Carnival Of Aros February 2022 CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

[mesotablar]

February 2022 Call for Submissions: “Community”

It's February, and time for a new instalment of Carnival of Aros! It's a monthly blogging event that highlights aromantic and arospec experiences. Visit the main site here.

The theme of this month’s Carnival of Aros is “Community”

February is when many people celebrate Aromantic Spectrum Awareness Week (21st - 27th) and I was hoping we could share our thoughts on communities. I’ve made some prompts but feel free to take this topic anywhere you want to go with it!

• Is your community interaction only online or is it also in real life?
• Are you planning to find/join a real life community this month?
• Are you part of a small community you want more people to know about?
• Is your community supportive or is it letting your down?
• Does your community celebrate or have an event you want more people to participate in? Perfect time to advertise!
• Do you think communities are important?
• What is the best part(s) of the communities you are in?

Entries for this Carnival of Aros topic are due by end of day on February 28th. To submit your entry, you can either leave a comment with a link here or on Arocalypse .

If you don’t have a blog of your own or want an anonymous entry, you can just email me a copy at mesotablar@gmail.com and I am happy to host it here with credit or anonymously (Just tell me in the email).

Comments

[ettina]

Here's my submission:

http://abnormaldiversity.blogspot.com/2022/02/community-for-me-or-my-baby-not-both.html

[mesotablar]

Thanks!
I look forward to reading it :)

[osteophage]

I have an aro mutual or two who has thoughts on this topic, but they've been apprehensive about sharing them (worried about backlash, I think). Can you offer any words of encouragement?

[mesotablar]

I'm hoping this topic brings different positive aspects of communities to light, but all opinions are welcome. The readers that I have interacted with for this carnival have always been very open minded and respectful. Even when the entries are negative or controversial (admittedly I was inactive for a block of time, but I find that in general this carnival is less reactionary)

If they want their voice heard, but are still worried, I am happy to host their work anonymously with the option to claim authorship at a later date (the carnival site links to my round-up post and I'm happy to change that whenever asked)

[arobydesign]

Hello! My submission is here: Building, Maintaining, and Nurturing Communities

[mesotablar]

Thanks for participating 💚

Contribution

[(Anonymous)]

https://heterogen.wordpress.com/2022/02/24/my-lack-of-specifically-aro-communities/

Re: Contribution

[mesotablar]

Thank you 😀

submission

[(Anonymous)]

Hello here is my submission: https://sildarmillionjournal.wordpress.com/2022/02/25/frustrations-with-a-community/

- sildarmillion (or Sil) (she/her pronouns)

Re: submission

[mesotablar]

Thanks for the entry! I've like reading your articles in the past so I'm excited for this one