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Today’s the day! ‘The Other A in LGBTQIA+’ by AUREA is officially out today! Dive into the powerful, personal stories of the aromantic community—our voices, our experiences, our truth. Read more about it here: https://www.aromanticism.org/en/news-feed/our-book-the-other-a-in-lgbtqia-coming-out-now. Grab your copy now and help us celebrate this milestone for aromantic visibility!

[Image description: light green square graphic on a white background. Large text on the graphic reads: "Today's the day! 'The Other A in LGBTQIA+' by AUREA is officially out today!" Smaller text below it reads: "Dive into the powerful, personal stories of the aromantic community— our voices, our experiences, our truth. Grab your copy now and help us celebrate this milestone for aromantic visibility!" Below the graphic to the right is the cover of the book 'The Other A in LGBTQIA+'. At the bottom left of the image is AUREA's logo. There are squiggly patterns in the colours of the aromantic flag across the background.]

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I'm so happy to see this book published after all the years of working on it with the AUREA book team.

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Habitica April Fools 2026

[Image description: A Habitica avatar wearing a green bow and purple sunglasses, holding a wand in the right hand and a bouquet of flowers in the left, and riding a blue rat. There is a small bear-like alien in front of the rat. The background is a forest with a waterfall, with a rainbow across.]

[aromantic-aurea]

fundraiser... + book teaser!

The Aromantic-spectrum Union for Recognition, Education and Advocacy is trying to raise $500 for our general website and organizational costs by February 28th. Small amounts add up quick!

When we're halfway to our goal, we'll share an advance excerpt from our upcoming book, "The Other A in LGBTQIA+: An Introduction to the Aromantic Community, in Our Own Words!" (official release will be this May) - If we reach 100% our goal, we'll share a second excerpt from the book.

Help us to reach our goal here: https://buff.ly/Z8IusSh

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I'm so excited about the book. I'm part of the team writing it, and we've been working on it for a few years now.

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As always, I started Aromantic Spectrum Awareness Week off by flying the aromantic flag at Mardi Gras Fair Day.

[Image description: red gazebo with asexual flag on the side, two people standing outside of it with their back to the camera, and a black bike with a flag pole flying an aromantic flag.]

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Habitica Costume Challenge 2025

[Image description: It's a photo of me dressed up as my @habitica avatar. The avatar image is included on the top right corner.

I'm wearing a green bow in my hair, dark sunglasses, a multicoloured pastel tie-dye dress, and large rainbow wings that are more like a shawl because I'm not holding them up. I'm holding a tulle pompom on a stick in my right hand and a bouquet of flowers in my left hand. There are two plush Marills in front of me. The background is clouds on a pink sky.]

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Habitica April Fools 2025

[Image description: A Habitica avatar wearing a green bow and goggles, holding a closed umbrella in the right hand and a bouquet of flowers in the left, and riding a blue rat. The rat is standing on a cloud at the end of a rainbow. To the bottom left of the image, there is a small bear-like cryptid standing on the cloud.]

[1ns3rtn4m3]

HAPPY ASAW everyone!!

I drew these last week, gonna make them into stickers >:)

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Aromantic pride rat, what a perfect combination. 🤩

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Here in Sydney, Aromantic Spectrum Awareness Week always coincides with the first week of the Mardi Gras season, so I started the week off by flying my aro flag at Fair Day.

Conveniently, I was volunteering at the Australian Asexuals stall, which was right near one of the entrances to the event.

[Image description: photo of market stalls in a park. The stall in the centre of the image has an ace flag banner with the words "Australian Asexuals" in front. There is a bike to the side of the stall with a flag pole, flying an aromantic flag.]

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Habitica Costume Challenge 2024

[Image description: It's a photo of me dressed up as my @habitica avatar. The avatar image is included on the top right corner.

I'm wearing a green bow in my hair, and big black cycling goggles that cover most of my face. I hold a rainbow umbrella in my right hand and a bouquet of flowers in my left hand. There are two plush Marills in front of me. Most of my body is behind the larger Marill, but part of my translucent rainbow fairy wings that I'm wearing like a shawl show through. There is a rainbow flag on the beige wall in the background.]

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Habitica April Fools 2024

[Image description: A Habitica avatar wearing a silver hood and goggles, holding a closed umbrella in the right hand and a bouquet of flowers in the left, and riding a blue rat. There is a mushroom with a face in the lower left corner in front of the rat. Both are standing on a frozen blue pond. There are snow-covered trees in the background.]

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My tenth Habitversary

The challenge isn't even running any more, but I'll observe my Habitversary anyway.

It's been ten years, and I still use Habitica every day. I don't think I've added any new dailies in the past year, which ought to be a good thing. Perhaps I should delete some of the inactive ones that I've kept "just in case" I decide I'm going to start doing them again.

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Habitica Costume Challenge 2023

[Image description: It's a photo of me dressed up as my @habitica avatar. The avatar image is included on the top right corner.

I'm wearing a reflective cape and costume aviator goggles. I hold a rainbow umbrella in my right hand and a bouquet of flowers in my left hand. I have two plush Marills on my lap. There is the top of a fountain behind me where the water is creating a rainbow, and there are trees in the background.]

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Habitica April Fools 2023

[Image description: A Habitica avatar wearing a silver hood and goggles, holding a trident in the right hand and a bouquet of flowers in the left, and riding a blue rat. There is a parfait in a tall glass in the lower left corner in front of the rat. The background is a field with green grass under a blue sky.]

[aromantic-aurea]

Happy end-of-ASAW! AUREA accepts donations all year round and we thank you for your support so far. You can see what we do with that money by accessing our public financial records. Comment below to tell us what else you would like to see AUREA do with donations.

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中文(繁體): 你認為AUREA 應該怎樣利用經費？

Nederlands: Wat zou je AUREA graag zien doen met het budget?

Español: ¿Qué te gustaría que AUREA hiciera con sus fondos? 

Français: Comment aimeriez-vous qu’AUREA utilise son budget?

Polski: Jak chcielibyście, aby AUREA wykorzystywała swój budżet?

Svenska: Vad skulle du vilja se AUREA göra med sin budget?

Català: Què t'agradaria que fes l'AUREA amb els seu pressupost?

[aromantic-aurea]

Happy ASAW, Day Six! All aros have other intersecting identities that make them unique. Comment below to tell us about your intersecting experiences. Consider donating to AUREA to make our website and resources more accessible with tools like an ADA Toolbar.

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中文(繁體): 你的無浪漫傾向與你其他個人認同有什麼交織性？

Nederlands: Hoe hangt je aromanticisme samen met je andere identiteiten? 

Español: ¿Cómo interactúa tu arromanticismo con tus otras identidades? 

Français: Comment votre identité aromantique croise-t-elle vos autres identités?

Polski: Jak twój aromantyczność wchodzi w interakcje z innymi twoimi tożsamościami?

Svenska: Hur korsas din aromantik med dina andra identiteter?

Català: Com intersecciona l'aromanticisme amb la resta de les teves identitats?

[habitversary]

The Habitversary blog is now closed. The Habitversary challenges were run by Habitica moderator Cantras (hello). The volunteer moderators sought social contact with the paid staff [so they would see we were trustworthy and human] and more recognition of our work/skills [in the sense of "run ideas by us because we know the community well enough to judge reaction" and in the sense of "could you please say thank you when we handle stuff for you"]. Habitica has decided that it will no longer have volunteer moderators, taking moderation duties in house. I wish them the best, but the Tavern is an Eternal September disaster area without mods having a frequent eye on it, and looking at it stresses me out. Also this whole extended thing has put some baggage/bad-taste on the company in general. So I'm not using Habitica anymore, or running the challenges. And this is a side blog off my blog, so if someone wanted to resurrect the challenges, they'll need their own blog.

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Thanks for running the challenge all these years, and all the best for your new adventures beyond Habitica. 

I’ve participated in the challenge every January that it has been running. Today is my ninth Habitversary, and the first one without the challenge. 

After all these years of almost constant quests, in the past year I finally collected all the currently available quest pets, mounts, and equipment. I continue to use Habitica every day as I have since the day I started (except for the days when the server has been down). Yesterday, I rebirthed my character after reaching level 100 for the 33rd time.

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Habitica Costume Challenge 2022

[Image description: This is a photo of me dressed up as my @habitica​ avatar. The avatar image is included on the top right corner.

I’m wearing a reflective cape and costume aviator goggles. I hold a devil fork in my right hand and a bouquet of flowers in my left hand. I have two plushies on my lap, an Alolan Raticate and an Alolan Rattata. The background is part of a horizontally flipped Starry Night painting.]