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When unimportant relationships are important

Posted on May 20, 2019 by

Recently, I wrote about my experience not forming close friendships. That’s not strictly speaking true–sometimes I do form some close friendships, but I tend to be uncommitted to them, and I often value friend networks over individual friendships. Now I’d … Continue reading →

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I don’t make close friends

Posted on May 13, 2019 by

What is a friend? In ace communities, most of the time when we’re talking about friendships, it’s in order to differentiate it from other kinds of relationships, such as romantic or queerplatonic relationships. Of course, this puts a strong emphasis … Continue reading →

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Terrible graphs of orientation

Posted on April 30, 2019 by

It used to be one of distinctive features of ace communities, that we really liked drawing graphs. Oh so many graphs, more than I can include. The graphs were painful, and we liked the pain. It’s fallen out of fashion … Continue reading →

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“No romo”: An overanalysis

Posted on April 18, 2019 by

“No romo” is an aromantic meme, a play on an older expression, “no homo”. “No romo” is often used as a jokey hashtag, or an art motif, and usually there’s not enough context to give it further meaning. It’s mostly … Continue reading →

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Umbrella erosion

Posted on April 13, 2019 by

In Coyote’s timeline of “quoiromantic”, there’s a certain conflict that persisted for many years. Cor, who coined “quoiromantic”, has repeatedly asserted a broad meaning, as in “What even is romantic orientation?” Nonetheless, there has been a persistent misconception that it … Continue reading →

Posted in Articles, Gray-A, greyromanticism, Language | 25 Comments

Trying to Define ‘Romantic’

Posted on April 9, 2019 by

This is a guestpost by demiandproud. Hi, I’m a demisexual Dutchwoman who’s identified as such since her mid-twenties. I toyed with adopting a romantic orientation label for a long time while figuring out how attraction works for me. In the … Continue reading →

Posted in Articles, Guest post, Language, romantic orientation | 11 Comments

Splitting the Split Attraction Model

Posted on April 2, 2019 by

The Split Attraction Model (SAM) is a model that says that people’s attractions/orientations can be split into multiple components, such as “sexual”, “romantic”, “platonic”, “sensual”, and so on.  Everyone agrees that the SAM model has issues and is not inclusive … Continue reading →

Posted in Articles, asexual politics, Modeling, romantic orientation | 1 Comment