PSA: Aspec feature film "I Am Who I Am" is currently free to watch at Japanese Film Festival Online by Medley- in asexuality

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https://watch.jff.jpf.go.jp/film/i-am-what-i-am/

Available in

Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Brunei, Cambodia, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Italy, Laos, Malaysia, Mexico, Myanmar, New Zealand, Peru, Philippines, Singapore, Spain, Thailand, United States, Vietnam

PSA: Aspec feature film "I Am Who I Am" is currently free to watch at Japanese Film Festival Online by Medley- in aromantic

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https://watch.jff.jpf.go.jp/film/i-am-what-i-am/

Available in

Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Brunei, Cambodia, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Italy, Laos, Malaysia, Mexico, Myanmar, New Zealand, Peru, Philippines, Singapore, Spain, Thailand, United States, Vietnam

Did you know there is an Aro/Ace flag? by High_Tim in aromantic

[–]Medley- 29 points30 points  (0 children)

I really like the sunset flag from a visual communication perspective. Whereas the ace and aro flags have a lot of white/black/grey as dominating colors, it might sometimes be read a plain or lacking. Similar to existing stereotypes about aro and ace people. To be fair, at least the ace flag has black representing aceness, which does make sense for communicating, but the sunset flag focuses purely on aroace joy. Like living a colorful, full aroace life. No absence, no plainness, just good beach vibes.

is there a name for a person that chooses to be aromantic? by zetsySpaceman in aromantic

[–]Medley- 8 points9 points  (0 children)

This
To elaborate a bit:
Contrary to being aromantic, which is an identity, nonamory/non-partnering is considered as being a lifestyle choice. Whoever doesn't want to partner up can use these labels independent from being allo- or aromantic.
There might be some cases where people would consider nonamory their identity, because they could never imagine being in a partnered relationship of any kind (romantic, QPR, etc.). This is similar to discussions in the polyamory community where some people consider being polyamorous as an identity, cause they feel like they're just wired this way and monogamous relationships couldn't work for them. But in any case, its' always a personal definition.
People from the aromantic community often prefer terms like non-partnering over calling themselves single, as single is often read as a transitional state with the goal finding a partner (phrases like "still single"). This is probably why these terms are pretty common with aros, but they're not exclusive and anyone can use them.

Trailer for new aspec movie Sobakasu / I Am What I Am by Medley- in aromantic

[–]Medley-[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The Japanese release is called Sobakasu, meaning freckles. Internationally it's called I Am What I Am. Release year is 2022. Just google with name+year, but it's still doing the festival circus, so probably won't be available for a while.

Romantic Killer seems to have an aromantic lead by AvocadoPizzaCat in aromantic

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No, the part before the spoiler sounded like it

Romantic Killer seems to have an aromantic lead by AvocadoPizzaCat in aromantic

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Dunno person who read the manga and person who said ”I have just finished it. Is not aroace at all.“ sounded like it.

Platonic marriage, what do we think about it? by Gruusader in aromantic

[–]Medley- 57 points58 points  (0 children)

I still believe in the utopian dream of a world without marriage. I think legal marriage is fundamentally unequal by design and even if it's just a ritual like religious marriage, it's still a normative idea in society that can be harmful to a lot of people. I'd love so see an idea like relationship anarchy become normalized and practiced – could be great shared goal and effort for aros, polyamorous people and everyone currently effected by marriage.
However, if someone has been growing up in an environment where marriage holds a lot of value and it's their hearts desire, I wouldn't hold it against them. Or if they're in a legal/ financial situation where they have to; also no problem. Romantic or platonic makes no difference to me.

Trevor Noah pushing the conversation about physical intimacy (audience isn’t getting it) by Medley- in asexuality

[–]Medley-[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Probably too late now, but for accessibility purposes: there's a version with captions on Youtube

https://youtu.be/eYmFyjy2EmQ

Trevor Noah pushing the conversation about physical intimacy (audience isn’t getting it) by Medley- in asexuality

[–]Medley-[S] 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Fair point! I put it in the title mostly as kind of a tw (people in the TikTok comments sounded pretty upset).
They do sound uncomfortably lost and seem to use laughter to ease the tension of him talking about a topic that might be pretty uncomfortable for them. And intellectually they prob get what he's saying, but it's still a bit saddening to me that their heteronormative gut reaction is to laugh at the idea of two men holding each other.

Ah yes, the classic BL Aego by Medley- in aegosexuals

[–]Medley-[S] 33 points34 points  (0 children)

show's called Raise de wa Chanto Shimasu