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doggaro · 2 months
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happy aro month! abolish relationship hierarchies stay hydrated and be kind to urself and others. most of all be very very aro 🏄‍♀️🏄‍♀️🏄‍♀️
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canonically47 · 1 month
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don’t let my love for reblogging my silly ships stop you from knowing how aromantic i am. i am so mantic i’m aro. i have um. an arrow. or something. um. line?
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ratsvoid · 10 months
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aromantic visibility day!
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the first ever aromantic visibility day is on june 5th! please reblog to spread this around :D !!
(picture: @/aroacespidey on twitter)
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one-time-i-dreamt · 1 year
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I fought monsters and then it was aromantic awareness day at school.
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solitaire-addict · 6 months
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Aromantic erasure is so terrible. I just saw an Instagram post using the “but I just can’t date a dude…” audio and for Isaac‘s when they used “but I just can’t date” part of the audio, they used the asexual flag. In the comments I corrected them saying that Isaac is aromantic AND asexual and that his asexuality wasn’t the part of his sexuality that made him not want to date people and that it was him being aromantic. About 10 minutes later, my comment was promptly deleted. 
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boingodigitalart · 1 month
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Happy Aromantic Awareness Week 2024!!
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superflatpsyche · 1 month
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Happy aromantic awareness week! 💚
This standalone comic was my contribution to an aro-centric zine that was organized a few months back. Copies are pay-what-you-want and available for download here!
Happy reading!
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acexualien · 1 month
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moo9395 · 1 month
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Happy valentines to all my a-spec people <3
Enjoy celebrating all the kinds of love out there <3
Whether it’s platonic, romantic, self love or another kind of love <3
And enjoy getting cheap chocolate tomorrow <3
Bonus: me showing off my aro bracelet
(Going to make an ace one soon)
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aromantic-nerd · 1 year
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Here’s to the aros:
Here’s to the aros who love. Here’s to the aros who don’t.
To the aros who desire relationships, those who don’t care for them, and anyone who is undecided.
Younger aros, older aros. Aros of every race and gender.
Here’s to the aros who like labels, and to the ones who choose not to label or label further.
To the aros who like romantic things, in concept or practice, to the aros who are just really not into that, and everyone in between.
Here’s to the aros that have conflicting feelings about aromanticism, and to those that fluctuate between feeling great and not-so-great about it.
To the aros who love their identity and wouldn’t want it any other way. To those that feel grief. To all those who celebrate aro joy, in any form.
To the aros who are out and proud, and those who potentially aren’t quite in a space for that yet.
Here’s to every aromantic person, each who contributes to our wonderful and diverse community, and all of whom are valid and valued.
Here’s to the aros.
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hollowwraith · 17 days
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Tired: Aro characters who are sad and lonely because they were written by an apbobe who believes that is how anyone without romance will end up
Wired: Aro Characters who are sad and lonely because they were written by sad and lonely aromantics
Inspired: Aro Characters that are perfectly content in their lonelyness because they hate people
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mutigcupid · 2 years
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HEY YOU! YES YOU! AROACE PEOPLE CAN BE IN ROMANTIC, SEXUAL, AND POLYAMOROUS RELATIONSHIPS! STOP PUTTING THEM IN BOXES!! THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME!!
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duckprintspress · 1 year
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Celebrate Aromantic Awareness Week with Our 8 Favorite Books with Aro Characters!
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To celebrate #aromanticawarenessweek, we asked our contributors (some of whom chose to remain anonymous) to recommend their favorite books with aromantic characters (some explicit, some implied).
Here are our 8 favorites!
Loveless by Alice Oseman This is the funny, honest, messy, completely relatable story of Georgia, who doesn’t understand why she can’t crush and kiss and make out like her friends do. She’s surrounded by the narrative that dating + sex = love. It’s not until she gets to college that she discovers the A range of the LGBTQIA+ spectrum — coming to understand herself as asexual/aromantic. Disrupting the narrative that she’s been told since birth isn’t easy — there are many mistakes along the way to inviting people into a newly found articulation of an always-known part of your identity. But Georgia’s determined to get her life right, with the help of (and despite the major drama of) her friends.
Commit to the Kick by Tris Lawrence For eighteen years, Alaric has lived under the cloying politics of family and his Clan community. His freshman year is supposed to be a chance to explore a world where Clan and his shapeshifting Talent isn’t central to his life. But when his inner bear bursts forth during his first football game, endangering those around him, Alaric realizes that it’s not so easy to ignore his past, or his own internalized anger. In his quest for anger management, Alaric begins to train in taekwondo, and makes new friends in both sports. He finds that he is creating his own small community, where Clan, Mages, other Talents, and even humans come together and build their own found family. When Alaric receives news that something has happened to his brother Orson, he must return and deal with his Clan and his place in their world. He discovers that old prejudices are still strong between Clan and Mage communities, but that both may be in danger from a creature long thought to be only a legend. Alaric must figure out how to move forward and prevent a war and protect both his home and newly built communities, his found family with him every step of the way.
The Graverobbers’ Chronicles by Xu Lei Uncle Three loves good food, good booze, good card games, and bad women–and he’s never found a grave he wouldn’t rob. He can’t help it – it’s in his blood – grave robbing has been the family business for centuries. So when his bookseller nephew comes to him with a map to an ancient tomb, Uncle Three sets off to find it, in the company of some grave-robbing colleagues, his nerdy nephew, and a strange poker-faced guy that nobody can quite figure out. Uncle Three knows that the grave he seeks will lead him and his companions to “another kind of world,” but not even he could ever imagine what they are about to find. Lost in a labyrinthine cavern that is full of dead bodies, Uncle Three and his comrades fight for their lives as they come up against vampires, corpse-eating bugs, and blood zombies.
The Devil’s Luck by L. S. Baird Years ago, a foolish wastrel once played a hand of cards with the devil… and lost. Now Frey has inherited his uncle’s double curse: the Devil’s claim written on his body in crimson letters, and the impossibly good luck that comes with it. Death is Frey’s only escape from his destiny, but not even Etienne, an expert assassin from the Order of the Crimson Seal, can defeat Frey’s luck alone. And when Etienne finds himself growing too fond of his victim, he doesn’t know if Frey’s good nature or the luck is to blame. However, Etienne will give his all to preventing the Archdemon’s return, even if his all includes wearing a corset, and killing a friend.
All Systems Red by Martha Wells In a corporate-dominated spacefaring future, planetary missions must be approved and supplied by the Company. Exploratory teams are accompanied by Company-supplied security androids, for their own safety. But in a society where contracts are awarded to the lowest bidder, safety isn’t a primary concern. On a distant planet, a team of scientists are conducting surface tests, shadowed by their Company-supplied ‘droid – a self-aware SecUnit that has hacked its own governor module, and refers to itself (though never out loud) as “Murderbot.” Scornful of humans, all it really wants is to be left alone long enough to figure out who it is. But when a neighboring mission goes dark, it’s up to the scientists and their Murderbot to get to the truth.
In Good Company by Nicola Kapron Haruki no longer remembered what had been going through his head the first time he’d killed. All he recalled was the sight of those he’d once loved with all the helpless force of a scared, scarred child covered in red and utterly still. He hadn’t felt grief or triumph when he realized they weren’t struggling anymore. He’d just felt— Empty. Better to be hollow than to despair.
Kaikeyi by Vaishnavi Patel I was born on the full moon under an auspicious constellation, the holiest of positions–much good it did me. So begins Kaikeyi’s story. The only daughter of the kingdom of Kekaya, she is raised on legends of the gods: how they churned the vast ocean to obtain the nectar of immortality, how they vanquish evil and ensure the land of Bharat prospers, and how they offer powerful boons to the devout and the wise. Yet she watches as her father unceremoniously banishes her mother, listens as her own worth is reduced to how great a marriage alliance she can secure. And when she calls upon the gods for help, they never seem to hear. Desperate for some measure of independence, she turns to the texts she once read with her mother and discovers a magic that is hers alone. With this power, Kaikeyi transforms herself from an overlooked princess into a warrior, diplomat, and most favored queen, determined to carve a better world for herself and the women around her. But as the evil from her childhood tales threatens the cosmic order, the path she has forged clashes with the destiny the gods have chosen for her family. Kaikeyi must decide if resistance is worth the destruction it will wreak–and what legacy she intends to leave behind.
Firebreak by Nicole Kornher-Stace New Liberty City, 2134. Two corporations have replaced the US, splitting the country’s remaining forty-five states (five have been submerged under the ocean) between them: Stellaxis Innovations and Greenleaf. There are nine supercities within the continental US, and New Liberty City is the only amalgamated city split between the two megacorps, and thus at a perpetual state of civil war as the feeds broadcast the atrocities committed by each side. Here, Mallory streams Stellaxis’s wargame, SecOps on BestLife, spending more time jacked in than in the world just to eke out a hardscrabble living from tips. When a chance encounter with one of the game’s rare super-soldiers leads to a side job for Mal–looking to link an actual missing girl to one of the SecOps characters. Mal’s sudden burst in online fame rivals her deepening fear of what she is uncovering about BestLife’s developer, and puts her in the kind of danger she’s only experienced through her avatar.
Recommendations contributed by Nina Waters, softestpunk, Adrian Harley, and others.
Also: did you know? Duck Prints Press’s owner, Nina Waters, is aro! We’re an aro-owned company!
Who we are: Duck Prints Press LLC is an independent publisher based in New York State. Our founding vision is to help fanfiction authors navigate the complex process of bringing their original works from first draft to print, culminating in publishing their work under our imprint. We are particularly dedicated to working with queer authors and publishing stories featuring characters from across the LGBTQIA+ spectrum. Love what we do? Want to make sure you don’t miss the announcement for future giveaways? Sign up for our monthly newsletter and get previews, behind-the-scenes information, coupons, and more! Want to support the Press, read about us behind-the-scenes, learn about what’s coming down the pipeline, get exclusive teasers, and claim free stories? Back us on Patreon or ko-fi monthly!
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nateoldrin · 1 month
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for Aromatic Spectrum Awareness Week, i wanted to share Daniel and his QPBoyriend, Jan! they're both aromantic, with Daniel taking some time to come to terms with it - they start dating after book 2 (i don't think Jan appears in the books at all). Daniel's journey is briefly touched upon in book 1.
their relationship is physical, with elements of "close friend" activities! their dates are basically "i have a chore to go do, wanna come with?" , laundry, dishes, dinner with friends, gaming... basically friendship activities + sleeping together when they feel in the mood. but they ARE dating, and are exclusive, meaning they don't have the same relationship with other people. and they care about + love each other a lot, just not a romantic in love love - but no less valid. 💚🤍🖤
Daniel Souza and Janusz Cohen from my novel Witches of the North.
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qbdatabase · 1 year
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Hello, books and worms!
I’m testing out a fun new project of creating themed lists of five to a dozen titles each month. They’ll have a cute little collage for each title’s cover, and then a very short blurb for the title, author, age, genre, and a sentence or two of description.
This month’s theme is devoted to Aromantic Spectrum Awareness Week, but feel free to send an ask with requests!
Description blurb for each book under the cut v
Life Underwater / Matthew Metzger: Romance; a gray-romantic Muslim transgender man accidentally falls in love with a non-binary marine biologist
Fire Becomes Her / Rosiee Thor: YA Fantasy, Historical; a demiromantic bisexual woman schemes her way to the top of alt-Jazz Age magical politics
Syncopation / Anna Zabo: Romance; two band mates, one tour bus. can a gay song writer make it work with an aromantic rock star Dom?
Devon’s Island / SI Clarke: Sci-Fi; a soldier and her food scientist wife must work together with an aro-ace autistic scientist to plan a mission to Mars
The Bruising of Qilwa / Naseem Jamnia: Fantasy; a middle eastern aro-ace non-binary refugee discovers a terrible new disease amongst accusations of blood magic
The Last 8 / Laura Pohl: YA Sci-Fi, Apocalypse; eight teens survive an alien attack and gather at Area 51, led by an aromantic bisexual Latina who discovers a space ship that could change everything …
Two Dark Moons / Avi Silver: YA Fantasy; an aromantic bisexual female must survive in a jungle of reptilian people to pass her coming of age ritual
It Sounds Like This / Anna Meriano: YA Fiction; fat ace Latina MC leads a brass marching band of newbies with the help of a sweet and shy gray-romantic ace boy who just might be her new crush
Tarnished are the Stars / Rosiee Thor: YA Sci-Fi; a lesbian with an illegal clock-work heart, a tyrant’s aro-ace son, and a skilled assassin form an uneasy alliance to end an epidemic
The Liar’s Guide to the Night Sky / Brianna Shrum: YA Action; a ski-slope accident pits a bisexual girl training to be a firefighter and her cousin’s aromantic pansexual Latino best friend against freezing temperatures
The Rhythm of My Soul / Elin Dyer: YA Mystery; an aro-ace ballerina, a boy determined to dance until it kills him, and a new boy with a dark past need to figure out who is out for revenge–and why
Common Bonds: an anthology of short stories featuring aromantic characters
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boingodigitalart · 1 year
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Happy Aromantic awareness week!!!
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