Our collective really needs a new collective name. Since about 2005, we've just been "the Fayanora collective." But one of the members of the collective is named Fayanora, and so that's just kind of confusing. So we're trying to think of a name for the collective. We'll probably keep the Fayanora username on everything though ( Read more... )

Last night I was shaving my legs and had this overwhelming compassion to shave my arms as well, so I did. It immediately felt more natural to me. I wondered, then, why that was. It wasn't until after I thought about how many feminists are against shaving body hair and will deride other women for doing so, that I realized it wasn't an issue of ( Read more... )

"You're also missing the point of otherkin: it doesn't matter if otherkin people really *are* what we identify as, anymore than it matters if transgender people really *are* what they identify as. It's an aspect of one's personality that is important to the person. If you can't say anything nice about it, then please don't say anything; it's very ( Read more... )

It’s fascinating how many aspies I know who have learned and mastered the language and body language of animals, especially cats, and make cat sounds at cats to communicate ( Read more... )

Okay, I admit I haven't paid a lot of attention to the vampire side of things, because I'm not a sanguine (the sight of blood makes me ill). And my few attempts to get energy from other people just drained me, so I'm not a psi vamp.* But I don't like sunlight (bright sunlight actually makes me literally sneeze), I sunburn easily, and I catch myself ( Read more... )

Okay, I know part of my sleeping habits being weird is my being nocturnal, but I think there's more to it. I'm starting to wonder if my Otherkin-ness is to blame, at least partially. Traipah has longer days than nights, I forget how much longer. But I think Traipahni days are around twice as long as their nights. At the very least, their planet ( Read more... )

This rant was in response to a letter Sandi wrote me, which was part of a conversation we were having.

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