who’s yearning with me

[foursidecity]

So apparently space is for the aros

[aro4aro-yearning]

it is

[morb1dcan1d]

The Aromantic Experiences Zine is live!!💚

I have dedicated big parts of the past few months towards the creation of this community zine! And oh am I delighted that it has actually become real!! The digital file is officially open for anyone to read.

I am forever grateful for the people in my tiny aromantic community who decided to take part in this encounter of mines! I will forever be grateful and will be thinking fondly of creating such a big thing! This bad boy is about 70 pages long!! Crazy!!

Ko-Fi link to download the free zine:

Aromantic Experiences // Digital Zine - Morb1dCan1d's Ko-fi Shop

A zine containing works written by a group of aromantic people. There is barely any representation for this peculiar identity, and finding c

[aro4aro-yearning]

EVERYONE CHECK OUT ME AND MANY OTHER PEOPLE’S AMAZING ENTRIES!!!

[luxiomahariel]

i- (remembers that i dont feel love) dont love you ⭐

[hellenic-whore]

I fucking love the idea of like

Having a boyfriend and dating but like

I don't think it'd feel like anything "special" about it other than "best friend im normal about and have sex with sometimes"

[hellenic-whore]

I put the little romantic attraction into the aromantic spectrum but like

I dont even know what that shit is

[aro4aro-yearning]

i can be like, extra clingy to certain people myself, but its not like i think of them as more important or more special, just that i might act differently or share more?? idk either

[aro4aro-yearning]

guess whos going to be in an aromantic zine soon-

[aro4aro-yearning]

I FORGOT TO SHARE THE ZINE

[elsa-viktoria]

Me whenever I make a new friend who's slightly attractive

[aro4aro-yearning]

lithromo aro4aro yearning is wanting to be near someone and having intertwined lives but not living together like visiting each other in the night and just showing up to each others places randomly and unannounced but never ever living together

this is so cool. I enjoy having acquaintances has well. Not everyone has to be there all the time for it to count :)

[aro4aro-yearning]

nah cuz tell me why I’m lowk yearning for a QPR like??? I thought I was non-partnering and then I met someone who I felt queerplatonic attraction for and like, that attraction went away but I still highkey want a QPR now

(honestly I feel like I’ve been oscillating between partnering and non-partnering for a while but that’s a whole other can of worms)

I get this now too especially recently I am more open to a longer term relationship but it is very specific to the person

[what-even-is-thiss]

Talking to allo people who haven’t really interrogated how society has told them to view sex feels like that bit in SpongeBob where Patrick keeps failing to put his hand on the lid

[what-even-is-thiss]

Sex is just a thing. No it’s just an activity. It doesn’t have to be… no listen it’s just an activity. An activity. It’s just a thing. A thing. No it’s not the same for everyone it’s just an activity. No it’s a value neutral activity. An activity. An activity.

[what-even-is-thiss]

I’ve been experiencing this lately with people trying to argue with me about my views on sex work.

“You can’t compare sex work to other types of work because having sex you’re not enthusiastic about is really traumatizing”

I’m sure for a lot of people that’s true but for me sex and masturbation occupy a similar emotional space to brushing my teeth or doing the dishes and I certainly don’t feel traumatized about it and I know for a fact that I’m not the only person who feels this way.

Also I think that someone physically and violently forcing me to brush my teeth might end up being traumatizing.

Sex is so taboo and mythologized that people have forgotten the mechanics of it.

Yeah sex might be sacred and important to you. To me it’s a chore I’ve gotta do sometimes. Like cooking. I love cooking and put great importance on it and who I do it with. A lot of people just cook to live though.

Yeah if to you sex has a lot of emotions caught up in it I’m not gonna tell you that you’re wrong for feeling that way. That’s normal. It’s not a universal experience though. And if you can’t accept that, then too bad. Other people’s personal realities don’t exist to confirm your personal worldview.

[a-queer-little-wombat]

Where's that meme about being tired of white people even when you *are* a white people ... this post is making me feel that way about being allosexual.

[faerie-fangs]

girlfriend and boyfriend is like one of those things you do in grade school but stop believing in after like the tooth fairy and cooties

[gazazabad]

And I woke up rested asf😌

[birdlistening2music]

reminder that if youre aro you dont have to be in a qpr or have any type of other relationship to still be happy !! you dont have to make up for not having/wanting romantic relationships !!

[ungovernablecrow]

Ya know what? Fuck Valentine's Day, I hate it

Don't do anything romantic, don't buy chocolate or roses unless they're for yourself, don't love your friends, just fuck them. Gag at every romance scene. Make grossed out faces at the valentine's decorations.

Romance is a scam created by the government to sell more movies, uhhh romance is temporary, sex is forever

[necropolis144]

Figured this one would be a hit with the aros.

[sun-splotches]

[weirdo-on-the-internet]

If love is in the air, I'm wearing a gas mask

[aro4aro-yearning]

I found this Aromanticism 101 zine at my school and it’s one of the best explanations of my identity I have seen.

Also goes over some less talked about terms such as Relationship-Anarchy, which I really appreciate