Great article about Furries
A friend of mine brought my attention to a new article written about the furry fandom.
The whole article can be found here, but here are a few choice quips:
"Sarah says many furries “got teased badly as kids or as adults, and here they are not. I was a girl who was into dinosaurs and science instead of the stereotypical girl stuff. These other people are into what I’m into. Humans are always looking for social acceptance from our parents, lovers or wherever. This is one outlet where you can find it.”"
"People create fursonas for escapist fantasies or as vehicles for self-discovery. Norman’s fursona is a rat. “I have the lab-rat mentality of doing things over and over again,” he says. “So I have that [fursona] as a humorous reminder to myself to break out of these habits.”"
"One of the largest misconceptions is that everyone in the fandom wears a fursuit. A survey of 600 furries was taken by the Department of Psychology at the University of California at Davis in 2007. The results showed that only 18% have fursuits.
“You’ve got to understand that fursuits put tremendous strain on your body,” Mark says. “They are incredibly hot. You do not dress up in those suits and have sex. That’s just ridiculous.” He also discounts the concept of fursuit orgies, or “furpiles,” as impossible. “The thing is, the fursuit is not the kink,” Mark says. “The idea that animal people are attractive and wouldn’t have the same inhibitions as humans, that’s the kink.”"
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The whole article can be found here, but here are a few choice quips:
"Sarah says many furries “got teased badly as kids or as adults, and here they are not. I was a girl who was into dinosaurs and science instead of the stereotypical girl stuff. These other people are into what I’m into. Humans are always looking for social acceptance from our parents, lovers or wherever. This is one outlet where you can find it.”"
"People create fursonas for escapist fantasies or as vehicles for self-discovery. Norman’s fursona is a rat. “I have the lab-rat mentality of doing things over and over again,” he says. “So I have that [fursona] as a humorous reminder to myself to break out of these habits.”"
"One of the largest misconceptions is that everyone in the fandom wears a fursuit. A survey of 600 furries was taken by the Department of Psychology at the University of California at Davis in 2007. The results showed that only 18% have fursuits.
“You’ve got to understand that fursuits put tremendous strain on your body,” Mark says. “They are incredibly hot. You do not dress up in those suits and have sex. That’s just ridiculous.” He also discounts the concept of fursuit orgies, or “furpiles,” as impossible. “The thing is, the fursuit is not the kink,” Mark says. “The idea that animal people are attractive and wouldn’t have the same inhibitions as humans, that’s the kink.”"
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Now playing: Murderdolls - White Wedding
via FoxyTunes
Mark your calendars! May 10th is hereby declared to be the International Day Of Awesome! So go do something Awesome!
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