⚂ aro&ace ⚂

she/her, aroace of course |¦| main -> @nizotine |¦| Would love some moots or people to talk to :)

[arrowtine]

Decided to make a sideblog so I don't flood my main with aroace stuff, you can follow me on my main at @nizotine :)

Would love to chat bc none of my IRL friends are aro/ace, yayy!!

[hybridcalisthenics]

Calisthenics for Beginners (2023)

You can learn almost any exercise by building up with easier variations! Here are some examples.

Note: this is a short version of a 26-minute long video called "Home Workout for Beginners (2023)" on our YouTube channel. If you want more details, please check out that video or the Hybrid Routine page: https://www.hybridcalisthenics.com/routine I tried to fit what I can into a short video.

Also, yes my knees go in a bit more than I'd like during my intro jump when I stand up 😅. The one later is better.

We're going to try to schedule a large backlog of videos to post daily for a while! If anything seems out of order, that might be why. Follow for more - have a wonderful day!

Free Hybrid Calisthenics Fitness App (beta) - based on this video's philosophy

[ferrousferrule]

I recommend this workout to my clients on a pretty regular basis. Hampton is a trainer who ACTUALLY understands what "no really I'm a total beginner" means. 10/10 use myself, send to others, recommend this workout. -your neighborhood medical massage therapist.

[aroacepagans]

So I’ve seen almost no social media promotion for it, but someone created a website where people can list/find aromantic friendly professionals like therapists and doctors. It’s a little sparse at the moment, but almost all of the information is crowdsourced, so if people know of aro-friendly professionals I encourage you to submit a recommendation! The more people add to this, the better it will be as a community resource!

[acesnyc]

This site was created just under a month ago (on September 18, 2020), which is why it might look a little empty. To echo OP above, if you know of any aro-friendly professionals, please submit a recommendation!

Also, for anyone curious, the asexual counterpart to this site exists, and it can be found here! The asexual site is also new (created around the same time as the aro one), and it could also use recommendations! 

[love-too]

Just heard the sentence "non practicing bisexuals" for aroace people and I'm losing it

[arowitharrows]

I don't want a romantic partner I want friends who will go dumpster diving with me, I want neighbors who will knock on my door and ask for butter because they forgot to buy some and it's sunday. I want book shelves in public spaces, food banks and shared tool sheds and community gardens. I want to trade home grown tomatoes for a couple of eggs with my neighbor and I want to bring food over to my friends house when I've cooked too much. I want bicycle only streets and I want people to go on spontaneous walks with. I want people to ask me for help when they need it and I want to be able to ask for help in return. I want community as a safety net. I want people to stop focusing on the vague concept of the one, who will Cure All Isolation and Loneliness. I want every single person to be able to find support and comfort around them, regardless of their relationship status.

[arowitharrows]

Whether or not you still want a romantic partner is besides the point by the way. Of course you can want both, I would even expect most people to want both. The point is that society sells us romance as a fix for the lack of community. The point is people saying "you'll find someone someday" instead of saying "let's make an effort now". I don't want a romantic partner to fix a problem that goes much deeper than what they could fix. Also I'm aromantic.

[mamajosrefuge]

The EU is doing a big survey for LGBTQ people who live in the EU about how it is for them right now. That's the kind of survey that's used for official reports and for laws so it's super important that it has as many people taking it as possible. You can take it in every EU language. (You can change the language in the top right corner) Share it with your friends!

https://www.lgbtiqsurvey.eu/lgbtiq

[dysphoria-things]

i finally started working on my google form, which i’m calling the aromantic census! ill take interacting with this post as a sign you want to be tagged when i publish it.

[dysphoria-things]

it’s finished! it’s fairly short, but i hope it gets enough responses that i can get some good data.

aromantic census

i’ve noticed, in the time i spend on pubmed and in queer spaces, that there’s not much research into aromantic identities. since i am not a

@senor-quacken @caffeinated-emo-twink @antlerangel @myrabbitistrying2killme @ollie-garden @thereallyreallylatebird @bsideheart @thellamaisnotdead @literalfuckingfreak @ndsvkwac @tiredpeterparker @lynx-26

[out-of-context-aro-ace]

Not in the mood to do it right now, but I'll reblog

[marvosa-yroz]

AROACE Uno Skip Cards!

And the best part!

Feel free to use it!

[aspec-flag-tournament]

Finals: which flag looks cooler?

aroace sunset flag VS nebularomantic flag

aroace sunset

nebularomantic

Voting ended onJul 10, 2023

[aromantic-diaries]

Five stages of aromanticism

Denial: I'm just a late bloomer. Oh I just haven't met the right person. I'm not ready for a romantic relationship.

Anger: why is everyone obsessed with romance and why am I not in love yet

Bargaining: I'm going to pick someone to have a crush on. You know, like a normal person

Depression: oh god oh fuck i'm gonna die alone I'm fundamentally broken

Acceptance: WOAH being aro actually rocks #loveloses my favorite color is green now

[latecomerfangirl]

Ace and based!

[arrowtine]

Hey um, don't know why I'm telling this, but I've been more offline for a while bc I have a bf now and I wasn't sure how I would feel about the aro label.

First time I've felt romantic attraction (and it was pretty intense, it's literally like in the songs in case anyone was curious), but I still feel incredibly aroace. Like, even if now I have had one (1) crush I still feel left out in the same kind of conversations and my bf talks about previous irl/movie crushes and I'm like... I only like you and only bc you're you... And it wouldn't happen easily again.

(and I'm still fully asexual I think)

so yeah, I think it's good to share different experiences so here u go :)

happy pride month everyone

[aaa-battery-not-rechargeable]

good evening to every single asexual who has been pressured into doing things they weren't comfortable for them because of fear of rejection or harm if their asexual identity wasn't 'taken well', and every single asexual who had someone say they could 'fix' them, and every single asexual whose identity has been disrespected and trampled on in the LGBTQ community, and every single asexual who didn't have the courage to say no, and every single asexual who thought it just wasn't worth it to explain being ace to someone so instead just put up with uncomfortable things, and every single asexual who has been made to feel like their identity is simply 'innocent' and 'pure', and every single asexual who is sick and fucking tired of it all.

I believe you.

[love-too]

[charlesoberonn]

Absolutely.

[ifeelsoalpha]

[love-too]

Always thinking about them

[nausikaaa]

that reddit post reminded me of this part of Loveless by Alice Oseman, so i'm adding it

[romance-evil-aro]

"can i identify as aro even if-" you can do whatever you want forever👍

[romance-evil-aro]

"can i identify as aro even if-" you can do whatever you want forever👍

[annabelle--cane]

like as a feminist and an asexual if you ever imply that not having sex / not having "enough" of it is a conservative or reactionary trait I will be running you over with a bus pronto

[annabelle--cane]

you do not need to have sex ever. if you don't want to then you can just not do it. you don't need to have sex in order to mature as a person. you don't need to have sex to prove that you don't think it's immoral. you don't need to have sex to be a good partner. you don't need to have sex to be physically and/or mentally healthy. all of these goals can be achieved by hundreds of means other than sex. you can chose to do it for any reason you want, but you can also chose not to do it for any reason you want, including just not really feeling like it at any given time in any situation. the only thing not having sex says about your life and character is that you decided not to have sex. you can really really just not do it and that will be 1000x better for you in every conceivable way than making yourself do it when you don't want to.