If you believe that ace, aro, and aspec people are “cishet”, unfollow me right now. You are not welcome here.
Edit: If someone is ace/aro/aspec and identifies themselves PERSONALLY as cishet and considers themselves cishet, then that’s fine since they chose to identify as that. But if you view ace/aro/aspec as inherently “cishet” until they seemingly ‘prove’ otherwise, that’s where I have an issue.
You can’t redefine what cishet means, asshole. An aro or ace person who is cis and straight is cishet and benefits from cishet privilege. I don’t give a shit whether or not they choose to use the label of Cishet.
“Cishet” was a word coined by trans people meant to describe someone who has full, unconditional access to straight privilege – that is, someone who is 100% perisex, cisgender, heterosexual, and heteroromantic.”
I am not redefining cishet. If someone is Aromantic or Asexual, they do NOT benefit from full straight cisgender privilege, seeing as though they are not Cis Heterosexual Heteromantic to begin with.
Not only this, but there aremultipleposts and blogs that actively provide sources and first-hand accounts that if someone is aspec they can, and do, face different kinds of oppression such as but not limited to: corrective rape, being seen as less than human, feeling “broken”, being seen as mentally ill or something being medically wrong with them for feeling this way, having partners acting as though the aspec individual is somehow denying the other their “right” to sex, being abused in multiple ways and manipulated to feel as though you’re being childish or selfish, others ignoring physical boundaries to try “fixing” you, and more. And in a society that seems to show sexual/romantic depictions as well as trying to play on people’s attraction towards those deemed “sexually appealing”, it can feel really awkward having to hear and see these things all the time. And yes, these things go for, you guessed it, the “CisHet” aspec individuals as well seeing as though these are ASPEC experiences.
While yes, if someone is cis they do benefit from being cis, and while being in some form of relationship with a different gender than oneself might appear to benefit the person from the view of outsiders since they’re then assumed to be straight, this does not negate the fact that many aspec individuals including myself face different pressures and issues that cisgender heterosexual heteromantic individuals DO NOT face based on their sexuality or romantic orientation. And if someone feels as though they’re cishet while also being aspec, then they can choose that for themselves if it feels right for them personally, but to force this upon everyone is just wrong since someone else cannot determine someone’s identity for them when it comes to incredibly personal labels such as these.
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And just in case you and others don’t feel like hovering over the links, they are as follows:
And for those that want a little more on what that “A” in LGBT+ stands for, here ya go
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With even the most basic of listening to what aspec people have experienced and felt, most anyone can tell that even “cishet” aspecs can and do face different pressures and problems that they wouldn’t have to face if they truly had all of that “CisHet” privilege that others claim that they have. And just because some people don’t experience the issues listed, it doesn’t take away how many others have experienced otherwise.
Props to the animation team for doing a REALLY good job making that thing look unpleasant
Please watch Flying Witch
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for some reason this anime looks like exactly what i want to watch today thank you
i’m watching it on crunchyroll and it’s so cute and wholesome, it’s just completely soothing. very slow paced and relaxing. nothing especially happens, there isn’t what you’d call a plot, it’s just this kind of deadpan weirdness interspersed with ordinary moments in the life of a teenage witch in a scenic farming town in the japanese countryside. also her cousin is the chillest boy character in the history of anime. he’s not even ‘cool’ or laconic, he’s just naturally calm with no hint of macho bullshit. when she compliments his cooking and says he’d make a good girl, he immediately responds “all the boys would be so into me” without batting an eye. you get the impression there’s nothing on earth that would upset him.
if you ever feel like your mood would be improved by, say, watching a small child following a cat around the neighborhood for fifteen minutes, this is the show for you. 😀
This sounds 100% exactly the kind of show I’d love.
My favourite films/shows always just have an ambling sort of storyline, with no real climax and now real purpose other than following a character. (think alice in wonderland while she’s in wonderland… there’s really no point/crucial moment/motivation, she just kind of is wandering around discovering things, and experiencing stuff) And rural settings are always my fave, and witches!!! are always my fave!!!
also me: oh yeah so once i was in the car, have you seen my car? yeah probably. so i was in the car and we were driving to florida and [completely stops for 3 minutes] did you know lorde has synesthesia? the type with colors. mine doesnt involve colors, really. where was i? oh, florida. car. we were driving to florida, and- hey have you ever been to 7-11 because it’s my favorite store since july 11th is my birthday. once we went and i showed my ID and i got a free hot dog because that’s my birthday. and have you been to six flags? we have season passes. oh! sorry! florida. so we were in the van, it was a white van, we rent one when we vacation because we have a lot of people in our car. it’s pretty big, the last one had five rows of seats i think but we removed one so we had room for our bags. i sat in the last row with my grandma, nobody could hear us talk because we were so far back. actually we didnt know music was playing until the drive home, it was funny actually, and-
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