{"id":59,"date":"2015-11-23T03:12:58","date_gmt":"2015-11-23T03:12:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/folio.mtholyoke.edu\/outreach\/?page_id=59"},"modified":"2015-11-23T03:12:58","modified_gmt":"2015-11-23T03:12:58","slug":"a","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/outreach\/a-z-glossary\/a\/","title":{"rendered":"A"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>A<\/b> is for <strong>asexual<\/strong>, <strong>aromantic<\/strong>, <strong>agender<\/strong>, \u00a0and <em><strong>Accomplices not Allies<\/strong><\/em>!<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAn<strong> asexual<\/strong> is someone who does not experience sexual attraction. Unlike celibacy, which people choose, asexuality is an intrinsic part of who they are. There is considerable diversity among the asexual community; each asexual person experiences things like relationships, attraction, and arousal somewhat differently.\u201d \u2013<a href=\"http:\/\/www.asexuality.org\/home\/?q=overview.html\">asexuality.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe <strong>aromantic<\/strong> spectrum encompasses people who feel that their romantic orientation is not within the bounds of what is traditionally considered romantic. They may lack romantic attraction to people, or experience it so rarely or in such a way that they relate more strongly to aromantic experiences than romantic ones.\u201d \u2013<a href=\"http:\/\/www.asexuality.org\/wiki\/index.php?title=Aromantic_spectrum\">asexuality.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2018<strong>Agender<\/strong>\u2019 by definition means \u201csomeone without gender,\u201d and falls under the big, colorful trans umbrella. Just like someone might identify themselves as a man, a woman, genderfluid, and so on, a person who identifies as agender doesn\u2019t feel as if they belong anywhere on the gender spectrum at all.\u201d \u2013<a href=\"http:\/\/www.autostraddle.com\/five-things-you-should-know-about-your-agender-acquaintance-230899\/\">autostraddle.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><i>Accomplices <\/i><i>Not <\/i><i>Allies<\/i><i>: Abolishing the Ally Industrial Complex<\/i><\/strong> is a zine \u2014 an independently published mini-magazine. \u201cDirect action is really the best and may be the only way to learn what it is to be an accomplice. We\u2019re in a fight, so be ready for confrontation and consequence\u201d \u00a0(Visit the link below to read online or print one for free!)<a href=\"http:\/\/www.indigenousaction.org\/accomplices-not-allies-abolishing-the-ally-industrial-complex\/\">http:\/\/www.indigenousaction.org\/accomplices-not-allies-abolishing-the-ally-industrial-complex\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A is for asexual, aromantic, agender, \u00a0and Accomplices not Allies! \u201cAn asexual is someone who does not experience sexual attraction. Unlike celibacy, which people choose, asexuality is an intrinsic part of who they are. There is considerable diversity among the asexual community; each asexual person experiences things like relationships, attraction, and arousal somewhat differently.\u201d \u2013asexuality.org &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/outreach\/a-z-glossary\/a\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">A<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":0,"parent":20,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-59","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/outreach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/59","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/outreach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/outreach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/outreach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/136"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/outreach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/outreach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/59\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/outreach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/outreach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}