The “Carnival of Aces” is a blogging carnival where each month people are invited to write on a specific topic that is related to asexuality/the ace spectrum in some way.
(Also, vloggers are invited to speak on the topic in videos, artists/poets invited to be inspired by the topic, etc — whatever format you wish to participate with, please, use that format.)
Check out the masterpost of all of the other amazing topics previous carnivals have been on: https://asexualagenda.wordpress.com/a-carnival-of-aces-masterpost/
September’s was on “Living Asexuality” and was hosted by Jo over at A Life Unexamined.
For this current month, October, I am hosting, and I decided to make the topic Aromanticism & the Aromantic Spectrum. Honestly, I’m surprised this has never been a topic in the carnival before.
The topic is meant to be broad.
Some ideas on what people might write about:
- What led you to identify as aromantic or with an identity on the aro-spectrum?
- What did you first think when you heard about romantic orientations and that an aromantic orientation was an option?
- What are your thoughts on the conflation — or perhaps, the separation — of aromanticsm and asexuality?
- What does it mean to be aromantic, or aro-spectrum, in a practical sense in your current life?
- How does being aromantic or on the aromantic spectrum influence your plans for your personal future?
- How do you feel society treats romance, and how do aromantic people fit in?
- What does it mean to “participate in romantically coded things” while being aromantic?
- What counts as romantic/non-romantic to you, personally?
- What does it mean for aromanticsm to be most often talked about in asexual communities?
- How is aromanticsm currently portrayed in fiction? In non-fiction news and documentary/biography media?
- In an ideal future, how would you hope aromanticsm would be portrayed in either fiction or non-fiction?
Please consider these as some jumping off points. You may blog about anything that is related to the topic though. Surprise us!
Let me know in the comments if you have any questions or concerns.
To submit your entry, either leave a comment below or send an email to me at pemk7@aol.com . If you would like to post anonymously, I can copy and paste text from an email into a Guest post on this blog of mine, just let me know that this is your wish.
Thanks!
From Fandom to Family 
Hello, I’m interested in participating in Carnival of Aces for October, but I don’t have a wordpress account. I tend to do my blogging on Tumblr, so would it be possible to somehow submit the blog post to you for it? I identify as being on the aromantic spectrum and am asexual.
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Of course! I already got one tumblr submission: http://tinyurl.com/omfmnxv Since you were able to write this comment, you can submit your entry by posting a link to the comment here on my blog, and that will probably work fine. Or you can email me at pemk7@aol.com. I hope one of those two methods works for you!
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Alright! Here’s my entry to the Carnival of Aces for this month: http://wherethecherryblossomsdance.tumblr.com/post/131234545861/hello-this-is-my-first-entry-to-carnival-of-aces
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I know you already found the post, but I am formally submitting this piece to the carnival for ceremony’s sake:
https://thenoteswhichdonotfit.wordpress.com/2015/10/09/the-aromantic-reader-and-the-fictional-romances/
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Here is my piece. https://aceofspadessite.wordpress.com/2015/10/18/being-aromantic/
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Hello! I also wrote something: http://abj17.tumblr.com/post/131515807654/on-aromanticism-and-platonic-attraction
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Here’s my submission:
https://asexualagenda.wordpress.com/2015/10/29/learning-to-understand-my-aromanticism/
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Hey, I’ve written a little something… http://nolivingunderstarlight.tumblr.com/post/132245005299/this-is-a-submission-for-the-october-carnival-of
Looking forward to reading the full collection!
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If it’s not too late, I have a post here: http://writer-ace.tumblr.com/post/132341010303/the-ambiguity-of-demiromanticism
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It’s not too late. 😉 Thanks for the entry.
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Reblogged this on Autism Candles.
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