#ASAW2021

[chaotic-carnifex]

You know, if I had to describe my experience as an aromantic in one word, I think I’d go with “alienating”. Let me explain:

Imagine you’re aro and watching TV. There some kind of SciFi show on and they are debating the personhood of an AI.

The AI shows curiosity and a thirst for knowledge. They have desires. They have strengths and weaknesses. None of this convinces the doubters.

The AI makes friends. They take up hobbies. They talk about their hopes and dreams for the future. Surely this is enough to relate to them as a person? It’s not.

The AI is shown to fall in love. This is framed as the ultimate proof, the one thing that must humanize them even to the staunchest denier of their personhood or else that person is irredeemable.

You change the channel.

There’s a children’s cartoon on. “What is this?!” the villain cries, pointing at a couple. Their inability to understand the romantic love between those two is framed as stemming from the fact that somebody so deeply evil simply cannot understand something as pure and good as romantic love.

You change the channel.

There’s a sitcom on. Two characters are discussing a third character. “He’s really not that weird,” says one character. “He hasn’t been in a relationship for [x] years!” the other refutes. Cue the laugh track. The implication is clear: If he’s not in a relationship, it must be because he’s too weird.

You change the channel.

There’s a Christmas movie on. The main character is a successful businesswoman. She’s shown talking to her friends and family regularly. “You need a man,” her mother says as they bake together. The daughter denies this. The rest of the movie is all about proving the mother right, as suddenly her career, her friends and her family are framed as not being enough for her to lead a fulfilling life.

You change the channel.

It’s some show aimed at young teens and tweens. “Ew,” one character comments as the idea of them having a significant other one day is brought up. This is treated as a sign of their immaturity.

You turn off the TV.

Your experiences aren’t enough to humanize a non-human character. You’re the villain. You’re a weirdo. Your life is incomplete. You’re immature.

You’re tired.

There’s a reason it was an aro who coined the term voidpunk.

#aro #aromantic #asaw2021 #voidpunk #None of these are extraordinary or extreme situations #None of this could only happen under very specific circumstances #None of this requires me to be out as aro #None of this is rare #None of this comes with a warning #but All of it is really fucking alienating #happy fucking ASAW #I am not broken or immature or evil or incomplete but goddamn it am I tired #edit: maybe if I tag this post as alloaro ppl will stop assuming I'm aroace? #alloaro

[chroma-imp-draws]

Aromantics aren’t broken, because romantic love doesn’t make us whole.

#aromantic #arocreatives #aromantic spectrum awareness week #asaw2021 #aro week #original art #digital art #illustration

[arowitharrows]

Aromantic week is coming up and I hope aro allies will consider boosting aro voices and aro topics instead of making "aromanticism is valid" posts. Aros actually have a lot of interesting things to say about relationships of all kinds, about amatonormativity, about relationship anarchy, and spreading awareness for these topics helps us a lot more than just telling us we're valid and leaving it at that. I'm sure some alloromantic people would benefit from learning about these things as well.

#I've seen how toxic amatonormativity can be for non aromantic people as well #if you're aro and you enjoy the validation posts that's fine of course i just feel like some people could do better #aromantic #asexual #asaw #asaw2021 #aroace #mai rambles

[shmaroace]

shoutout to neurodivergent arospecs! you are amazing and an incredible part of the arospec community!

#neurodivergent #neurodivergent arospec #neurodivergent aro #aro #aromantic #arospec #asaw #asaw2021 #aromantic spectrum awareness week #aromantic awareness week #aro week #1k

[belloves]

alina starkov + character profile (x)

#shadow and bone #sab #sabedit #alina starkov #alinastarkovedit #alinastarkovdaily #asaw21 #asaw2021 #character profile #idk if the zodiac placement is right. i just picked what felt like her. #usermagda #userrin #userama #usermackenzie #userpau #userburn #brennaedits #uservera #userhidden

[alinastarvko]

alina starkov week ◊ free choice  ↯ favorite hairstyles + details

#alinastarkovedit #asaw2021 #shadowandbonenet #dailyshadowandbone #shadowandbonecentral #shadowandboneedit #dailyalinej #usershen #bijespers #usersbrenna #userrishi #userjamie #userhann #delilahhbard #linacreations* #alina starkov #listen i know the first one technically isn't a 'hairstyle' but she looked so cute and it's one of my favorites so here it is

[apollo-illustrations]

Happy Aromantic Spectrum Awarenees Week everybody! 💚🤍🖤 Drew Artemis and Athena with their aromantic flags (I didn’t include Hestia bc I got lazy, but I think she’s aroace too)

Aspec exclusionists DNI!!!

Twitter 💚 Instagram 💜

#blackburrieart #aro creatives #aromantic spectrum awareness week #aro week #aro week 2021 #arospec #aspec #aromantic #aroace #arocreatives #asaw2021 #ASAW #greek mythology #Athena #Artemis #lgbt art #lgbtq #queer artist #my art #pastel art #digital art #fanart #greek myth art #artists supporting artists #artists on tumblr #pride art #illustration

[pansexual-pied-piper]

Anatomically correct epoxy resin aro pride heart. Because fuck you, that's why.

Oh yeah, it also glows in the dark:

#AroCreatives #ASAW2021 #ASAW #aromantic spectrum awareness week #now with alt text for the images

[rowersdelight]

Got some more for you guys

#asaw #asaw2021 #arospecawarenessweek #arospecawarenessweek2021 #aroflux #greyro #greyromantic #grey aro #greyaro #gray aro #grayro #grayromantic #demiro #Demiromantic

[aleksander-alina]

Alina Starkov Appreciation Week Day 1: Favorite Quote & Modern AU

#alinastarkovedit #asaw2021 #shadowandboneedit #shadowandbonecentral #tvedit #userkristen #userzoya #userbecca #userneve #usersunbeam #alinastarkovdaily #my edit #gifs* #edited*

[clonekiss]

YO HAPPY ARO WEEK (shot out to my fellow aroallos also) !! 💚🤍💛

#edited cuz someone tagged this as aroace agender and- like yea. u guys are amazing but no m aroallo thank u #aro week #asaw2021 #asaw #arospec awareness week #my art #ranas art

[ineffablyaro]

I am but a simple aro and wandavision watcher

inspired by one of @coralinejones posts

[click for better quality]

#aromantic awareness week #aro #aroace #aromanticism #asaw2021 #aromantic #being aro #actually aro #wandavision #wanda maximoff #pietro maximoff #vision #mcu memes #aro memes #valentine's day #valentinstag #lgbt memes #lgbtq community #lgbtq positivity #wandavison spoilers #wandavision ep 6

[chroma-imp-draws]

Aromantic frogs 2: Electric Bugaloo (now in more arospec colours :3)

some are available as stickers here uwu

#aromantic #asaw2021 #aromantic spectrum awareness week #aro positivity #original art #frogs #little boys for your enjoyment #alloaro #greyromantic #aroace #aroflux #cupioromantic #frayromantic #electio #lithroromantic #queerplatonic #quoiromantic

[arowitharrows]

[ID: A drawing of a green and black compass with the words "No direction but to follow what you know" written in a circle around the compass rose. The compass needle is an arrow, it's feathers have the aromantic flag colors of green, white, grey and black. End ID]

Sometimes being aro feels like having nothing: no set path to follow, no guidelines, no role models, no stories. I don't know what my future looks like, but I do know that despite what society tells me, it's not a sad or shameful one.

#the quote is from pucifer's song Green Valley btw #aromantic #aro art #aroace #asaw #asaw2021 #mai rambles #my art #arocreatives #aro #actually aromantic #mai art #aromanticism

[dashintrash]

AroAce! Saiki K for arospec awareness week (requested)

#ASAW2021 #aromantic spectrum awareness week #saiki kusuo no psi nan #the disastrous life of saiki k #saiki k #aroace icons #feel free to use w/ credit #arocreatives

[belloves]

ALINA STARKOV APPRECTIATION WEEK: ↳ Day Five: Favorite Dynamic

#shadow and bone #shadowandboneedit #sabedit #alinastarkovedit #alinastarkovdaily #alina starkov #inej ghafa #mal oretsev #zoya nazyalensky #zoya nazyanelsky #asaw21 #asaw2021 #userama #userrin #userpau #usermackenzie #usermagda #uservera #userhidden #i can't wait to add alina x nikolai and alina x nina to this set #one day #brennaedits