#ace air

[commiemartyrshighschool]

[ufofrommarss]

PRIDE MONTH YIPPEE

[bloggingboutburgers]

This gig is doing wonders for my self-esteem related to my age tbh

[leikeliscomet]

Asexual theory 101

Right I keep getting asked on most of my asexual posts 'What does this mean OP? Where's the sources?' so imma make a quick ace theory 101 post so if anyone says they don't get it I can say I tried. Let's go:

'What does being ace have to do with race/racism?/There's racism in the ace community???'

Pretty much everything as people of colour experience various forms of sexualisation and desexualisation at the same time, which is why POC are rarely included in asexual representation:

Asexuals of Color Still Seek to Validate Their Asexuality by Ebony Purks

Stereotypes & media about Black masculinity made it harder to come out as asexual by Tyger Songbird

Your Assumptions About Black Queer Masculinity Are Erasing My Asexual Identity by Timinepre Cole

It's Time To Start Celebrating Black Asexuality in Media By Tyger Songbird

Yasmin Benoit: ‘People had a hard time believing that I could be Black and asexual and at Pride’ by Alastair James

Brown and Gray: An Asexual People of Color Zine

'What do TERFS/transphobia have to do with asexuality?'

There's a growing TERF conspiracy theory that asexuality is the side-effect of transitioning. The LGB movement believes the community is exclusively for 'same-sex attracted persons' and so identities that don't involve attraction e.g. the TQIA should be removed. Most backlash towards Yasmin Benoit, aroace activist, is from white TERFs and conservatives:

Acephobic conspiracy theories have transphobic and fascist roots by Sherronda J Brown

'But how can conservatives hate asexuality if they hate sex?'

Because they don't and never did. If the term 'puritan' was used correctly in modern internet discourse, it would be known Christian puritans believe heterosexual sex for reproduction is a gift from god and mandatory so being asexual doesn't exactly fit with that worldview. Their beef is with any form of sex and sexuality that falls outside of cis heterosexual marriage, including asexuality. They're not anti sex but anti sexual autonomy:

"Anti-Sex" and the Real Sexual Politics of the Right by Lee Cicuta (ButchAnarchy)

The religious right is now targeting sexless marriages as “selfishness.” They Want to Ban Those Too by Tyger Songbird

Asexual people targetted by right-wing pundits following landmark report by Harriet Brewis

'What does being ace have to do with gender?'

It's commonly assumed that because patriarchy shames women's sexualities and considers all men's sexuality as biological and unavoidable, that ace women only and exclusively experience dsexualisation whilst ace men only and exclusively are pressured into being sexual beings. This can true as a broad overview but it can vary based on race, disability, class etc. This also becomes complex for asexuals that exist outside the gender binary. This is known as 'gender detachment'.

Impossible for Men, Unremarkable for Women by Canton Winer

My Work on Gender Detachment and Asexuality Strikes a Nerve by Canton Winer

'There's asexual studies now?'

Yup. On the general experiences of asexual people in the UK, including discrimination in education, the workplace and healthcare:

The National LGBT Survey (2018)

Ace in the UK Report (2023)

Specific names:

Asexual theorists: Ianna Hawkins, Michael Paramo, Julia Sondra Decker, Canton Winer (non-ace), Sherronda J Brown, Angela Chen

Asexual activists: Yasmin Benoit, Tyger Songbird, Marshall Blount (TheGentleAce), Kimberly Butler (TheAsexualGoddess)

And I'm gonna update this with more if they're worth adding. I don't wanna hear any excuses anymore or blame towards aces of colour, gay aces or trans aces for not being specific enough anymore. Read!

[thecoolsquirrel]

timeskip (?) 🥺

[keytrio]

ACHTUNG, BABY!

[periwinkla]

WIP shot of the pokeattorney pic <3 Slowly but surely.... I will complete this ridiculousness I got myself into.

[oodlyenough]

also i watched season 1 of the anime. what the hell was this. can't you just hug or shake hands or something. you guys are so weird.

[sceebybeeby]

and then mods ban him bc it violates the rules

(doodles below)

[trlvsn]

as someone who hasn't played aa4 yet: is he okay

[lululeighsworld]

it was literally their moment and they just let us watch

(if you need me i'll be marinating in this for the foreseeable future)

[tainebot01]

First give, then take.

[atomicniire]

I was watching this video that said 90% of American homes have AC but in the rest of the world only 10% do and now I need a poll

[gunsatthaphan]

#get urself a man who's a walking meme.

[ot3]

im almost kind of glad we have pretty much no information on whatever phoenix and edgeworth were up to re: solving cases together abroad in the 7yg because it lets me imagine whatever funny shit i want to. such as international prosecutor of acclaim miles edgeworth getting a real stinker of a case in like Luxembourg or something and having to talk to whatever team he's working with like. okay. let me get my guy on this. he calls in some dude with visible shaving cuts and a suit that absolutely does not properly fit him and is singed and/or torn and/or stained in several places. id like to introduce you all to mr phoenix wright. 'are you a detective' no 'another lawyer?' no they disbarred me i'm just here consulting. 'on what' the case.

he spends 12 straight hours being verbally harassed by every involved witness. accidentally almost walks into oncoming traffic several time forgetting which way the cars go. keeps saying incredibly cryptic and/or blatantly wrong things and then immediately walking them back. suggests the worst possible motive and execution of a murder you've ever heard in your life. and it's correct. case solved. okay bye. its the only person edgeworth has ever referred to as a friend in public.