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Take this as you will, I'm leaving the question very open ended for a reason. It could be method, style, something normal like a ref sheet as opposed to something different like bookmarks, whatever.

Just what appeals to you in commissions?

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The BBC World Service has released a four-minute audio clip featuring interviews with two furries.

The clip is from an 18-minute podcast about anthropomorphism, "Animals Are Us?"; an episode of "The Why Factor", a programme exploring "the extraordinary and hidden histories behind everyday objects and actions".

Flayrah has a transcript and background on how the interviews came about. The full episode will be broadcast internationally in 24 hours, with repeats through Monday.

Here, dated April 20, is a brief article in The Washtenaw Voice, the student newspaper of Washtenaw Community College (Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA):

http://www.washtenawvoice.com/2015/04/20/meet-the-club-the-furries/

The article contains interviews with local furries Andrew Cook, Wesley "Alister" Wafter-Turner, and Matthew Gleason.



By ERIN FEDESON
Contributor

Bugs Bunny and Mickey Mouse are well-beloved cartoon characters seen on TV and in movies, but few might know that they are known as “anthropomorphic animal characters.”

Anthropomorphic characters, while not being human, act as humans and share physical attributes with humans that their animal counterparts do not have.

A fan of anthropomorphic characters is known as a furry, Andrew Cook, of Chelsea, explained.

Every Wednesday from 6 to 9 p.m., Cook meets with fellow furries in TI 116 for the Furry Club where they do crafts or play games, like Cards Against Humanity.

“I thought (the club) wouldn’t go, but it had gone further than I expected,” Wesley Wafter-Turner, the club’s president, explained.

Wafter-Turner founded the club in the 2014 winter semester because he wanted a place for furries to meet and where others can learn more about the fandom. The club now has about 10 members, Wafter-Turner said.

Some furry members identified themselves as a character based on their personality, Cook explained.

The character is known as a “fursona,” a furry persona, according to Wafter-Turner.

“It’s a way of expressing yourself,” Wafter-Turner said. His fursona is a red wolf named Alister. Wafter-Turner identifies with the wolf’s pack mentality and leadership qualities.

A fursona can also be a hybrid, as Matthew Gleason, a 32-year-old WCC student in the automotive program, has a tiger-husky fursona.

Gleason grew up with Disney and other anthropomorphic animal characters, which is where his interest started.

“I always view animals as being more human than most humans,” Gleason said. He explained that when someone adopts a pet from the shelter and brings it home, the pet is more accepting of a person than a human that is not related.

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As my regular readers know, Papabear receives many letters from furries about "coming out" to parents and friends or being teased and bullied at school. These letters make this bear so sad. As a community, we are, many of us, ashamed or embarrassed about being furries, mostly because of the sexual stigma often attached to our interest. When a minor, therefore, tries to talk to his or her parents about being a furry, one of the first things (most) parents do is look on the Internet to find out what the heck it is, and then they, inevitably, find furporn and then forbid their kids to be furries.

Some who read this may disagree, but I wish to unequivocally state here, once and for all, that being a furry is NOT about sex; it is NOT fundamentally a sexual fetish. Even though there is that aspect of it, and you can't deny that, the essence of furry is escapism.

Escapism is why the fandom started, when a few science fiction fans got together to share their interest in anthros within the genre. Escapism is why we create fursonas. Escapism is why we fursuit. Escapism is why we draw art, create graphic novels and comic books, and get together at furcons and furmeets to meet others like ourselves. (And, too, yes, escapism is why we have sexual fantasies).

Why do we need escapism? Gee, I dunno. Perhaps it's because humanity is in a state of constant war. Perhaps because there are terrorists who, at any moment, might kill us for no reason other than we don't share their beliefs. Perhaps it is because the news media constantly tells us to be afraid of EVERYTHING so that they will gain viewers to see the latest report as to why (seriously) we can't let our dog lick our face or that multivitamins will give us cancer or that foods we once thought were healthy will actually make us sick. Perhaps it is because people cannot accept us for who we are. Perhaps it is because people who have taken over this world insist on destroying society and the environment, making our water undrinkable, our air unbreathable, and our food inedible. Perhaps it is because religious people fight and kill each other over petty differences when we all supposedly worship the same God. Perhaps it is because we don't feel safe in our schools and the police are as likely to beat or shoot us as they are to issue a ticket. Perhaps it is because rampant greed has made it nearly impossible to find a decent-paying job and, when we finish college, we are tens of thousands of dollars in debt and all we can find in terms of employment is stocking shelves at Walmart.

So, when we go to our parents and tell them we are furries, and they turn around and tell us we are forbidden to be furries because furries are sex freaks, they slam the door on the one escape route we have to save our sanity.

Is it any wonder many of us have become neurotic?

Many people might see escapism as unhealthy, but, actually, it is a form of play (just like videogaming). Play and leisure time are an important part of mental health. It is only unhealthy when you become disconnected from "reality" to the extent where you are no longer able to perceive what is real and function in your life. This is not the case with the healthy furry, who either sees furriness as a hobby or as a part of who he or she is. I recently conducted an informal survey about whether furries saw being furry as part of who they are or just a hobby, and the overwhelming majority (97%) saw it as part of who they are. It is the same, really, as identifying oneself by sexual orientation, race, or religion. It is simply a part of you. Nothing wrong with that.

To all those that say we are freaks: yeah, we are freaks, if by being a "freak" you mean we do not conform to "normal" society. You have made us freaks. And we'd rather be freaks than be like you. 

I'd rather be a furry than a soulless monster like Charles or David Koch. I'd rather be a furry than someone who spouts hatred and fear so that they can get elected to public office. I'd rather be furry than be a preacher who shouts that gay people are going to hell and that the LGBT community is why we have natural disasters. I'd rather be a furry than a cop who kills people because they are afraid of the color of their skin. I'd rather be a furry than a parent who kicks his own son out of the house to be homeless because he is gay. I'd rather be a furry than work for Monsanto or Halliburton, participating in wholesale environmental destruction.

Embrace the freaky community. Those who wish to control us can take everything away except one thing: our true identity, our souls.

Stay furry, my furiends.

Grubbs Grizzly

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So! Anyone here ever thought “Man I wish there was a game where I could pretend to be my fursona, playing with others and working together somehow”? Because I sure have. Co-op games are relatively few and far between these days, and anthro games are more so… Especially if you’re the kind of person who maybe wants to play more than two players!

Well have I got a game to show you! Or at the very least, tell you about.

Space Station 13 is a free to play game with retro graphics, and immense depth, along with all the ridiculousness you’d expect from the internet, and perhaps a little more. The game is set a couple hundred years in the future, when humanity has taken to the far flung heavens in search of riches, glory, and a new energy source called plasma, also known as phoron. In it,you play as one of many employees on one of the newest stations, from bartender to doctor to security officer to engineer to researcher to the very captain of the station himself. The game itself runs in rounds that usually last about the length of two league of legends games(around 1-2 hours), or more if you do it right(Some servers regularly manage to run rounds lasting 3-4 hours.), with each person doing their job as random events like meteor showers, radstorms, and giant spider invasions do their best to make the station and everyone on board miserable enough to leave. (And that’s not even mentioning the fact that any player could be chosen to be a double agent from another station, sent to sabotage and steal, or any number of other antagonists.)

“But wait” I hear you interrupt, “Humans don’t sound very anthro.”

And while that is true, as it turns out, humans aren’t alone in space. In fact, there’s a good deal of anthro lizardfolk, proud felines, viney plant-people, and clever fish-like races. In addition, depending on what server you chose, there’s also birds and insect races. But of course, that’s not enough, is it? Where’s the dragons, and wolves, and horses, and various other fluffy critters?

That’s where I come in. As a developer who’s worked in the code for the game for around half a year now, I am in fact tempted to launch my own server. One with all these things and more!

Because you see, as grand as it sounds to have all these races, every server out there as of yet is either extremely anti-furry, or overwhelmingly “Meh” about it… But worse still, even the servers who don’t have a stance have a lore in which all the furred, scaled, and feathered creatures are considered to be below the so-called “Glorious master race” that is humanity… And as you can expect, most servers are filled with the scum of the net; heartless griefers, racist-slurring foul-mouthed morons, and people who just plain don’t care who they hurt.

As you might guess, after about half a year of this foolishness, I’ve gotten kind of fed up with it, and turn now to you, perhaps the most kind and friendly community I can think of. I not only want to show you this game, I want to make it for you all.

Though before all that, I must ask if I have your interest at all. It’s a well known fact that developers run on happiness, especially those who work and host for free or donations, so naturally I’ll be needing a group of people who’re interested in the idea. I have a hard time working without smiles.

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Submitted by Fred Patten, Furry’s favorite historian and reviewer. Series: Part 1 – Part 2 – and Part 3.  This is the last of four parts. Continuing from where we left off … Blackie & Kanuto (Black to the Moon 3D), directed by Francis Nielsen. 81 minutes. April 17, 2013. Blackie (or Blacky) is a black sheep who goes out […]

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