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The Furries Among Us- on CT NPR

Furries In The Media - Tue 9 Oct 2012 - 23:07
hour long show, available to listen online.

Was broadcast on CT NPR on the Colin McEnroe show.


Generally positive. what does come up as negative does have a rebuttal.
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Dust: An Elysian Tail

Furry Reddit - Tue 9 Oct 2012 - 21:17
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Question about suits

Furry Reddit - Tue 9 Oct 2012 - 19:55

Hey everyone. I don't think I've ever posted here but I had a question about fursuit construction.

I know there are a few suit makers out there who have a jaw that moves with the wearer when he/she moves theirs. Who, would you say, makes the best version of this piece?

My Sir, who has a bdsm gear company, wants to construct a hood for puppy play that has this feature :)

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Unpopular opinion time: what's the fursona cliche or trait that bothers you the most?

Furry Reddit - Tue 9 Oct 2012 - 18:42

(Note: This is just my very, very subjective opinion, apologies to anyone I offend! Don't ever let anyone else dictate what your 'sona "should" look like.)

I guess I'm technically cheating, because I have two.

1) Human hair. I'm not talking about bangs, or an animal that already sorta has a mane or something, just amplified. I mean more like those pictures of an anthro housecat with a Marge Simpson hairdo or a wolf with rainbow liberty spikes. I try to imagine what it would look like in real life, rather than a cartoon, and it just looks so absolutely absurd I can't handle it.

2) Any time someone has a "likes" section on their ref sheet that includes the word "muffins", I immediately write them off as one of those obnoxiously hyper "OMG SOOO RANDOM LOOOOL" furs from high school.

Edit: Just remembered a third one: when people choose a specific species (this happens a lot with wolves, for some reason) and then their fursona's anatomy looks nothing like the chosen species. asdfkjllsajogpqhnhhqk wolves do not have gigantic ears and tails as long as their body, if you want a fox, just choose a frickin fox then

So, guys, am I just horribly judgmental, or do you all have things like this that just bug you?

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Furries & HIV

Furry Reddit - Tue 9 Oct 2012 - 18:40
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Noted furry artist arrested for child pornography...

Furries In The Media - Tue 9 Oct 2012 - 17:27



A well-known member of furry fandom was arrested last week for sexual exploitation of a minor after Tucson, Ariz., police seized thousands of images of child pornography from his home.

Mitchell Beiro—a noted furry artist, foamcore painter, and convention guest—is a member of a local group of Tucson furries known as the “Tucson Mob.” He was arrested as part of an ongoing investigation that began last December by the Tucson Police Department’s Internet Crimes Against Children Unit into online peer-to-peer file-sharing of child pornography. Beiro was held in jail on 15 counts of sexual exploitation of a minor. Bail was set at $7,000.

Furry fandom, the practice of assuming a personality with both human and animal traits, has long been notorious for the “freaky” or “weird” exploits of its denizens, who bond over their love for fictional animorphic characters and other famous fictional animals. A 2001 Vanity Fair article described one furry convention as a literal freak show:

[T]hree men known as Pack Rat, Rob Fox, and Zen Wolph are scratching one another’s backs—grooming one another, like macaques in a zoo. ‘Skritching,’ they call it. I am tempted to turn around and run.

Subsets of furry fandom are definitely ripe for controversy, with "plushies” (people with a fondness for stuffed animals), babyfurs (people who enjoy role-playing as young animals or children), and “lifestylers” (people who try to live the furry lifestyle, in whatever fashion that means for them) often facing ridicule for their habits, hobbies, and fashion sense.

More seriously, with its numerous links to zoophilia (attraction to animals or depictions of animals), furry fandom is frequently accused of harboring pedophiles and bestiality. There’s probably no real way to calculate how many actual deviants lurk within furry fandom, but some furries at sites like Vivisector police their own communities and publicize the criminal behavior of members of the furry community when they spot it.

On furry news site Flayrah’s announcement of Beiro’s arrest, Freaky Lynx responded with indignation to a suggestion that the Furry fandom could be a breeding ground for illegal behavior:

So if someone calls himself/herself a furry and does something heinous, we're all supposed to bear the brunt of their actions when the rules about who is a furry is squishy and the rest of us had nothing to do with said actions?..[L]et's not go crazy with the bad and forget the good.

Still others questioned whether Beiro’s arrest would lead to a conviction, since the news report issued by the Tucson police did not clarify whether the files in his possession were of representative artwork (which is rarely brought to trial) or real photographs.

Tucson police stated they had linked Beiro to an unreported case of child molestation in California and urged any other victims to come forward.

Photo via the White Werewolf/Webring
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It’s coming into Perspective…

DailyFurBlog - Tue 9 Oct 2012 - 17:02

Colson and foxamoore with the fox on the strings this is the preview of the new upcoming album “Perspective” . Sounds pretty sweet and can’t wait to hear all the tracks laid out by this furry duet.

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I drew KATIA FUCKING MANAGAN.

Furry Reddit - Tue 9 Oct 2012 - 14:14
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Viva la...[F]

Furry Reddit - Tue 9 Oct 2012 - 14:01
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Real parents Lion King

Furry Reddit - Tue 9 Oct 2012 - 13:08
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Mate thinks he's bad at art and wants to give up. Any advice?

Furry Reddit - Tue 9 Oct 2012 - 02:20

Hey fellow furs,

I love my mate, and you see, he drew me a new ref to update my fursona a few days ago, but it didn't come out so well and he now wants to quit drawing, citing that most furry artists are much much better than him, and after 7 years of drawing he could never seem to get better.

Does anyone have and advice for me to tell him so he can have more faith in art again? He's drawn some good stuff a few times but I agree that with so many good artists in the community it's hard to feel good about your own art.

Any ideas? (I'll link his FA in comments if asked)

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Amazing 3D art (Lip Syncing)

Furry Reddit - Tue 9 Oct 2012 - 02:19
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