Two boys practicing their swordplay, Harlem, 1939–1940.
Photo: Aaron Siskind via Smithsonian American Art Museum
Saj Issa - Crocodile Crown
Nyaduola Gabriel, Yaniris Silvério , Kuany Atem , Nyagoa Diu , Jimai Gor and Denyse Tumukunde at Richard Quinn SS 26
hold on let me try to invent a version of myself who can get us out of this mess [holds really still for a minute and a half and then turns to you with a flat affect] we probably should have killed ourselves an hour ago
I finally understand why that argument was always making me angry
This is what I was talking about in my post the other day!
Why did it take me so many paragraphs and words when this single sentence sums it up so well :/
I guess i expanded on it? Like, I went into more detail on what relationships including a-spec people could look like.
But anyway, yes, this is why it makes me mad! It's a misappropriation of legitimate parts of the a-spec identity in order to undermine our identity, because it goes against prevalent and deeply engrained allonormative and amatonormative beliefs.
[ID: Screenshot of a tiktok, cropped to focus on the text. The background shows the top of a person’s head, standing in front of some shelves that hold stuffed toys and manga. The text reads: ‘I can tell many people have interpreted “asexuals/ aromantics can be in relationships too” as “asexuals/aromantics can be normal too” and have not actually thought about how a lack of or differently experienced level of attraction impacts that relationship.’ /end ID]