March 2012
10 posts
7 tags
A question about vocabulary
Because lately, I have seen people using words in the ace tags that are new to me, and also using words I know in ways that make no sense with the meanings I associate with them. Needless to say, this makes constructive dialogue a bit tricky.
Here I work through my thoughts and personal definitions for some apparently contentious vocabulary. I’d like it if people could tell me where their...
Attempted Danger: A Minority within a Minority? →
outlawroad:
I posted not that long ago about being a celibate/sex-aversive asexual, but lately, I’ve been reading a lot of posts online by asexuals which seem to be hammering home the fact that asexuals can and do have sex and sometimes enjoy it or feel enthusiastic about it otherwise…. And again, it’s making…
Ironically, I just complained to my friends on DW about this very thing....
TL;DR: So a question for people with platonic... →
writingfromfactorx:
physistorian:
Or zucchinis or whatever you like to call them:
How exactly did you get together? Because I can’t for the life of me figure out how to platonically ask someone out.
Really awkward conversations about the state of the friendship? Involving, in one case, increasingly less…
I wish all of tumblr (well, not the trolls) to know that that awkward...
I can't find who posted it,
metapianycist:
but so far my favorite response to my informal “What is your favorite response to give to ‘How do you know you’re asexual if you haven’t had sex?’ ” poll is
“How do you know you wouldn’t like eating live scorpions if you’ve never tried it?”
dying. DYING.
"You don't need this junk. You need a cat.":... →
youneedacat:
I think I still retain one of the skills I used the most often to handle language growing up. My language comprehension, as opposed to (superficial) expression, ranged from “meh” to nonexistent. And so did the ties between my superficial level of expression, and what I was actually thinking. I…
Oh, wow. I identify with a surprising amount of this, considering...
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asexuality-exists:
I agree with you however some people doesn’t like it when they say they’re asexual and people just assume they’d never have sex, it bothers them. they wanna make it clear that it doesn’t necessarily mean that they would never have sex. whereas I have the same problem, I wanna make it clear that I don’t wanna have sex, ever. so yes, line is unclear for some but for some of us...
Hey, everyone!
raumlet:
Just block unicornenimas. Really, your life will be much, much better.
At least the block button seems to be working properly again. I have never been so happy not to see something.
Beautifully Complex: This past week I have met two... →
miaim:
I don’t really ever use this anymore as a “blogging” outlet, but this past week and a half has taught me a lot of stuff about stuttering and myself that I really need to just iron out in a rambling blog post.
I have met two stutterers in the past week who have graciously come into my therapy…
You can make that three, if you want - I stutter, and it doesn’t bother me. Or...
hm.
mostlydeplorable:
Sometimes I think to myself “you can’t possibly be asexual. Only one percent of the population, as the very popular statistic says, is asexual. So the odds of you being one is crazy slim.” But then I think, “well nothing else makes sense and it seems to be like teenagers thinking they’re immortal and couldn’t possibly get hurt hurtling down a hillside road sitting on a...
youneedacat:
“But anyway, we have seen a few discussions going around lately about how non-autistic professionals tend to say autism is about impaired socialization, “theory of mind,” stereotyped repetitive behaviors, etc. While autistic people say that it’s about profound differences in cognition, perception, and communication. (And often the autistic people disagreeing with the professionals...
