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Author: GreenReaper The Hartford Courant‘s recent paper and radio coverage has been supplemented by Fox CT’s five-minute TV feature segment, “Inside the World of Furries”. [Eagle Beagle/fursuitlounge] What we found is, with furries, there’s really nothing to fear. The piece opens with a comment about this weekend’s FurFright and mentions local sports mascots, then goes [...]

Papabear,

I have recently come to realize I have some furry in me in the past years. Thankfully I'm in a relationship with someone who is also learning the same about himself. We don't have anyone here we've talked to about this, so I thought to look for a forum online to share with like minded people. 

Sadly, my first time out in a chat, I was answering another's questions and another (previously, non-commenting) got all up in arms because (yet) another got mildly offended. Not really a welcoming. Now I feel a bit gun shy about saying anything, anywhere in any company because someone is always going to be offended. 

Is there any hope?

Dubious,
Kiki

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Hi, Kiki,

I'm a little confused here, so if you could clarify? Were you on some kind of furry chat and a furry was mean to you? Could you describe the situation in a little more detail?

Thanks!

Papabear

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Papabear,

Sorry for the confusion. Yes on a furry chat, but I wouldn't say someone was “mean to me.” Though, it bothered me enough, when that when I came across your advice column I thoughts I'd ask. Ultimately it really boils down to a fairly new identified furry just looking for a place to talk to other like-minded people.

Lacking in a scene where I live, and no one really about to talk to... interwebs is really the only option for outward expression. My partner/owner/master (and yes, husband) and I have recently discovered we both have a bit of furry in us. (It worked out pretty great, huh?) 

Last week or so, I started perusing the web more to see more about the culture as whole. I came across a chat, joined in and immediately met people who you can admit "yes, I like to be a kitten" to. One individual was asking general questions, which I started to answer, in what I considered way mellow and vague answers. Long story short, someone not making any comments until this point, got jealous (sadly, she was without an owner). the stick that bother me was that then another lurker jumped immediately in that things should be rubbed in that offend people, etc. I tried to explain that I had no way of knowing this other had issues, and of course the latter continued their argument and even got political and religious nonsense.

I remember when aol first took the US by storm, and I am not a naive person when it comes to the internet Bottom line, I guess, is just that it really sucked to find a place where I could ask questions, get advice and just socialize with others and things got ridiculously whack. Now, over a week later, I cant believe it bothered me so. But I still find I don't really want to say anything because someone is bound to get offend at anything and everything.

Sorry, to be long winded about it. It just sucks that the first time out to get a proverbial herring slap to the face.

Thank you for your time in responding. Guess I'm just fustrated at keeping the ol mouth trap shut, especially when its about something that makes you feel good.

with thanks,

Kiki

belonging to one Capt. Lupe Del Bosque

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Hi again, Kiki,

Okay, well, it sounds to Papabear that maybe you just chose the wrong place to start chatting. There are many many many chat forums and boards all over the Internet, and some are better than others. There are many flamers and trolls out there in cyberspace and you have to watch out for them. Papabear recently got burned bad by them, and I share your pain. Personal attacks from people you don’t even know are especially hurtful and cruel, and I feel there is a special place in Purgatory reserved just for those people who are haters without a cause.

But there is hope! There are some furry boards that are safe and sane. One of the places that is really great is http://furry4life.org/.  This site has been, for me, pretty drama free, especially if you choose to join (or create) a group that is more catered to your interests (I’m in the Greymuzzle group, for example).

There are also some safe places to chat on Facebook, if you join the right groups there. Furries for Life on FB (https://www.facebook.com/groups/311636512250169/) is the FB version of the site mentioned above.

So, don’t write off chatting online with furries because of one initial bad experience. Instead, try out various social sites where you can mix with furries, find which ones are best suited to you, and avoid those with lots of flaming (FYI, I recently learned that there are a lot of trolls who comment on Flayrah. Flayrah is in itself a great news site, but I would avoid commenting on their columns. I got burned bad there).

I hope this helps!

Hugs!

Papabear

Author: Isiah Jacobs Isiah offers his own thoughts and analysis on Roar as a part of a twelve-part review series. See also: Reviews of Roar 4 by Roz Gibson and Fred Patten. Find the full article here: flayrah – furry food for thought Creative Commons: Full post may be available under a free license.

Here are some links to articles about furries currently attending FurFright in Cromwell, Connecticut.

First, a brief heads-up in the Hartford Courant, entitled "Learn More About The World Of Furries Tonight On FoxCT":
http://www.courant.com/hc-furries-20121025,0,2458791.photogallery
(A photo-gallery with images of fursuiters David Sutak and Jason Miclette)

And second, the video report itself, on FoxCT, entitled "Inside The World Of Furries":
http://www.ctnow.com/news/hc-inside-the-world-of-furries-20121026,0,1736217.htmlstory

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What are some of the positives of tradition? In last week’s episode, we talked about how the Church might react to real life furries and also discussed the negative reaction to change that can show up in the Church. This week, as sort of a balance, we wonder about the good side of tradition and ritual, and how they benefit the Church.

Metadata and Credits WagzTail Podcast 2.0 Episode 33
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Welp, I'm heading oout to Cromwell CT for the day! Luckily its only about an hour long drive....Pickin up my friends Bacon and Spiral first, then we'll be heading out. So excited. If anyone else is gonna be there, feel free to come find us! Me(Fusion),Bacon, and Spiral

If you aren't going, I'll be sure to post all my pictures/video tomorrow!

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Author: Fred Weber gets a co-author in this second of Baen Books’ series of Star Kingdom books for Young Adults, and the sequel to Weber’s A Beautiful Friendship, reviewed here last October. This new series is a prequel to Weber’s immensely popular Honor Harrington series of military science-fiction. This new series is set about 350 [...]

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Author: Sonious Sometimes furries plan more then just the weekend for their conventions, some even staying until late Monday or Tuesday morning. Those attending FurFright in Connecticut this weekend might be well-advised not to stick around for too long, as two major storm systems are looking to converge somewhere along the east coast. Many in [...]

Author: Fred Hot on the heels of the news of Disney partnering with luxury fashion clothes designers to create exclusive duds for attenuated versions of Mickey, Minnie, Daisy, Goofy, and other classic Disney characters, comes this news that Disney is also partnering with Japanese toymaker Bandai to smooch said classic Disney characters together into a [...]

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Author: Isiah Jacobs Isiah had the chance to interview most of the contributors to annual adult anthology Heat 9, published by Sofawolf; some could not be reached. Related interviews: Whyte Yote & Alastair Wildfire – Camron & Vantid – Alopex – Huskyteer – Kandrel & Scappo Isiah Jacobs: Good evening, Nimrais, thank you so much [...]

Author: Higgs Raccoon Two fursuits, built by Temperance of Komickrazi Studios, have appeared in a music video for Australian heavy-metal band “DZ Deathrays”. The video, for the song “Cops Capacity”, depicts two anthropomorphic German Shepherds in police uniforms, abusing their authority. Calgary-based costumer Temperance was contacted in mid-August and commissioned to build the ‘two “Angry [...]

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So Ive been pondering this lately.

So, the fandom has been popping up all over the place in the media lately, and not just in a "they have sex in these suits" kinda of way. Music videos, popular photography back up dancers in live performances.

While these might not be actual people in the fandom, they still make people curious about the fandom.
more exposure= more potential furries.

Does the fandom seem like its becoming more socially accepted in media? If it is more accepted will it grow? Does it have the potential to be an "in" thing?

Ive brought this up to other furs before and ive gotten mixed responses about how "they dont want the fandom to be popular" , "there will be too many noobs and annoying people" (lol like there isnt already)

TL;DR Do you think the fandom is getting more popular in a postive light and in the event that it is do you think it will be a good or bad thing for the fandom.

I personally see it being something that could bring a lot to the fandom.

What does r/furry think???

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