CAKE YEAH ASEXUALS

My ‘f’ key has been sticky lately, and when I tried to find ‘facebook’, I found…This.

http://www.ace-book.net/

The All Blacks (New Zealand rugby team) have produced an ad asking their fans to abstain from sex during the course of the Rugby World Cup - fans are being offered a black ring to wear to demonstrate their support.

I am assuming the All Blacks PR people don’t realise what they’ve done, but part of me hopes there’s an ace with a sense of humour somewhere behind it all.

demisexuality:

What: Ace Prom!

When: Friday September 9th, 2011. 7PM to 11 PM US Central Time (or whenever you want/need to log off, it also doesn’t matter if you are late. We all have things we need to do, whether it’s school, a job, prior commitments, emergencies that pop up, etc.) And if you can’t make it at all, you can still post things related to ace prom when you get a chance if you’d like.

Where: Tumblr, and wherever you physically blog from. You could even go some place you like (that you normally don’t blog from) to make it more fun.

Who: Anyone who is part of the asexual spectrum is invited. Anyone who is questioning whether or not they may be asexual are welcome. Allies and anyone who is ace-positive are welcome.

What To Bring: Yourself.

What Not To Bring: The Privilege Olympics are banned from ace prom. Anyone attempting to start such things should be ignored, as in DO NOT RESPOND TO THEM OR REBLOG AND TRY TO ARGUE. This is supposed to be fun, not triggering, frustrating and shitty.

What To Wear: Whatever you want. You can dress up or not bother with making your outfit anything special. You might want to wear any ace pride things if you own any (t-shirts, buttons, asexual flag coloured clothes). It’s entirely up to you. But please be clothed if you are going to post a video or photo of yourself, as, well “ace prom” is kind of self-explanatory and some aces are repulsed and would not like to see that on their dashboard.

Who To Go With: You can attend by yourself if you want. Or you could ask someone, or more than one person, go in a group. Whatever you want. It’s just like any other tumblr prom where you can message someone and ask if they want to go with you (or use another form of communication if you want to get creative, like asking in a video, making a GIF…I don’t know. I’m bad with these sort of things). And then I guess you just say you’re going to prom together. I don’t know. I went to tumblr prom (May 25th 2011) alone so I’m not sure how it works, but I’m guessing it’s how I just described it.

And I shouldn’t have to say this but just in case: The person(s) you ask doesn’t/don’t have to be part of the asexual spectrum. If you want to ask a sexual, that’s perfectly okay.

Activities:

Here’s how it goes

1. Log on to tumblr between 7PM and 11PM US Central Time on September 9th
2. Post a photo of yourself in your prom outfit or a video of yourself (optional, of course)
3. Tag any related posts “ace prom” so everyone attending can find it
4. Post anything ace-positive, ace-pride, etc
5. You might want to play some asexuality spectrum-friendly music, or maybe just your favourite music
6. You might also want to bake a cake, or buy one. Or something else if you’re not into cake.
7. Maybe watch your favourite ace-friendly movie
8. Or read a good book
9. You know, whatever you want, really
10. Posts photos or videos or drawings of what you’re doing to participate in ace prom. It’s not really an event if we’re all doing it in secret, especially from each other. But again, I know some people aren’t comfortable posting photos or videos so this isn’t mandatory.

Have we all seen the Ace Prom message floating about?

Have we seen how many different blogs have reblogged that?

Have we noticed they’re not all ace blogs?

*starts handing out buckets for the happy creys*

I don’t know about the rest of you BUT I HAVE SO MANY WARM FUZZY FEELINGS RIGHT NOW.

PS, you should go to Ace Prom because there will totally be cake.