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TigerTails Radio Season 14 Episode 14
TigerTails Radio Season 14 Episode 14. Join the Discord Chat: https://discord.gg/SQ5QuRf For a full preview of events and for previous episodes, please visit http://www.tigertailsradio.co.uk. See website for full breakdown of song credits, which is usually updated shortly after the show. If you like what we do and wish to throw some pennies our way to support us, please consider sending a little tip our way. https://streamlabs.com/tigertailsradio/tip * Please note, tips are made to support TigerTails Radio and are assumed as made with good faith, so are therefore non-refundable. Thank you for your support and understanding.
Macau: Food, Fun, and Furries - Feat. Dreamer Wolf [FABP E26]
Macau: Food, Fun, and Furries - Feat. Dreamer Wolf [FABP E26] ---- Did you know that Macau was once colonized by the Portuguese? Can you even spot Macau on a map? Join us as we talk to Dreamer Wolf about Macau and Macau furries! ---- Timestamps: 00:00 Teaser 00:27 Intro 01:20 Guest intro 02:52 Fursona intro 03:41 first joined the fandom 05:26 All about Macau 12:47 Bobo 15:48 Taya the Pumpkin Fox 19:09 Dreamer Wolf fursuit? 19:59 What cons have you been to? 26:41 What does furry mean to you? 32:12 Macau meetups 36:20 Macau fur con? 38:28 Social media shoutout 39:26 Outro ---- Social Media: Official FABP Twitter: https://twitter.com/foxandburger Michael: https://twitter.com/foxnakh https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCK9xoFQrxFTNPMjmXfUg2cg Burger: https://twitter.com/L1ghtningRunner http://www.youtube.com/c/LightningRunner Dreamer: https://twitter.com/Dreamer2x2 https://twitter.com/yayapumpkinfox/ ---- Footage Credit: https://christmasloversclub.com/food-drink/recipes/bacalhau-a-bras/ https://www.foodandwine.com/recipes/bacalhau-bras-salt-cod-eggs-and-potatoes https://www.smartshanghai.com/articles/dining/eat-it-kfcs-egg-tarts https://macaonews.org/social-affairs/macaus-black-bear-bobo-passed-away/ https://www.macaubusiness.com/macau-bobo-an-asian-black-bear-living-in-macau-for-30-years-has-passed-away/ https://twitter.com/yayapumpkinfox/ https://cardealermagazine.co.uk/publish/environment-agency-leading-ebay-clampdown-on-illegal-motor-traders/226650 https://www.halloweencostumes.com/adult-animal-bug-costumes.html https://clipground.com/qq-logo-png.html https://otakuusamagazine.com/himouto-umaru-chan-manga-plans-return/ https://anime.astronerdboy.com/2015/10/started-watching-himouto-umaru-chan.html https://www.sentaifilmworks.com/a/news/himouto-umaru-chan-is-taking-over-sentai-filmworks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pG8Wm8tfrBA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLMiUvVPReA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQgU54KhG5s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KEb4P3t9Ec https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vucTYMqyA5k https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uw5e3IVXHHE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSdqXoB0iJ8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydxM6gzJpQg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fi39tn-Wr4c Other pictures and video provided by Dreamer, Pixabay, and hosts' personal footage. Intro/Outro Music: Aioli by Andrew Langdon. ---- The Fox and Burger Podcast is one segment of our production house, Fox and Burger Productions. The podcast’s goal is twofold: 1, to know more about the Asian furry fandom; and 2, compare and contrast the Asian fandom with the Western one. If you have a guest that you would like to see on the show, please PM us! We will also take questions for our guests, so don’t miss this opportunity to know some amazing furs.
“What Is Furry Hypnosis?” Everything You Need To Know
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- What Is Furry Hypnosis?
- Does Furry Hypnosis Work?
- Who Performs Furry Hypnosis?
- Does It Have The Same Effects On Everyone?
- Where Can I Be Hypnotised?
- Is All Furry ASMR Hypnosis?
- Is It The Same As Erotic Hypnosis?
Furry hypnosis is a sub-genre of furry content that has recently seen a stark rise in popularity on TikTok which hypnotizes the viewer into something, whether this is to fall asleep or to believe they are a furry. It’s typically done in the style of your average ASMR video in which the speaker whispers into a particularly loud and noise-sensitive microphone and begins to assure you that you are becoming a furry. The hypnosis part of the video is usually achieved through repeating soothing phrases that constantly affirm the type of hypnosis the hypnotist is trying to achieve like “you’re sinking into a warm bath of sunlight, falling deeper and deeper into your sleep”, or something like that.
While this may just sound like normal hypnosis, there’s a catch. The hypnotist is usually a live, motion-captured fursona (now better known as Furry VTubers) who moves around and waves their hands calmingly, you know, hypnotist stuff. However, sometimes, the hypnotist is a pre-recorded video of a fursona playing over a separate ASMR audio, there isn’t a super rigid definition of furry hypnosis currently.
Within the sub-genre of furry hypnosis, there are further sub-sub-genres that attempt to achieve different things. As mentioned before, some may attempt to put the viewer to sleep but the thing most often associated with furry hypnosis is hypnosis that attempts to turn the viewer into a furry or an animal. They obviously cannot make any physical changes to the viewer’s body, but the aim is to give the viewer animal-like compulsions such as (in the case of a cat), licking themselves and meowing.
Does Furry Hypnosis Work?As crazy as that last sentence may sound to some of you reading this, it’s yet to be proven/disproven because of how much it varies from person to person. It seems that people who are more open to the possibility of hypnosis are a lot more susceptible to hypnosis working on them. Some have reported feeling actual changes to their mental state after viewing furry hypnotist content such as getting the craving for certain foods or the aforementioned compulsion to lick themselves clean. Of course, “just trust me bro” isn’t exactly empirical evidence but it’s definitely a super interesting insight into the power of suggestibility in the furry fandom.
Hypnotic Furry Art
Image by chibifa via Reddit
Who Performs Furry Hypnosis?What probably also doesn’t help the legitimacy of furry hypnosis or hypnosis in general really is the lack of qualification required to proclaim that you are in fact a hypnotist. Literally anyone can set up a camera and a mic these days and make content. This is a blessing and a curse. On the one hand, content creation is more accessible than it has ever been in history and can be done as a reliable source of income but on the other hand, it makes creating content intended to exploit people’s gullibility much easier to not only do but monetize as well.
However, there isn’t really much harm that comes out of furry hypnosis, so whether or not a person is an actual hypnotist is irrelevant. In fact, a lot of the furry hypnosis videos that you can find on YouTube and TikTok are made more to relax the viewer like any other ASMR video than it is to turn them into an animal. Some would even argue there is no such thing as a “real hypnotist” because hypnosis isn’t an exact science that can be reliably performed from person to person.
Does It Have The Same Effects On Everyone?We hate to rain on your parade but furry hypnosis does not work on everyone, in fact, it probably works on such a negligible, small population of people in the world, that it isn’t even worth considering how many people it affects. As mentioned before, hypnosis is so heavily reliant on the degree to which someone believes in it, so, to convince someone that may believe in hypnosis a little bit that they are in fact an animal and they now have the urge to make animal noises and behave like an animal would be a hard sell.
Having said that, it would seem that there are varying degrees of success with furry hypnosis. While some have experienced full-blown changes in behavior, others claim that for a few hours after the hypnosis they felt “different” as though they weren’t quite themselves. Others even attest to experiencing changes in their perception, even seeing other people as furries.
Do You Feel Hypnotised?
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If you’re looking for a furry hypnotist content creator, your best bet is to look towards the YouTube channel furry asmr which seems to be a pioneer of sorts in the world of, as you could probably guess, furry ASMR. He has created over a hundred videos of varying lengths and has been consistently uploading since last year. His videos range from comforting cuddles ASMR to signing up for a furry convention ASMR. But most importantly he creates hypnosis videos as well. Other furry hypnosis channels include Darkwitt and Whispaw ASMR who make very similar content to furry asmr.
If you’re not in the mood for an hour-long investment of your time, there are also several furry TikTok pages that have recently been gaining some traction such as filththemutt which predominantly lipsyncs TikTok sounds to their fursona but has occasionally done brief furry hypnosis videos.
Is All Furry ASMR Hypnosis?Furry hypnosis actually only makes up a fraction of the furry ASMR content out there. Most furry ASMR content is made to comfort or soothe its listeners, as for hypnotizing the listener, you will probably struggle to find a great wealth of content because of how niche it is. With that said, pretty much all content creators who make furry hypnosis don’t do solely hypnosis videos but in fact do general furry ASMR and occasionally do furry hypnosis as well. Because there is such great overlap between hypnosis and ASMR it’s quite easy for these creators to pump out videos for basically nothing.
Still Not Feeling Hypnotised?
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Considering there is a sexual stigma that plagues the furry fandom, it would be understandable if someone believed that there was some sort of sexual implication that came with furry hypnosis especially considering that erotic hypnosis actually exists.
If you don’t know, erotic hypnosis is a method of hypnosis used to increase sexual desires. What doesn’t help the case of furries is that, if you watch any of the furry ASMR videos mentioned above, it does always feel like there is some sort of inherently sexual undertone to it because of the intimate nature of the videos. Not to worry though, while it definitely isn’t devoid of sexual implications, most furry hypnosis has no intention of being sexual.
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Those Were The Days, My Fur-riend.
We came across an add for a new anthology of furry fiction called When The World Was Young. So we checked out the web site: “The invention of writing postdates, invariably, the invention of storytelling. After all, what purpose is there to writing, until you have something to write down? Excavate these writings, then. Decipher them carefully. Let them, at last, convince you to forget writing until instead they sit across the fire, speaking to you oral traditions, folktales, and of days long, long past When the World Was Young.” The book is due on December 1st, and proceeds will go to help various indigenous tribes.
image c. 2022 The Furry Historical Fiction Society
Bearly Furcasting S3E26 - Where are all the listeners? Chopsticks!
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Moobarkfluff! We seem to be losing listeners….where are they going? We chat about past eps, butter clarified, lazy humans, and much much more. So please tune in and have a listen! You won't be bored, that's for sure. Moobarkfluff!
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African Adventures
More from the latest Animation Magazine: Zizi and Hannibal is a South African animated series that’s been picked up for distribution by Monster Entertainment from Ireland. “Zizi is an adventurous and curious five-year-old girl. Her best friend, Hannibal, is a bumbling, fun-loving Hippo. Together they explore the beautiful places of Africa and meet all the wonderful animals that live there. Hannibal loves singing songs, rhymes and having fun and Zizi is always keen to learn more about the animals they meet.” Now we’ll see where it gets shown!
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Guinea Pig Gullible
Recently in Animation Magazine they talked about a new kids’ TV series in production called Olga Da Polga. We got this from Beyond Rights, the production company in the U.K.: “Created by the legendary children’s writer Michael Bond (Paddington Bear), Olga Da Polga is a charming new pre-school title about a lovable and highly imaginative guinea pig who loves telling tales. Joining guinea pig Olga in her adventures in the garden are tortoise Graham, hedgehog Fangio, and Noel the know-it-all cat – alongside ‘The Sawdust Family’. Currently in production by Maramedia (Hushabye Lullabye), Bond’s delightful and amusing stories are being brought to TV screens for the first time in a live-action drama with wonderful talking animals and gorgeous animation.” No word yet on when it’s coming out — or where in the world, either! Stay tooned.
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Oxfurred Comma 2022 Schedule
The time is almost upon us!
Join us live on Twitch this weekend for Oxfurred Comma 2022, where we have plenty of panels on a wide variety of writing topics to interest you all.
The majority of these panels will be done live, so participation and questions from the audience are certainly encouraged.
All times listed are in PDT.
Saturday 22nd
11am: Kill Your Darlings, Not Your Sanity: Editing Without Self Hate – Rugger
12pm: Planning A Story, Outlining, and Submitting To Theme – Frances Pauli, Ian Keller, and Mary E. Lowd
1pm: Writing Workshop – Madison Scott Clary
2pm: How To Write About Sex Without Writing About Sex – Rob MacWolf
3pm: Writing A Series – Kyell Gold and Rukis
3.30pm: Writing and Mental Health – Madison Scott Clary
4.30pm: Worldbuilding – J.F.R. Coates
Sunday 23rd
11pm: How To Give And Use Constructive Criticism – R.A. Meenan
12pm: New Writing Projects, Motivation, and Staying Organised – Malcolm F. Cross
1pm: Writing Workshop – Madison Scott Clary
2pm: Inspiration and Writers Block – Kate Shaw
3pm: Fantasy Fiction – NightEyes DaySpring
4pm: Braiding Plot Threads – Madison Scott Clary
Join us a little earlier each day for our introduction. There will also be an announcement for the winner of the Flash Fiction Contest at the close of Sunday.
All panels will be streamed live on Twitch, and will be saved for viewing at a later date.
We hope to see you all there, to have fun and to learn plenty about furry writing!
See you then.
Happy writing.
J.F.R. Coates
TigerTails Radio Season 14 Episode 13
TigerTails Radio Season 14 Episode 13. Join the Discord Chat: https://discord.gg/SQ5QuRf For a full preview of events and for previous episodes, please visit http://www.tigertailsradio.co.uk. See website for full breakdown of song credits, which is usually updated shortly after the show. If you like what we do and wish to throw some pennies our way to support us, please consider sending a little tip our way. https://streamlabs.com/tigertailsradio/tip * Please note, tips are made to support TigerTails Radio and are assumed as made with good faith, so are therefore non-refundable. Thank you for your support and understanding.
Ewe Gotta Admit…
It’s MIPCOM season, and that means a host of animation production companies are gearing up to plug new cartoon series they hope to sell in their homelands and (hopefully!) all around the world. Shows like Karate Sheep, from the French animation company Xilam (home of Zig & Sharko and the current Mr. Magoo). “Trico is an enthusiastic sheep who loves to share new objects and ideas with the rest of the flock. This causes ruckus in the mountain pastures, which all inevitably end up at Wanda’s expense. [Wanda is] a tough ewe whose job is to keep the sheep safe. Not a small feat, especially when Wolf is always lurking, waiting to make the most of this newfound chaos.” Xilam have a preview trailer for the show (and many others) at their web site.
image c. 2022 Xilam
Episode 525 - Zoo Noises
This week- Alex Jones needs to sell a lot of dick pills, conspiracy brain, discuss what 'zoo noises' are, the MFF nonsense and how difficult it is for cons to address issues with people demanding instant action, actually visiting the Fort Worth Zoo, Star Trek Strange New Worlds, and more~
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Should Furries Be Allowed Into Schools?
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- What Are Furries?
- Is Being A Furry A Sexual Thing?
- Is Furry A Gender?
- What Do Furries Even Do?
- Can Kids Be Furries?
- Is It Safe For Kids To Be Furries?
- Should They Be Allowed Into Schools?
- Where Are Furries Most Common?
There’s been a lot of buzz about furries in recent news and with all this commotion it’s worth clarifying what exactly a furry is.
Despite a lot of controversy and misconceptions pushed in mainstream media, a furry is just a person interested in fictional anthropomorphic animals. What that means is that they are interested in fictional animals that bear characteristics of humans, whether that be the ability to walk on two legs, the ability to speak English, wear human clothes, etc. At its core, it’s just a hobby or interest like any other. They are members of a greater community known as the “furry fandom”
Furries are also super involved in loads of different creative outlets. For example, a lot of furries are super into art and will draw what are known as fursonas which are cartoon, animal versions of people. Some of them are more interested in writing and will write expansive stories about their fursonas. Others make what are known as fursuits which are tangible, wearable versions of the fursonas you see online. A lot of these artsy furries even make a living out of their creative ability by selling their service to furries who aren’t as art savvy as themselves.
Is Being A Furry A Sexual Thing?Despite all the stigmatizations and false information surrounding the furry fandom, being a furry is not inherently something sexual. Of course, there is no denying that there is definitely a side to the fandom that produces and consumes sexual furry content, but this is not reflective of the whole furry fandom.
It’s unfair to throw the whole fandom under the same blanket term of perverted and depraved because almost every fanbase on the planet, and I mean every, has an ugly side that the rest of the fandom prefers to sweep under the rug.
So in short, no, being a furry is not a sexual thing.
Furry Art That Isn’t Sexual
Image by FloralWhite via Fiverr
Is Furry A Gender?Given that gender is a socially constructed ideology, more to do with the psychology of a person’s identity than it is to do with the sex assigned at birth, is it possible for someone to identify as a furry? While you may see people identifying as “fursexual”, claiming that their neopronouns are “fur / furself”, this doesn’t necessarily make it legitimately recognized as a gender. If anything, it delegitimizes the struggle of those who suffer from gender dysphoria and are actually non-binary as a result. This is not to imply that we shouldn’t collectively respect people’s gender identity, but there is a certain boundary that distinguishes between genuine gender politics and mocking gender altogether.
What Do Furries Even Do?If all it takes to be a furry is to be interested in cartoon animals, where did all these stigmas and stereotypes even come from? What do furries even do? For the most part, furries are part of online communities whether that be through Discord, Reddit, Twitter, Instagram, or whatever and they use this as a platform to share their interest. A large population of furries are super involved in the art community as well so furry communities give furry artists an opportunity to share their creative endeavors. This applies to all facets of creativity as well, be it music, art, or writing, these communities offer a safe space for furry-themed art to be shared. If your child is interested in the furry fandom, it is a great way for them to express their creative interests, it’s just about how you moderate where and how they are expressing it.
Furry In A Partial Fursuit
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Given that, as we previously mentioned, being a furry (at face value) is just a hobby or interest, there is no reason that a kid cannot be a furry. In fact, a lot of furries attribute their interest in the furry fandom later in life to the media they consumed as a child and while it may not be direct there is definitely a correlation. While the average furry of a lot of furries is around 25 – 28 years old, the growing popularity of the fandom over the internet and the almost unrestricted internet access that children have in the modern age is leading to a high influx of much younger furries.
Is It Safe For Kids To Be Furries?Now the question of whether or not it is safe for kids to be furries is a much trickier question to tackle. Given that the furry fandom relies so heavily on the internet for almost every facet of its functionality whether this is communicating with other furries, sharing art, promoting a service, or posting memes, everything is based entirely on the internet. This would mean that for a child to properly engage with the fandom, they would need borderline unrestricted access to the internet. While it may not be everyone, it goes without saying that there are dangerous people almost everywhere on the internet and it should be up to the parent of the child to moderate how their child is using the internet.
A parent shouldn’t be discouraging a child’s interests just because of their inability to control what their child is viewing on the internet. Like anything a child takes interest in, within reason, the parents should encourage the child to carry out this interest in a productive and helpful way.
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You’ve likely seen headlines about the outrage at schools of children asking for litter boxes or children claiming that they self-identify as animals so let’s clear all this up. For one, there is no evidence that children in the US are even self-identifying as animals let alone letting this identity disrupt the learning environment of schools.
The same goes for the claims of students eating out of dog bowls or hissing in class. There is no evidence of this being a negligible problem in schools nor is there a need to even address this as such. What is more likely than this being the fault of the furry fandom, is that this is just children being children. It’s no secret that kids can be pretty stupid at times, so we shouldn’t be scolding a community that borderline has nothing to do with these imaginary issues but instead teaching children appropriate behavior in a classroom.
Oursaferschools makes a point of explaining that while the furry fandom isn’t explicitly harmful to children, it promotes an escape from reality which isn’t something that we should be pushing on to children who should first come to terms with the realities and certainties of life. This is certainly true to an extent. A lot of the appeal of the furry fandom derives from the fact that you can build this alternate personality and pretend to be someone that you are not. This is only reinforced by the fact that it is a predominantly online fandom and you can pretend to essentially be whoever you want behind a screen.
So, of course, furries should be allowed into school because there is nothing necessarily wrong with it. What we shouldn’t be promoting is delusion and the idea that personal desire trumps education.
Deviant Art Furry Art
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Where Are Furries Most Common?However, not to get too political, it seems that this is an issue that mostly affects the US as a whopping 34% of furries come from the US. To put that into perspective, the next highest volume of furries comes from Canada which makes up about 16% of the furry fandom. So, this clearly isn’t an issue affecting the globe but is instead an issue exacerbated by ignorance of people not willing to learn what it means to be a furry.
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Should Furries Be Allowed Into Schools?
Xege Kheiru, Writer, Furry
17 Oct 2022
What Are Furries?There’s been a lot of buzz about furries in recent news and with all this commotion it’s worth clarifying what exactly a furry is.
Despite a lot of controversy and misconceptions pushed in mainstream media, a furry is just a person interested in fictional anthropomorphic animals. What that means is that they are interested in fictional animals that bear characteristics of humans, whether that be the ability to walk on two legs, the ability to speak English, wear human clothes, etc. At its core, it’s just a hobby or interest like any other. They are members of a greater community known as the “furry fandom”
Furries are also super involved in loads of different creative outlets. For example, a lot of furries are super into art and will draw what are known as fursonas which are cartoon, animal versions of people. Some of them are more interested in writing and will write expansive stories about their fursonas. Others make what are known as fursuits which are tangible, wearable versions of the fursonas you see online. A lot of these artsy furries even make a living out of their creative ability by selling their service to furries who aren’t as art savvy as themselves.
Despite all the stigmatizations and false information surrounding the furry fandom, being a furry is not inherently something sexual. Of course, there is no denying that there is definitely a side to the fandom that produces and consumes sexual furry content, but this is not reflective of the whole furry fandom.
It’s unfair to throw the whole fandom under the same blanket term of perverted and depraved because almost every fanbase on the planet, and I mean every, has an ugly side that the rest of the fandom prefers to sweep under the rug.
So in short, no, being a furry is not a sexual thing.
Furry Art That Isn’t Sexual
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Is Furry A Gender?Given that gender is a socially constructed ideology, more to do with the psychology of a person’s identity than it is to do with the sex assigned at birth, is it possible for someone to identify as a furry? While you may see people identifying as “fursexual”, claiming that their neopronouns are “fur / furself”, this doesn’t necessarily make it legitimately recognized as a gender. If anything, it delegitimizes the struggle of those who suffer from gender dysphoria and are actually non-binary as a result. This is not to imply that we shouldn’t collectively respect people’s gender identity, but there is a certain boundary that distinguishes between genuine gender politics and mocking gender altogether.
What Do Furries Even Do?If all it takes to be a furry is to be interested in cartoon animals, where did all these stigmas and stereotypes even come from? What do furries even do? For the most part, furries are part of online communities whether that be through Discord, Reddit, Twitter, Instagram, or whatever and they use this as a platform to share their interest. A large population of furries are super involved in the art community as well so furry communities give furry artists an opportunity to share their creative endeavors. This applies to all facets of creativity as well, be it music, art, or writing, these communities offer a safe space for furry-themed art to be shared. If your child is interested in the furry fandom, it is a great way for them to express their creative interests, it’s just about how you moderate where and how they are expressing it.
Furry In A Partial Fursuit
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Can Kids Be Furries?Given that, as we previously mentioned, being a furry (at face value) is just a hobby or interest, there is no reason that a kid cannot be a furry. In fact, a lot of furries attribute their interest in the furry fandom later in life to the media they consumed as a child and while it may not be direct there is definitely a correlation. While the average furry of a lot of furries is around 25 – 28 years old, the growing popularity of the fandom over the internet and the almost unrestricted internet access that children have in the modern age is leading to a high influx of much younger furries.
Is It Safe For Kids To Be Furries?Now the question of whether or not it is safe for kids to be furries is a much trickier question to tackle. Given that the furry fandom relies so heavily on the internet for almost every facet of its functionality whether this is communicating with other furries, sharing art, promoting a service, or posting memes, everything is based entirely on the internet. This would mean that for a child to properly engage with the fandom, they would need borderline unrestricted access to the internet. While it may not be everyone, it goes without saying that there are dangerous people almost everywhere on the internet and it should be up to the parent of the child to moderate how their child is using the internet.
A parent shouldn’t be discouraging a child’s interests just because of their inability to control what their child is viewing on the internet. Like anything a child takes interest in, within reason, the parents should encourage the child to carry out this interest in a productive and helpful way.
More Furry Art That Isn’t Sexual
Image via Pinterest
Should They Be Allowed Into Schools?You’ve likely seen headlines about the outrage at schools of children asking for litter boxes or children claiming that they self-identify as animals so let’s clear all this up. For one, there is no evidence that children in the US are even self-identifying as animals let alone letting this identity disrupt the learning environment of schools.
The same goes for the claims of students eating out of dog bowls or hissing in class. There is no evidence of this being a negligible problem in schools nor is there a need to even address this as such. What is more likely than this being the fault of the furry fandom, is that this is just children being children. It’s no secret that kids can be pretty stupid at times, so we shouldn’t be scolding a community that borderline has nothing to do with these imaginary issues but instead teaching children appropriate behavior in a classroom.
Oursaferschools makes a point of explaining that while the furry fandom isn’t explicitly harmful to children, it promotes an escape from reality which isn’t something that we should be pushing on to children who should first come to terms with the realities and certainties of life. This is certainly true to an extent. A lot of the appeal of the furry fandom derives from the fact that you can build this alternate personality and pretend to be someone that you are not. This is only reinforced by the fact that it is a predominantly online fandom and you can pretend to essentially be whoever you want behind a screen.
So, of course, furries should be allowed into school because there is nothing necessarily wrong with it. What we shouldn’t be promoting is delusion and the idea that personal desire trumps education.
Deviant Art Furry Art
Image via DeviantArt
Where Are Furries Most Common?
However, not to get too political, it seems that this is an issue that mostly affects the US as a whopping 34% of furries come from the US. To put that into perspective, the next highest volume of furries comes from Canada which makes up about 16% of the furry fandom. So, this clearly isn’t an issue affecting the globe but is instead an issue exacerbated by ignorance of people not willing to learn what it means to be a furry.
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What Did YOU Do During COVID?
One thing that definitely happened during the COVID lock-downs was that on-line comic artists got real busy. Among them was Alex Graham, creator of Dog Biscuits, a slice-of-life underground funny animal comic. Now Fantagraphics have brought together many the on-line black & white pages in a single hardcover graphic novel. “It’s July 2020 in Seattle. Gussy struggles to keep his dog biscuit boutique afloat while a global pandemic rages unchecked. The loneliness of lockdown and social distancing drives his employee Rosie to betray her principles. Rosie’s roommate Hissy is at a personal crossroads. A love triangle emerges as they find themselves tangled in a web of police brutality, protests, drugs, dating apps and COVID chaos. Taking place over the course of just a few days, this is a snapshot of humanity — okay, animals — in crisis.” The Observer has a detailed review with lots of sample artwork as well.
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Bearly Furcasting S3E25 - Pickles, This or That, Stupid News, Infinity Rooms
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Moobarkfluff! Taebyn and Bearly get into quite the pickle right off the bat! Taebyn is once again making up words and jokes. How do you remember? Can we PLEASE stop with the litter box hoax? PLEASE! Congratulations to all the surviving furs. (You will have to listen to know what that is about!) Is this one of our dumbest shows? Let us know what you think. Can we get an infinity hotel for the next furcon? Moobarkfluff!
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Be a Cat in Cat-Town
Over on Twitter we stumbled across a new interactive game project called Paw Borough. The creators were talking up the success of their recent Kickstarter campaign. We’ll let them explain it: “Hello everyone! We want to introduce Paw Borough, an online feline-themed roleplay game made by creatives for creatives! Paw Borough incorporates nostalgic elements of early internet pet simulators while introducing fresh mechanics and cultivating a unique player experience. The game will feature new, complex breeding mechanics, item collection, scene decoration, extensive roleplay tools with socialized gameplay, site-guided community storytelling, and immense creative freedom never before seen in a game of this genre!” You can check out their game demo online as well.
image c. 2022 The Paw Borough Team