Category Archives: aromanticism

Soulmates and uncertainty in “Cupido”

Posted on August 14, 2021 by Siggy

Long-time readers may remember a time when I talked about a lot of webcomics, and occasionally made recommendations. While I haven’t searched for new webcomics lately, I still keep up with old webcomics for years on end, as long as … Continue reading →

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The allo aro intersection matters

Posted on September 24, 2020 by Siggy

Last month, there was an incident where a prominent ace blogger very publicly questioned whether “allo aro” should be seen as an empowering label. This caused a furor among aro bloggers, and even the author deleted the post because they … Continue reading →

Posted in aromanticism, Articles, asexual politics, Community, Intersectionality, romantic orientation, sex-favorable, sex-repulsed | 9 Comments

Journal Club: Antonsen 2020, “Ace and Aro”

Posted on July 27, 2020 by Siggy

After a 7-year hiatus, I revived the ace journal club. I invited a few local people, and we discussed the following paper: Antonsen, A. N., Zdaniuk, B., Yule, M., Brotto, L. A. (2020). Ace and Aro: Understanding Differences in Romantic … Continue reading →

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græ tells painfully familiar stories

Posted on May 23, 2020 by Siggy

Content Warnings: The lyrics of græ include many references to suicide. One song (“Cut Me”) is directly about self-harm. Another (“Two dogs”) describes in graphical detail the traumatic memory of the deaths of two dogs. The cover contains mild nudity. … Continue reading →

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How not to talk about aromanticism

Posted on February 20, 2020 by Siggy

It’s Aromantic Spectrum Awareness Week! It’s a week to send all your positivity and affirmation towards aromantic spectrum people. But I’m not much for positivity, so instead I’m going to take a critical look at an article I saw last … Continue reading →

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Those magic words, “I love you”

Posted on December 14, 2019 by Siggy

This article was written for the Carnival of Aros, this month themed on “Love”. There’s a scene in the movie Scott Pilgrim vs the World where Knives says to Scott, “I’m… I’m in… LOVE”. The word “LOVE” gets spelled out … Continue reading →

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Aro complaints about ace communities

Posted on August 29, 2019 by Siggy

When I started keeping tabs on the aro community on Tumblr, and I saw many complaints about ace communities.  I think it’s important that ace communities are made aware of these complaints, so I offered to publicize any complaints that … Continue reading →

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“No romo”: An overanalysis

Posted on April 18, 2019 by Siggy

“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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Let’s use this Aro/Ace bridge

Posted on March 11, 2019 by Siggy

As you know, this February was the very first month of the Carnival of Aros, and it started with a joint event with the Carnival of Aces on the theme of “The relationship between the aro and ace communities“.  The … Continue reading →

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Aro-ish: Permanent Questioning & the Aromantic Community

Posted on February 28, 2019 by Elizabeth

This post was written for the Carnival of Aces & Aros. The Carnival of Aros is a new sister project that will be separate from the long-running Carnival of Aces, but just to kick off its first round, The Ace … Continue reading →

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