You Know What I Like So Much About The Aromantic Community?

You know what I like so much about the aromantic community?

We have so many concepts that the average alloromantic person has never heard of. Concepts that make it so much easier to explain our experiences, desires and struggles to other people. They make it so much easier to exist as an aromantic person in this world. Of course, every aromantic person can decide whether they find these concepts helpful and applicable to their experiences. But I find it amazing how many cool concepts the aromantic community either came up with or took pre-existing concepts and made them our aromantic 101. I don't think the allos really get how being aromantic can fundamentally change your worldview. And to be honest, I think they're missing out because I think everyone would benefit from at least being familiar with those concepts.

Being aromantic is basically like this:

A meme-like picture of an iceberg. The tip that is above the surface of the ocean is labeled "feeling little to no romantic attraction". The far larger part of the iceberg is underwater and is labeled with several terms. Those terms are: "lovelessness/lovequeerness, rethinking and customizing relationships, relationship anarchy, queering the meaning of platonic, split attraction model, deconstructing amatonormativity". / End ID]

Aromantic shrimp colours are real.

Anyways, aromantic community, y'all mean a lot to me and I'm so happy I found y'all and now share your "secret" knowledge!

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