I've Been Skimming The Ace Tag To Report Bots, Since I'm Recovering From COVID And Needed To Feel Productive

I've been skimming the ace tag to report bots, since I'm recovering from COVID and needed to Feel Productive and... man. It's really heartbreaking the amount of negativity I'm reading from some ace folks absolutely convinced that they'll never have successful and happy relationships of any variety and. Like.

This aging (42) ace (bi/demiromantic 95% asexual, if you need to me establish my credentials) just wants the younger aces to know that MY LIFE AND RELATIONSHIPS TURNED OUT PRETTY GREAT, ACTUALLY. I have a spouse and co-parent who accepts and loves the entire messy package of me, including my copious quantities of mental illness and my ridiculous number of queer letters. I have queer friends that may or may not be QPRs. I'm pretty indifferent the idea of labeling it, I just know that our relationship goes far beyond "just" friendship - they are family. And I'm in a place where I'm able to be as open about my ace identities as I am about the rest of my queerness. Don't fall into the trap of delegitimizing your aceness the way you've been taught! "Partners" don't have to be ROMANTIC to matter. And there are people out there ready and eager to love you for exactly who you are, aceness included.

PSA:

“Asexuality” is a sexual orientation describing little to no sexual attraction

“Ayyyyy, sexuality!” is a guy at a bar imitating Chandler from Friends while talking about sexuality

“Aye, sexuality,” is a pirate giving his kids ‘the talk’

learn and know the difference!

The Internet seemed to really like the previews I posted of NYC bullying Spider-Man, so here is that episode in its entirety. Enjoy!

okay this but also RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN TWO "OPPOSITE GENDER" PEOPLE ARE NOT FUCKING STRAIGHT IF ONE OR BOTH OF THEM ARE BI IT'S NOT A FUCKING LIGHTSWITCH OKAY

It's not like *flips switch* I'm dating a dude so I'm straight *flips switch* dating a woman, so now I'm gay Also, the level of fuckin ERASURE I get when people see my AFAB enby ass with my cis husband and daughter and go "look at that good family of straights" Like HOW FUCKING DARE YOU I am BI and also NOT A FUCKING WOMAN My husband is ALSO BI And my daughter is PRESUMED QUEER UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY

if you say any queer identity is not part of the lgbtq+ community, including but not limited to people with neopronouns, bi people who just happen to be in a straight relationship, and anyone on the ace or aro spectrum, i curse you with the gayest tapeworm you've ever seen

Say what you want about the 2023 Shakespeare in The Park production of Hamlet, but the choices made in that play WORKED. Having Hamlet wear a black hoodie and camo pants and him dramatically putting his hood up when he was pissed off was inspired. Having Horatio video tape Claudius on an iPhone camera from the side of the stage during the play within the play was hilarious. Having the play within the play be a hip hop dance number that represented the murder!?! Fantastic. Having Ophelia be a singer before she went mad and having a beautiful voice that everyone loved to listen to and then seeing her singing get worse and worse as she got nearer to death?!?! Hamlet pulling out his iphone after killing Polonius to show his mom a picture of his dad compared to a picture of Claudius and angrily swiping back and forth between the two as he said “What judgement would step from this… to this?” The crowd fucking lost it every time. Horatio singing to Hamlet as he died made me fully sob every time. The way they did the ghost on stage was so chilling and I can’t even accurately describe it, you just had to be there. Hamlet being deeply exasperated the entire time was just perfect. Hamlet and Horatio had a secret handshake. Laertes inexplicably carried an acoustic guitar case for much of the play which was very funny but also hit you with the heartbreaking implication that he had used to play while Ophelia sang and he stopped carrying it after she died. It was peak teenage-angst-hamlet and it was so dear to me. PLEASE if anyone has a recording, send it to me.

Today's pitch for Greater Boston podcast:

Have you ever wondered how a line of a subway system could be turned into a city? Have you ever thought about how housing, politics, or business might work in a city comprised of train cars?

Would you like a character to posthumously win your heart through the medium of Google Calendar entries?

Have you ever wanted a reason to google weird details about Boston and be surprised at what's actually based in truth?

Are you interested in ghosts, pneumatic tubes, or cheese robots? What about guinea pigs, squeezy stress balls, or mysterious plane hijacker D. B. Cooper?

Would you like to learn how a character's complex emotional journey can be represented through the careers of Ben Affleck and Matt Damon?

Does the idea of narrator shenanigans appeal to you?

Would you like to feel genuine complicated emotions about a man whose first name is Dipshit?

Do you want to learn about obscure and sometimes gross forms of divination?

Have you ever thought that more kidnapping scenes ought to contain a debate about the plural of hippopotamus?

Do you want to find out why I have learned the numbers 1 through 12 in alphabetical order?

Would you like to listen to a show in which so many wild things happen that the discovery of Atlantis is a relatively minor plot point?

Do you want to be proved wrong every time you think that the show has reached its limit in the number of characters it can make you care deeply about?

Would you like to cry whilst listening to a profound long-awaited conversation that takes place on a cheese rollercoaster?

Would you like to experience all of this in a show that also manages to sensitively explore political corruption, economic and racial injustice, mental health, and the importance of community?

If the answer to any of these questions is yes, you should listen to Greater Boston.