Asexual Fairy Tales Kickstarter!
Feb. 12th, 2019 01:52 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
A lot of asexual (+ child-free!) folks get the smug “You’ll change your mind someday” treatment. Remember how you’re putting zero effort into convincing people or arguing with them? “Maybe I will. Life is long and full of surprises! But it’s not a priority just now.” + Change subject. I hate when people assume that you’ll change your mind about things you’ve said are important to you, and I hate it even more when the same people berate you for changing your mind about things and whip out the “I told you so” stick to beat you with. Consider this one more argument for not wasting effort on convincing people who would talk to you this way in the first place.
I've posted the followup report for the June 19, 2012 Poetry Fishbowl featuring the series Hart's Farm. So far there are four complete poems posted, and a fifth in microfunding where people can make donations to reveal new verses. The asexual character Rowen appears in "Comforters" (about caring for sick people) and "Behind the Red Robe" (about gender identity and conflict resolution). The poems already posted focus on community life and how people get along together. One of the unsold poems, "Who Stands Beside Me," also features the other asexual character Solvig as she helps a friend deal with his father's death. That one has a lot of nonsexual physical contact.
There is currently a poll open to distribute the general donations. Everyone is welcome to vote on what poetry should get sponsored.