i'm just a bloodhound, really
This is the definitive 'I am an asexual' conversation. Of the week, anyway.
Ivy: That's great. So the choice is between doing someone and doing something. XD
Ivy: So glad I'm asexual, then. XD
Bari: Ivy you're lucky
Ivy: Most people possessing sex drives tell me that.
Bari: you are though
Ivy: ...Then there's the chosen few who look at me funny.
Ivy: And are like: What do you mean you don't like sex? You mean guys? Are you gay?"
Bari: lmao
Ivy: And I'm like: No, not even the wonders of gay sex make me horny.
Ivy: And they're like: "Are you a rape victim? Did you have traumatic surgery?"
Bari: LOL OH MY GOD
Bari: these people..
Ivy: And sometimes I lie fantastically and say that as a child, I inserted a toy into my vagina and had it stuck there for weeks.
Ivy: Never been the same since.
Ivy: And they nod and go: "Ahhhh."
It's true. Reactions to 'I am an asexual' are split up into 'idiots who can't see beyond their own genitals' and 'people crucified on the cross of relationship drama'. And then there are people with the strange idea that asexuals can't know about sex and orgasms and my knowing about everything makes me somehow possessing of a sexuality. I have to explain to them, in small, simple words, how I do not want sex. I'd rather have a cookie, thank you. Sometimes I feel like having an asexual rally, but we can't exactly campaign for anything shocking. ASEXUAL MARRIAGE. WE WANT THE RIGHT TO IT NOW.
Meanwhile, M. Night must be pranking the entire Avatar fandom. It isn't enough that the actors are an all-white cast set in a distinctly Asian and Indian-based world, alienating its non-white viewing audience and giving the message that the characters aren't interesting or relatable if they aren't Caucasian. It isn't enough that the actor for Sokka not only played in Twilight, but also made the comment that all he has to do is shave the sides of his head and get a tan to look like the Inuit-based character he is meant to play, which brings to mind blackface and insulting Asian stereotypes played by white actors in the sixties. No, we also have Jesse McCartney, the actor for Zuko, describe Avatar as 'an anime that was really popular in Asia and got sent to America for three seasons.' Are you serious? Are you for serious? And then there's the casting call, which asks for people of ethnicity to come wearing their native garb. Which is condescending enough in its own right, but then it goes on to detail that people who are Korean should wear kimonos and people who are Belgian should wear lederhosen.
Okay. Okay. Kimono are not Korean, and lederhosen are not Belgian. Way to be dumbshits about ethnicity right off the bat. And lederhosen? In AVATAR? I keep on desperately hoping that all this idiotic race wank is just an inversed publicity stunt. No, not hoping. Fantasizing. Congratulations, Avatar movie, you've lost yet another consumer.
Ivy: That's great. So the choice is between doing someone and doing something. XD
Ivy: So glad I'm asexual, then. XD
Bari: Ivy you're lucky
Ivy: Most people possessing sex drives tell me that.
Bari: you are though
Ivy: ...Then there's the chosen few who look at me funny.
Ivy: And are like: What do you mean you don't like sex? You mean guys? Are you gay?"
Bari: lmao
Ivy: And I'm like: No, not even the wonders of gay sex make me horny.
Ivy: And they're like: "Are you a rape victim? Did you have traumatic surgery?"
Bari: LOL OH MY GOD
Bari: these people..
Ivy: And sometimes I lie fantastically and say that as a child, I inserted a toy into my vagina and had it stuck there for weeks.
Ivy: Never been the same since.
Ivy: And they nod and go: "Ahhhh."
It's true. Reactions to 'I am an asexual' are split up into 'idiots who can't see beyond their own genitals' and 'people crucified on the cross of relationship drama'. And then there are people with the strange idea that asexuals can't know about sex and orgasms and my knowing about everything makes me somehow possessing of a sexuality. I have to explain to them, in small, simple words, how I do not want sex. I'd rather have a cookie, thank you. Sometimes I feel like having an asexual rally, but we can't exactly campaign for anything shocking. ASEXUAL MARRIAGE. WE WANT THE RIGHT TO IT NOW.
Meanwhile, M. Night must be pranking the entire Avatar fandom. It isn't enough that the actors are an all-white cast set in a distinctly Asian and Indian-based world, alienating its non-white viewing audience and giving the message that the characters aren't interesting or relatable if they aren't Caucasian. It isn't enough that the actor for Sokka not only played in Twilight, but also made the comment that all he has to do is shave the sides of his head and get a tan to look like the Inuit-based character he is meant to play, which brings to mind blackface and insulting Asian stereotypes played by white actors in the sixties. No, we also have Jesse McCartney, the actor for Zuko, describe Avatar as 'an anime that was really popular in Asia and got sent to America for three seasons.' Are you serious? Are you for serious? And then there's the casting call, which asks for people of ethnicity to come wearing their native garb. Which is condescending enough in its own right, but then it goes on to detail that people who are Korean should wear kimonos and people who are Belgian should wear lederhosen.
Okay. Okay. Kimono are not Korean, and lederhosen are not Belgian. Way to be dumbshits about ethnicity right off the bat. And lederhosen? In AVATAR? I keep on desperately hoping that all this idiotic race wank is just an inversed publicity stunt. No, not hoping. Fantasizing. Congratulations, Avatar movie, you've lost yet another consumer.