September 2022 Carnival of Aros: Call for Submissions – Back to School

It’s September and I am hosting the Carnival of Aros! It’s a monthly blogging event that highlights aromantic and arospec experiences.

The theme of this month’s carnival is „Back to School“. I’ve chosen this as my topic because of its seasonality and also because I’ve been working in a sector that’s not directly education, but closely related to it, for most of my adult life. My view of what constitutes „education“ or „learning“ and where it can take place is therefore quite broad – schools and universities are definitely not the only places where learning, teaching, and education happen!

Photo by Anton Sukhinov on Unsplash

My view of the theme is: anything to do with learning/teaching and being on the aromantic spectrum. Here are some prompts:

• How did you learn about arospec identities? What was that experience like? Is there something you would like to change about how you and/or people you know learn about arospec identities and experiences? How would you like people to learn about arospec identities and experiences?
• Have you educated people about arospec identities or experiences? In what setting(s)? In your ideal world, what could education about arospec identities and experiences look like?
• How does being arospec interact with educational settings? as in, if you are or have been in the position of being someone who is learning, or studying, or teaching, at some form of educational institution, how does your identity factor into that?
• If you want to get creative: create some educational material of your own about an arospec topic! Make a zine, an infographic, write a song – any format is fine, as long as it can live on the internet somewhere.

Submissions will close on October 1, 2022, 23.59 UTC. I will post the round-up on October 2. To submit, either comment on this post, email me, or use the contact form on my About page.

Thank you all so much in advance. I can’t wait to see what you all come up with!