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Hi all! I am hosting this month's Carnival of Aros. The carnival is a monthly blogging event in which participants create content based around aromanticism and the chosen theme for the month.
This month's theme is: Langauge
Terminology is so often a topic of much discussion and debate in the aro community, as we create and critique new terms all the time, and deeply analyze and critique pre-existing terms just as regularly. The aromantic community was also built largely online - and there's no denying English is the dominant language spoken on the Internet. So I wanted to give everyone an opportunity to share their thoughts on language in the aromantic community, whether that's from a non-English perspective or generally about our relationship with terminology (or both!).
Here are some prompts to offer inspiration, though of course if the general theme inspires you to take a totally different direction, then absolutely feel free to follow that muse instead:
These are just a few ideas to work with; again, any method or approach to the theme is welcome. Language and communication is a huge part of culture and interpersonal relationships, and aromanticism intersects directly with both of those things.
To participate, leave a link to the content you created (a blog post, video, photograph, etc.) by October 3, 2021. I plan to post the round up of links October 4. My blog is set up to take anonymous comments, so no worries if you don't have a dreamwidth account! Happy September everyone, and I look forward to seeing everyone's contributions!
This month's theme is: Langauge
Terminology is so often a topic of much discussion and debate in the aro community, as we create and critique new terms all the time, and deeply analyze and critique pre-existing terms just as regularly. The aromantic community was also built largely online - and there's no denying English is the dominant language spoken on the Internet. So I wanted to give everyone an opportunity to share their thoughts on language in the aromantic community, whether that's from a non-English perspective or generally about our relationship with terminology (or both!).
Here are some prompts to offer inspiration, though of course if the general theme inspires you to take a totally different direction, then absolutely feel free to follow that muse instead:
- How do you approach discussing things like attraction, orientation, and so forth?
- Are there any new terms you've found especially helpful, or conversely, which concepts do you think are lacking proper terminology?
- How do you feel about how the aro community at large handles discussions on terminology?
- What's your relationship with how new terminology is created, shared, and discussed?
- Are there any terms or phrases or concepts in your native language that you find more useful than the English terms, or are there any concepts you'd like to see explored more thoroughly in your native language?
These are just a few ideas to work with; again, any method or approach to the theme is welcome. Language and communication is a huge part of culture and interpersonal relationships, and aromanticism intersects directly with both of those things.
To participate, leave a link to the content you created (a blog post, video, photograph, etc.) by October 3, 2021. I plan to post the round up of links October 4. My blog is set up to take anonymous comments, so no worries if you don't have a dreamwidth account! Happy September everyone, and I look forward to seeing everyone's contributions!
