#ARO WEEK

[bloggingboutburgers]

My nonexistent kingdom for some DYNAMICS VARIETY (aka me finally drawing something else for Aromantic Spectrum Awareness Week)

[weirdplutoprince]

Happy valentines

[productofaritual]

HAPPY ARO AWARENESS WEEEEEEEEEEK BE AWARE OF ME AND OTHER AROS

[onesidedradiostatic]

HAPPY ARO WEEK TO ALL AROSPECS OUT THERE, HAVE A GOOD ONE!!!!!!!

reference:

[hairscare]

as much as i understand why people make posts about aces who have sex and aros who are in relationships, and i love all aces and aros no matter what they do or dont do, i really wish all of the aspec positivity wasnt centered around that. aces who dont have sex and aros who dont want relationships of any kind are stigmatized so much even by other queer ppl and even other aspec ppl and i really wish we got positivity too bc as an aroace person ive dealt with so much bullshit over the years for not wanting to have sex or wanting a relationship. so to all my sex repulsed aces and romance repulsed/relationship repulsed aros, you are just as valid as anyone else <3 aspec worth doesnt come from relationships or sex, we all matter equally :)

[aromanticofficial]

as a small reminder aro week 2024 is february 18th through the 24th

[simbistardis]

It is incredibly frustrating to be aromantic and for people to treat you like you’re heartless, or could never care about anyone at all. We are also put in the unfair and uncomfortable position of justifying our lack of romantic love and explaining the “validity” of other relationship types. It can feel like you’re still stuck within the system, because either way society is telling you that you yourself are not enough, and that you need to be partnered in some way. some people never want a partner, and that’s incredibly fucking valid and should be respected. In trying to navigate aromantic identity in relationships, I also have to deal with the frustration of being a gender nonconforming Black woman as well. I am hypersexualized, told i’m ugly, expected to perform emotional labor for free, subject to hella micro- and macroagressions, told that i’m scary, and always trying to make myself palatable for someone else. this is exhausting. and so it is fun to dream and think about love and relationships, and i have some very important and meaningful relationships with folx, but because of my undesirability, because of my Blackness and Black womanhood, and because of my aromantic identity, I feel very much cut off from having the types of relationships that I would like to have. It can be difficult and frustrating and isolating to see friends, family, strangers, move in and out of casual, serious, or no labels types of relationships knowing that if they one day decide to have a romantic partner, they will be supported in that choice. Perhaps not by all of society, perhaps not everywhere, but there are models for what their relationship could look like. Society has given them options on how to find partners–as a Black Aromantic, I have been given nothing.

Being Black, Aro, and Imagining Relationships, hello! from a Black Aromantic by Mazarae, idkjustwordsyameen.wordpress (2021)

[isabellascarlett1]

Happy Aro Week to:

- Aplatonic Aros 💗

- BIPOC Aros 💗

- Neurodivergent Aros 💗

- Aro Lesbians 💗

- Aro Gays 💗

- Non-monogamous Aros 💗

- Trans Aros 💗

- Romance repulsed Aros 💗

- Romance favorable Aros 💗

- AlloAros 💗

- AroAces 💗

- Aros in romantic relationships 💗

- Aros in Queerplatonic relationships 💗

- Hyperromantic Aros 💗

- All Aros 💞

[redbeardace]

[bloggingboutburgers]

Of course everything on there p'much depends on what flavor of aroace you are, but that's also why I never brag about not experiencing those types of frustrations. 'Cus yeah, the joke's on everyone.

[pokimoko]

It's Aro-spec Awareness Week once again, which means it's time to celebrate with some lil' critters! (Here are their 2023 and 2024 friends). ✨Nothing will ever stop you from being amazing, aros!✨

[aroacesafeplaceforall]

Stating this Sunday, February 16, 2025

Happening on the first week after Valentine's Day of each year – February 16 to 22 – Aromantic Spectrum Awareness Week is a time to bring more awareness to and show support for those who identify as aromantic.

Artwork credit to @infiniteorangethethird who gave me permission to use it last year but tragically we missed the chance to use it in our big post, using it for a side one instead! I hope they still feel okay with it, if not don’t hesitate to contact us and ask to get it swapped out!!

[gyogun-luo]

💚🤍🩶🖤

[itsguysnightitsironic]

Kith and kin.

Sometimes peace doesn't mean a lover's embrace, it means, well, peace.

Love loses! Happy aromantic week!! To me, to you and the whole cast of Avantris characters that have not shown any sign of romantic attraction, adore you.

EDIT: Since Richie asked for Art notes, here they are:

thanks for coming to my aro-talk.

[greenteaandtattoos]

Seeing the voice actor of one of the only canon aroace characters in media, one from such a popular series, celebrating aro week and boosting aros, is the greatest feeling in the world. Makes me a little weepy.

[microknifeyuri]

happy aro week

hcs:

mic, pickle, and cabby: demiromantic

bot, cheesy, 3gs, mepad, dough, mec, floory: aro

balloon: aroflux

test tube: arospike