Aromantic Spectrum Awareness Week - Tumblr Posts
Welp, tomorrow is Valentine's Day
I personally don't feel any of the love in the air (*laughs in aroace*), but almost the week after Valentine's Day is Aromantic Spectrum Awareness Week, so yay!
Edit: Wtf, why is this getting more likes than my actual good posts--
Happy Aromantic Spectrum Awareness Week Everyone!
Learn more about aromanticism and upcoming community events on the ASAW website and the AUREA ASAW page.
[Image description: A light green graphic decorated with lime green six-point stars. The upper left-hand corner has clip art of a tan hand holding an aromantic pride flag. In the lower right-hand corner, there is a vertical aromantic flag. At the bottom of the graphic are the AUREA and ASAW website logos. In the center, there is text that reads "Feb 20th -26th, Happy Aromantic Spectrum Awareness Week! We are proud to promote the acceptance and inclusion of aromantic identities! Learn more about ASAW at arospecweek.org]
It's Aromantic Spectrum Awareness Week! This year ASAW takes place February 19th - 25th.
Visit arospecweek.org for more info.
(ID: green text inside a white box reads "Aromantic Spectrum Awareness Week" in large letter, below is the date "February 19th-25th, 2023" in small letters.)
The left flag is the demiromantic flag. The green stripe is hiding behind Hifumi.
i finished the drawing i was going to do for asaw it came out ok. im sorry for the messiness i havent used these markers very much. im very sorry about colour issues i havent really got that many options tbh i will try to use better colours in the future
as a small reminder aro week 2024 is february 18th through the 24th
valentine's plans? no. aromantic spectrum awareness week plans
Happy Aromatic Spectrum Awareness week to any incredible aro people seeing this. You are valid as heck, and don't let anyone tell you otherwise
This week is Aromantic Spectrum Awareness Week ! Or aro week for short
If you didn’t know, I’m aroace ✨
If you have any questions, I’ll gladly answer them !
SOME AROS HAVE CASUAL SEX AND THEY SHOULDN'T BE DEMONIZED FOR IT
Some friendly reminders for the Aromantic Spectrum Awareness Week (& beyond)
- Aromanticism is not part of the asexuality spectrum.
- Aromanticism and asexuality are two different identities.
- The "A" in LGBTQIA+ stands for aromantic as well.
- Some aros feel romantic love. Some even fall in love. Some feel only platonic love. And some aros don't feel love at all. And that's okay.
- Ace is not interchangeable for aro.
- Being aro isn't "sad".
- Loveless aros exist and should be appreciated and cherished.
- "Aros still experience other types of love!" or "Love is love!" are exclusive and we should stop using them for the whole aro community. Even if you're aro - stop using them on the behalf of all aros. This is harmful.
- Some aros are straight.
- Some aros are gay.
- Some aros are bi or pan.
- If you think it's wrong for a gay/lesbian character to be shipped with the opposite gender, than you should think the same about aro/ace characters, who canonically don't want/aren't in relationship to be shipped with other characters.
- Some aros are also ace.
- Some aros are also allo.
- Some aros are non-SAM.
- Some aros have casual sex and they shouldn't be demonized for it.
- Don't call it "aromantic awareness week". It's Aromantic Spectrum Awareness Week for a reason.
- All aros deserve aro rep.
- All aros are queer.
- All aros are human.
- This post isn't all there is for aros. Do your own research as well.
ah yes the aromantic experience
hey, i’m aroallo. is it ok to participate in aro week? idk i’m just nervous since were excluded a lot
Do you have any tips on how to be more supportive/inclusive of loveless aros?
Drop completely the concept that love is something that makes us human, that it’s something we need, that it’s something everyone wants.
Be very careful of thinking aros need to be more loving or love their friends more or anything like that to “make up for their aro-ness”. A. there’s nothing to make up for because aros aren’t lacking in anything, but also B. that just isn’t every aro person’s experience. Some aros do invest a lot in their friends, but not all. And they don’t have to. Not all aros are close to other people. These aros need to be remembered too.
Be aware that aro or not, some people have a hard time connecting to other people or even feeling love at all. And there’s nothing wrong with that. It’s especially common for neurodivergent people to sometimes have trouble connecting to other people or feeling emotions the way neurotypical people do. Sometimes people who are dealing with trauma also have trouble connecting with, or don’t feel like they love, other people.
On that note, be wary of the concept that there’s any kind of morality to how someone feels love. Morality comes from how we treat people and how we act, internal feelings we have no control over isn’t someone’s morality.
I haven’t seen this in a long time but it used to be common for ace stuff, especially outreach stuff to say ‘but we can still love’ to appeal to heteronormative sensibilities. This hurt all aros, but especially loveless aros. Definitely do not do that and push back against it when you see it.
So I’m not a loveless aro myself, and it’s possible there are more things that could be done to be inclusive that I either haven’t thought of or am not doing. I definitely encourage you to look up what loveless aros say on the subject as well and see if there’s other things you can adopt.
And just a note if anyone wants to know what loveless aro means, the lgbta wiki has an entry on it.
All the best, Anon!
