was always in control and respectable

like i think of my most embarrassing moments of weakness in the last 5 years where i really put myself on blast and when i wipe away all the self hate and need for control i just see me there, needing a friend and trying to be genuine with myself and i cant believe i bully that person even in the privacy of my mind

#writing

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One of the most insidious messages we receive as aromantic people is the idea there is nothing to be gained from a platonic relationship that one can’t get from a romantic relationship. The media we consume every day tells us that what we have to offer would be somehow better if it were given in a romantic, rather than platonic context. It tells us things like emotional support, laughter, care, and love are more valuable within the confines of a romantic relationship.

This can leave an aromantic person feeling as if they have nothing unique or valuable to offer, and the things they could provide to the people they care about would be better had from a romantic partner. That they themselves are superfluous and unnecessary.

These are lies. You are beautiful, and valuable, and you have more to offer than you will ever know. You may never see it yourself, but every person who chooses to have you in their life sees something in you that is worthwhile. There is something they receive from you they don’t get from anyone else, and it’s likely something different for every person who knows you.

You are special. You deserve to be loved. You deserve to feel like you’re enough, because you are.

You are.

#aro #aromantic #aromanticism #platonic love #platonic relationships #arospec

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reblog if you'd still stay in a relationship (romantic platonic or otherwise) even after the other party tells you they are loveless

#aromantic #loveless aro #aromanticism #arospec #aro

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tbh the aspec community has a bit of a problem with people assuming they're the only person they'll ever know who wants what they want. like it's a reasonable assumption bc of how society at large tells you you're the weird one, but I get the sense a lot of people here actually believe they will never meet people who want things like intimate platonic relationships, or romance without sex, etc... this assumption is making it harder to come to terms with being aspec if you're hopeless that no one will ever be like you. odds are you WILL meet other people who want these things because there are actually a lot of people out there waiting for you too. you're not the only one and it's not impossible.

#it's taking some doing fr but i will repeat this to myself until i believe it !!! #aromantic #aro #arospec #aromanticism #aro positivity

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"you just need to develop a thick skin"

No amount of "thick skin" will bring back Brianna Ghey

No amount of "thick skin" will bring back Nex Benedict

No amount of "thick skin" will undo the brutal attack on that poor girl from London who just wanted to go rollerskating with her friends

No amount of "thick skin" is going to stop more trans kids from being fucking murdered and attacked

You wanna "protect the children"? Start with protecting the ones being harassed by your own children for who they are, preferably before they get stabbed in parks and have their heads smashed in in bathrooms.

#tw suicide #tw transphobia #tw violence #brianna ghey #nex benedict #transgender

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Y’know an awful lot of Terry Pratchett’s books are concerned with how powerful women are when they get angry and how important anger is as a driving force to defend what is right and to tackle injustice. 

A lot of his most interesting and most deeply moral characters are angry ones. Granny Weatherwax, Sam Vimes, Tiffany Aching. All are to a large extent driven to do good by anger.

And that honestly means a lot to me.

#terry pratchett #discworld #txt

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the heartache of being aroace is so crushing. i was born to love fiercely and all encompassing. i want to cook for you. i want to take you on picnics. i want to take care of you when you’re sick. i want to sit in silence with you. i want to share my life with you.

but no, i don’t want to kiss you. i don’t want to have sex. i don’t even really like holding hands. i’m sorry. i know its not enough. i’m sorry i’m not more.

please let me love you anyways.

#i try to stay positive about these things however this is literally all i've thought about for the past month #i really really really really do not want to be second best #and nobody in my life rn gets it #i hope that all of us who feel this way find others who can cherish us just as we are #they are out there #i just know it (-: #aromantic #arospec #aromanticism #asexual #aroace

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through the trees (starfields 4)

#stars #art #illustration

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star / sun / moonfriend gotta be the cutest thing i've seen 🌙🌟☀️

#aromantic #aromanticism #arospec #lovequeer #starfriend #sunfriend #moonfriend #alterous #alterous attraction #i cannot find where these came from but is it an example of how aspecs do everything better i think it is

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Cornelius Völker (German, 1965) - Blätter (Leaves) (2021)

#art #painting #nature