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purpletrashcans · 14 days

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I am so fucking annoyed and here is why

I recently made the discovery that i'm probably aromantic and i would like to do what i did when i discoverd that i'm trans which is go and watch/read everything that even has the tiniest bit of trans representation in it, but i can't because there is no aromantic representation

now obviously that's nothing new, i was aware of this problem before and it pissed me right off then as much as it does now

it’s honestly just such bullshit that whenever there is an asexual character in media, basically the first thing they say after coming out as ace is that "they still want to fall in love" like not wanting, not being able to feel romantic love, would make them less human or something like that and of course there are ace people who are not aro, i'm not saying that and i'm not trying to shit on anybodys identity, if you are ace and not aro you are just as valid as anybody else and this lack of aro rep is obviously not your fault, we also need more ace rep while we're on it, that's not the point i'm trying to make, what i mean is that media always tells us that romance makes us human and if you don’t experience that you are either immature, unstable or not human and that's just bullshit

also it is no wonder that when i told my grandma about Loveless by Alice Oseman and how much i love this book, she was worried that i was like Georgia because i never like anyone romantically, she has never heard of aromanticism before, when she thinks of adult people that have never been in a relationship and don't have children she thinks of lonely, sad people and she doesn't want that for me

it is no wonder that when i see my greataunt and -uncle once a year they ask if i have a partner and when i say that no, i don't have a partner, they tell me that i have time and i'll meet someone eventually

and it is no wonder that so, so many people think that they're broken, that they enter relationships and situations that they don't want to be in, that fucking therapist try to cure people, that it took me 21 years, almost losing my friends, actually losing 8 kg in two months do to disordered eating and reading Loveless two times to figure out that i might just be aro, when there is barely any representation whatsoever, when most people haven't even heard of aromanticism

we need more representation and we need it desperately, that way not only will aro people discover their identity sooner and safe themselves a whole lot of trouble, but allo people can also learn how to react to someone being aro and we can all learn that being aro isn't sad or inhumane or weird or lonely

and because i'm a fancy-schmancy college student (who wrote "collage" instead of "college" first because i can not spell)(and have watched too much criminal minds) i would like to end this with a quote by Mariah Wright Edelman (tho the quotes are the worst part of criminal minds, they are so cringe istg):

“You can’t be what you can’t see”

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themasterpupil · 10 days

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Her smile 🥹👵🏾

#my grandma #all is right in the world #when she smiles

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bottlecapsandotherthings · 4 months

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Well. It's happening. I'm about to come out as nonbinary to my grandma now.

She's just as supportive but does not know what being nonbinary means. So I will have to explain it to her... Wish me luck! I feel less nervous since it already went so well with my grandpa. I'm glad that my grandparents are so accepting!

I'm still a little nervous, though...

#nonbinary #coming out #my grandma #wish me luck!

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dinosaurwithablog · 1 month

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In honor of my grandma and her fantastic food, I made pasteles. This is what they look like when you put them in the sink to drain after boiling them. Pasteles are Puerto Rican 🇵🇷 Christmas food. My grandma made them every Christmas. They are delicious 😋 😍 she fed everyone pasteles every year. People came from miles and miles away to enjoy and celebrate Christmas with us and to eat her pasteles. They normally are wrapped in banana leaves, but I can't get them here so I used foil. They are made with platanos (plantains), potatoes, and a delicious mixture of pork, onions, green peppers, tomato paste, garlic, salt, and pepper. Each one has one green olive in it except for one pastele. That one had two. If you got the one with two olives, you'd have great luck for the new year.

This is what they look like unwrapped. They get their color from me adding achiote to the batter of potatoes and platanos. They are delicious 😋 every time I make them, I can feel my grandma smiling down on me. It feels great. It tastes great. It's a great gift to have pasteles!!! Thank you, Grandma. I love and miss you very much 😍🥰❤️

#my grandma #my grandma's food #pasteles #Puerto Rican Christmas food #feed everyone #sharing is everything #food is love #love #happiness #sharing #thank you #i miss you grandma #i love you grandma

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grimskullz · 1 year

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i love kirks stutter and shut up if you shit on it

HES TRYING HIS BEST.

AND I LOVED HIS CROOKED TEETH AND IT MAKES ME SAD TO THINK HE WAS INSECURE ENOUGH TO GET THEM FIXED.

(ofc i love his teeth now but you get what i mean)

#:(#metallica #kirky boy #my grandma #MINE

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honeycombhank · 6 months

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Awhile back when we went to my grandma’s house and Nel got out every one of Bella’s (my grandma’s small dog) toys and threw them around the living room and then fell asleep in the middle of the living room but not before cheesing it up with a smile Lol

#so silly #dog smile #my grandma #greyhound #dog toys #Nelly Noodles #my pets #honeycombhank #big dogs #happy dogs

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alex-a-roman · 1 year

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"You're so romantic"

Thanks, I grew up watching Telenovelas with my grandma!

#balkan #things #the balkans #eastern europe #romania #telenovelas #spanish #latin language #my grandma #i hate when westerners shit on telenovelas #that's my childhood #latin countries #spain #mexico #brazil #colombia #argentina

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manicpixxiedreambitch · 5 months

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Thinking about the time my Grandma cursed out my dad’s Highschool principal over the phone for dress coding him

Back in the 90’s my dad was like…the class clown but in the “immature teenage boy who clearly has undiagnosed ADHD” kind of way, and his friends were the same way. He was like the ringleader of that circus. At one point, his highschool banned shorts of all kinds, and he and his friends decided to go out and buy themselves baggy capris. Keep in mind these showed their ankles and a little but of their lower calves and that’s IT. The next day, they walked into school all wearing the capris to protest. And one of the staff rounded them all up and sent them to the principal. The principal took one look at them like This Fucking Kid Again and said “You can’t wear that.” My dad was like “Why not?”

“Those are shorts.”

“No, theyre baggy capris.”

“Those are SHORTS.”

“No….they’re baggy capris.”

“No, THOSE ARE SHORTS!”

“No…they’re baggy capris.”

Principal actually flipped his desk at my dad (remember this was the 90’s so apparently that was okay?) and made the mistake of calling…

My grandmother

This was probably the biggest mistake this man ever made and maybe later on another post I will explain why I say that I truly believe God is afraid of my grandma, but for now let me tell you my grandma is a hippie, an activist, Italian, and has a loud voice. When she gets a call from my dad’s school, she had two thoughts.

Oh my God what is wrong with my son?

And

Oh my God what is wrong with my son?

She picks up the phone and the principal explains to her that he has my dad and several of his friends in his office in violation of dress code and

My dad swears to this day that woman was never put on speaker

But he heard

Every. Word.

“ARE YOU FUCKING SERIOUS? YOU’RE CALLING ME WHILE IM AT MY FUCKING JOB, TO TELL ME THAT YOU DONT LIKE THE GODDAMN CLOTHES I PUT ON MY FUCKIN SON TO WEAR TO THE GODDAMN SHITSTAIN YOU CALL A FUCKING SCHOOL?! GO FUCK YOURSELF, MOTHERFUCKER!”

And she hung up on him. He stood there, stunned for a minute before telling them that they would all have to go home and change. And my dad was like “If you send me home to change I’m not coming back, I’m staying home.” And the principal wasn’t going to let that happen so he sent them to the nurses office to put on their “dress code clothes” but instead of baggy sweatpants they had bright red, skin tight (let your imagination go feral) yoga pants. And the staff instantly regretted it but they couldn’t go back now, and thats how that school ended up with seven teenage boys strutting around the school in the tightest yoga pants in the state.

#dress code #my grandma #my family is insane #class clown

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strange-broo · 5 months

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My grandma passed away last month. I miss her so much already. I love seeing old photos of her. Here’s one of my favorites, her by the Christmas tree in the late 1960’s. She was so beautiful.

#my photos #my grandma #1960's #1960s #vintage #sixties #vintage christmas #christmas

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voguetearss · 8 months

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grandmothers should be forever