var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push([‘_setAccount’, ‘UA-24477927-1’]); _gaq.push([‘_trackPageview’]); (function() { var ga = document.createElement(‘script’); ga.type = ‘text/javascript’; ga.async = true; ga.src = (‘https:’ == document.location.protocol ? ‘https://ssl’ : ‘http://www’) + ‘.google-analytics.com/ga.js’; var s = document.getElementsByTagName(‘script’)[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); })();Tumblr (3.0; @nextstepcake)http://nextstepcake.tumblr.com/The AVEN backup boards: avenpt: Unfortunately, AVEN is having some technical server problems right...http://nextstepcake.tumblr.com/post/50890635323http://nextstepcake.tumblr.com/post/50890635323Sun, 19 May 2013 23:25:50 -0700littlepaperfrogsThe AVEN backup boards: avenpt: Unfortunately, AVEN is having some technical server problems right...http://nextstepcake.tumblr.com/post/50843154685http://nextstepcake.tumblr.com/post/50843154685Sun, 19 May 2013 12:33:10 -0700littlepaperfrogs<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/4b4d2bad82825072a7163c88ac6ff391/tumblr_mn0cjnewvT1qdbvbgo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://greenchestnuts.tumblr.com/post/50760945599/kuremu-wow-fuck-you-too-jezebel-or" target="_blank">greenchestnuts</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://kuremu.tumblr.com/post/50747823959/wow-fuck-you-too-jezebel-or-rather-not-being" target="_blank">kuremu</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><br/><br/></p> <blockquote> <div>Wow, fuck you too, Jezebel (or rather, not, being asexual, but you get the point). What is it about a minority sexual orientation that makes you feel entitled to use the term as a self-disparaging insult? Unless they’re an asexual themselves, your writers do not have the right to use asexual as shorthand for “uncool”.</div> </blockquote> </blockquote> <p>So, they’re stereotyping, and their stereotype is that aces DON’T like cupcakes?!</p> </blockquote> <p>I….what? I don’t even…literally the only way that I can think of asexuality affecting whether you have heard of cupcakes is the fact that aces are supposed to be obsessed with cake which would imply exactly the opposite of what they are going for here.</p> <p>also, original article here: http://jezebel.com/sweet-baby-jesus-dont-let-the-cronut-become-the-new-c-508463351</p>http://nextstepcake.tumblr.com/post/50765365246http://nextstepcake.tumblr.com/post/50765365246Sat, 18 May 2013 15:59:00 -0700littlepaperfrogsmetapianycist: bessibels: greenchestnuts: mari: attention all asexuals who make frequent cake...http://nextstepcake.tumblr.com/post/50327437504http://nextstepcake.tumblr.com/post/50327437504Sun, 12 May 2013 23:40:15 -0700littlepaperfrogsIt's Complicated, Let Me Draw You This Graph: Asexuality and Reductionism: writingfromfactorx: So...http://nextstepcake.tumblr.com/post/50313085931http://nextstepcake.tumblr.com/post/50313085931Sun, 12 May 2013 19:38:57 -0700littlepaperfrogs““New oppression seems to lie, however, in excess psychiatric consensus that women why...http://nextstepcake.tumblr.com/post/50193419505http://nextstepcake.tumblr.com/post/50193419505Sat, 11 May 2013 13:46:37 -0700asexualasexualityautoeroticseriously this paper is amaxingit's from 1977 but reads like it could be written nowlittlepaperfrogslittlepaperfrogs: I’m looking for a good lunch/brunch place near Grand Central Station - any...http://nextstepcake.tumblr.com/post/50038983162http://nextstepcake.tumblr.com/post/50038983162Thu, 09 May 2013 14:46:46 -0700littlepaperfrogsAVEN @ SF Pride - T-shirt design contest! : littlepaperfrogs: nextstepcake: Hey all you artsy...http://nextstepcake.tumblr.com/post/49967706922http://nextstepcake.tumblr.com/post/49967706922Wed, 08 May 2013 16:18:34 -0700littlepaperfrogssophiaphilemon: I just found a charm bracelet this afternoon that doesn’t have any actual charms on...http://nextstepcake.tumblr.com/post/49965729583http://nextstepcake.tumblr.com/post/49965729583Wed, 08 May 2013 15:52:48 -0700littlepaperfrogsOn the Subject of Avalanche: cirius-black: Hi, you are cordially invited to try out the asexual...http://nextstepcake.tumblr.com/post/49963712700http://nextstepcake.tumblr.com/post/49963712700Wed, 08 May 2013 15:26:35 -0700littlepaperfrogsFistfelt: listenwithyourspirit reblogged your post: I wore a binder/tight sports...:...http://nextstepcake.tumblr.com/post/49961674704http://nextstepcake.tumblr.com/post/49961674704Wed, 08 May 2013 15:00:23 -0700littlepaperfrogsnot just as an asexual, but as a student of linguistics. I often feel the need to bash my head into...http://nextstepcake.tumblr.com/post/49765226179http://nextstepcake.tumblr.com/post/49765226179Mon, 06 May 2013 03:12:00 -0700asexualalso polysemyalso meaning isn't determined by etymological rootsor by what dictionaries sayit's just if people have a pattern of using it that wayand we doso yes that is the valid definitionlittlepaperfrogsmetapianycist: the-low-and-the-lovely: metapianycist: I think it’s perfectly fine for someone to...http://nextstepcake.tumblr.com/post/49764776135http://nextstepcake.tumblr.com/post/49764776135Mon, 06 May 2013 02:58:57 -0700littlepaperfrogsgreenchestnuts: drum-major-instinct: No, I’m concerned about the surveys that have less than 50...http://nextstepcake.tumblr.com/post/49751512575http://nextstepcake.tumblr.com/post/49751512575Sun, 05 May 2013 21:20:32 -0700littlepaperfrogs<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/7354a98ea01d0de5200391399401d874/tumblr_mmb2jpleQ21qko9fgo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://raggedybearcat.tumblr.com/post/49648809838/cop-out-this-is-old-art-i-just-flipped-it-to" target="_blank">raggedybearcat</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>COP OUT!</p> <p>this is old art.  I just flipped it to make the words fit nicer.</p> <p>So last week I was contemplating turning this picture of Bill into a ace-y shirt because I don’t have any and this is actually art that doesn’t turn my stomach after half a year, so that’s pretty good for me.  And then a couple of days back there was an <a href="http://www.asexuality.org/en/topic/87005-aven-sf-pride-t-shirt-design-contest/" target="_blank">announcement in the asexuality tags asking for tshirt designs for pride things</a>.</p> <p>I dunno, community, do you want this?  You can have it if you want, I’ll enter it if people think it’s a good idea.</p> <p>REASONS FOR THINGS (because the rules said explain your working):</p> <ul><li>Bill is my character, he’s an asexual ram and is the star of <a href="http://raggedybearcat.tumblr.com/post/16271205106" target="_blank">this comic that I drew</a> when Steven Moffat said that thing about asexuality and it made people upset.  I periodically spam the tags with him when they get high in negativity and I have time to draw/aren’t in a bad headspace because of the negativity</li> <li>Bill is my token ace character because did you know that sheep have a pretty high rate of asexuality?  Anthony Bogaert did, he wrote about them in Understanding Asexuality and I got really excited (pp. 31-33)</li> <li>I therefore think that sheep are a really cute mascot for asexuality (technically they’re a really cute mascot for all sexual orientations, because lots of sheep are gay and polysexual too) because they’re cute and awesome animals (subjective!)</li> <li>This quote is from Hamlet (classy!) and is pretty cool (even though it’s an oversimplification but hey everything is really)</li> <li>It works really well because you can make it into an asexual sheep pun (asexual rams are designated NORs (non-oriented rams)) and I love stupid puns (I’m a dork!)</li> <li>I don’t have any other reasons I just want to make this as a shirt for me and was wondering if anyone else wanted it as a shirt for them.</li> </ul> </blockquote> <p>this is amazing please enter it so I can have one too :)</p>http://nextstepcake.tumblr.com/post/49651914830http://nextstepcake.tumblr.com/post/49651914830Sat, 04 May 2013 21:01:34 -0700littlepaperfrogsAVEN @ SF Pride - T-shirt design contest! : littlepaperfrogs: nextstepcake: Hey all you artsy...http://nextstepcake.tumblr.com/post/49560403083http://nextstepcake.tumblr.com/post/49560403083Fri, 03 May 2013 19:33:58 -0700signal boostlittlepaperfrogsAVEN @ SF Pride - T-shirt design contest! : Hey all you artsy types -  Want a way to help out a cool...http://nextstepcake.tumblr.com/post/49468607310http://nextstepcake.tumblr.com/post/49468607310Thu, 02 May 2013 16:05:20 -0700asexualasexualitycontestart contestavenlittlepaperfrogsHelp AVEN raise funds to support the SF Pride Parade and Asexuality Conference!: AVEN is shaping up...http://nextstepcake.tumblr.com/post/49467785095http://nextstepcake.tumblr.com/post/49467785095Thu, 02 May 2013 15:53:48 -0700littlepaperfrogs<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/37472297aab3f3479f65320e8aa4415f/tumblr_mm6jntzgOb1qilzi5o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/9f39d1a2204bfce87e570763c13d652b/tumblr_mm6jntzgOb1qilzi5o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/127b42eabd81b7d8743211229ab334a0/tumblr_mm6jntzgOb1qilzi5o3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://starfishface.tumblr.com/post/49444027991/im-making-myself-an-asexual-button-for-gay-prom" target="_blank">starfishface</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>I’m making myself an asexual button for Gay Prom this weekend, and I’m not sure which one I want to go with. They’re going to be round buttons, so I either go with just the flag in a circle, or the flag on an ace, with or without a stroke around it. Not sure which one I like best. I kinda like the ace with no stroke but the circle is also cool. </p> <p>What do you guys think?</p> </blockquote> <p>If you do the spades, I suggest putting them on a colored background - though I tend to prefer just the flag.</p> <p>If you do just the flag, though, remember to add color bleed around the edges so you don’t get just grey and white stripes with barely any black/purple!</p>http://nextstepcake.tumblr.com/post/49466494550http://nextstepcake.tumblr.com/post/49466494550Thu, 02 May 2013 15:35:54 -0700littlepaperfrogsLike, what colors? Just purple? purple, white, black and grey all together? And what about words?...http://nextstepcake.tumblr.com/post/49430356015http://nextstepcake.tumblr.com/post/49430356015Thu, 02 May 2013 04:02:00 -0700asexualasexualityace prideaceactually asexuallittlepaperfrogs