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Furry is a tactile word. Fursuits have the message, “Hug Me”. It’s in the DNA of a fandom, where visual art manifests our fantasy selves. There’s writing and music, but art that evokes touch is a backbone of it all. It’s a world where one of the senses is rarely up front… until now.

Wet dog smell: Now you can get that in a bottle, adorned with uncensored erotica to enhance the tingle. Furry Musk-style scents are the most unusual olfactory products I’ve ever seen. HUFFaromas creates them to delight you, like Bad Dragon for your nostrils.

New scent alert! There's a certain dingodile who's been working hard in the swamp. Surely there's someone who can give him a good tongue bath? Try our Dingodelicious Ass here https://t.co/30txki0C5f

— HUFFaromas (@HUFFaromas) January 17, 2022

HUFFaromas on Etsy followed a wildly successful Kickstarter for scents like Boar Pits, Sloppy Foxy, and Werewolf Balls. They’ve recently branched out with candles.

Why is this news? … Just… Why? 

Sign at an anime con.

“Musky Husky” is a running joke in the fandom. The famed “6-2-1 rule” for conventions means 6 hours sleep, 2 meals, and 1 shower a day. Many mock-shock tales have been told about the offending con-goer who clears the crowd after failing to heed the rule. Stories about nerd con funk have made mainstream news and huge views. Yes, it’s nasty to blast people on purpose; but there’s also good humor about gross-outs that don’t kill you. So, fart jokes are funny and skunks make cute cartoons.

Remember, as weird, gross, and silly as this gets, it’s by no means just a fandom thing. Japan has vending machines for used underwear. Even “normies” include lovers of the fetid, fusty, malodorous, musty, noisome, putrid, and rank. Different strokes for different folks; as a mental quirk it’s like appetites for tastes like gamey meat, funky fungus or stinky cheese. And to stay on point, most of them probably aren’t into hygiene disasters as much as they savor the outcome of a healthy workout.

Furries creating synthesized scents should be no threat to anyone’s normalcy. As long as they aren’t fuming you up in a closed elevator while you wilt, turn green and put clothespins on your nose. Please don’t use these instead of showering.

I reached out to HUFFaromas to ask how they came up with this. Howl, the proprietor, sent 1000 words you really needed to know. (Maybe one sniff is worth that much.)

Q&A with Howl (also known as the founder of Thurston Howl Publications.)

(Patch:) Can you tell me how you came up with this… was there a moment that made you say, this needs to be a thing?

Well, actually it was working on the book Sensory De-Tails for Thurston Howl Bound Tales publishing. That book had an interactive component: there were recipes to go along with the taste stories, faux furs to go along with the touch ones, and even perfumes for the smell stories! So I talked with the creator of those perfumes and decided I would try my own hand at it. I was a big musk enthusiast myself and knew a lot of other musk furs. Thought it would be a good project to play around with!

How easy was it to get going… are there challenges for creating unusual perfumes?

It was actually surprisingly easy to get started. I picked up the craft really fast. I’ve always been a fast learner when it comes to self-teaching. I found an amazing artist to help launch the project’s first Kickstarter with, Yagi, and we had a fanbase before 24 hours were over in the Kickstarter. As for challenges, absolutely!

It’s funny to market things that are musky… it reminds me of Jelly Bellies selling gross jelly beans (with flavors like Booger and Stinky Socks). Can you talk about the art of creating scents?

First, scents of any kind are…a fantasy when it comes to my business. If you go to Wal-mart or Kroger, there are candles that promise you Night Air, Beach Stroll, and Winter Woods. But like…you can’t smell night-time. You can’t identify salt by smell. And snow also doesn’t have a scent! All of these businesses aren’t misleading people though; it’s just that they combine scents they personally associate with those feelings and images and manage to package them together in one unifying experience. That’s a lot of what we do!

So, no, I haven’t bottled an actual person’s sweat and turned that into an essential oil. I have not boiled semen to get the perfect aroma. I’ve just found scents in the essential oil world that I find comparable, and for a lot of people, the fantasy works beautifully! For some, ironically, usually the sharper-scenting people, the perfumes have very distinct ingredients they can identify, and the illusion is broken for them. I’ve had opposite critiques for the same perfume: “This is too subtle; it’s not like real musk at all” and “Wow, this is too strong. I can’t imagine ever using this.” One of those different folx, different strokes things maybe. But at any rate, people in general are loving the scents, and the responses have been overwhelmingly positive. But still those rarer cases are still a tough challenge to navigate.

Another challenge has definitely become materials actually. We get a lot of our basic packing materials and supplies from Amazon and Etsy. And like…spray bottles you can buy in bulk affordably always seem to have negative reviews about leakage. And sure enough, our most negative reviews have been about leakage. But unless we find an industry-grade sealer for bottles or buy some absurdly expensive bottles and jack our prices up like crazy, I’m not sure we will ever fully get rid of the problem; just alleviate it a little bit.

Have you had any weird accidents or things you wouldn’t sell?

It’s been crazy trying to envision how to make some scents a reality. At this point, I’ve fine-tuned the difference between a cum smell and an ass smell, and armpits versus under-balls. It’s been fun and funny! Any weird accidents or things I wouldn’t sell? Not really. I’d say one of our starting models has been one of the toughest, Boar Pits. I’ve modified that damn thing three or four times at this point, and it’s still the most mixed-review of the scents. There are some overall favorites, like Daddy Steel’s Jockstrap, Jino’s Jockstrap, Koopa Fireballs, and the new Dingodelicious Ass.

What’s it like behind the scenes… who are the team, and is it being successful?

Behind the scenes, not too much interesting happening! I’m the marketing person and creator of the scent recipes. I make each individual order. My husband, Weasel, handles all the packaging and shipping. Yagi and Negy are our main artists currently, and they’re doing phenomenally. What’s surprised me most has been the steady fucking sales on this. I never would have expected us to get almost daily sales and have two very successful Kickstarters under our belt. Never would have expected it. You know me, Patch. I was doing publishing for years. Got a book sale every other day or so maybe, and that was with having over fifty books in the catalog. But I launch HUFF with three starting scents, and everyone wants a bottle. It’s night and day in comparison. At first, I actually took is as a bit discouraging: as if I was that much of a failure as a publisher. But the support and praise HUFF has gotten has just been so uplifting and encouraging that I couldn’t imagine not doing it at this point.

Have you had any weird reactions?

Weird reactions? Absolutely! As I said, your mileage may vary. Some people smell the oddest things when they get a HUFF scent. Generally, people say we got it on the nose (pun intended), but we’ve had people say that a scent that smells like someone’s ass smelled too floral, and I used zero floral essential oils for that. It’s not that they’re crazy for that! It’s just that there’s sometimes no predicting what a person will think they smell. The art and branding helps guide what a person thinks they smell, but that can only go so far!

How would you attempt to explain this to a normie if they ask about it?

I have explained this to a few normies actually. The way I start is by explaining that some people really like and are attracted to certain smells. Especially in the furry fandom, where an alternate “fursona” is part of your worldview, engaging an extra sense can help with that too. Get a HUFF your-character-here commission, and you can SMELL like your fursona. Or if you wish your boyfriend’s balls smelled a bit more like wet dog, get our Werewolf Balls scent. Or if you want to be clean but still have a musky deodorant, try our Boar Pits. Or if you just wish you could have the Daddy Steel’s underwear in your face at night, just spritz some of his scent on a clean pair of underwear, and you’re good. These scents do a lot of different things for different people.

Are you aware of any comparable things for sale… does this exist in the non-furry world?

Eh, I’ve seen some….themed perfumes out there yeah, and they’re similar to us in terms of composition: essential oil blends. But I haven’t come across a musk-focused company, no, even outside the fandom.

Should users be worried about getting chased by packs of coyotes if they wear this outside?

I mean….if you’re using our Sloppy Foxy scent in a place where coyotes could smell it, hopefully you’re wanting to be chased by packs of them

Am I missing anything else to ask about?

We have had murrsuiters send in sweaty underwear for R&D on their scents And we just launched candles!

Okay, here we go. Not a fan of our usual perfume oil sprays? Well here's your chance to really light up your sex life! Now launching our musk candles! All with our usual scents~ https://t.co/ZZEHwIiqex pic.twitter.com/kw75acddTS

— HUFFaromas (@HUFFaromas) January 20, 2022

Thanks to Howl for helping make a spicy story. Smell ya later!

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Hi, I really need help. At school I’m constantly bullied for being a furry, it has be happening for 4 months. A whole sixth-grade class will bully me when they leave the cafeteria. They supervisors helped on the 3rd month, but they still bully me. Whenever they walk past my lunch table I always get quiet and fell very uncomfortable. It has also been making extremely emotional lately. Do you have any advice?

Skyla (age 11)

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Dear Skyla,

I won't ask how the entire school discovered you are a furry. They know, so now you need to deal with that. You have done the right thing by telling the school about the bullying (and I hope you have also told your parents). Keeping adults informed of what is going on is important. You should also keep track of bullying that happens to you, either by writing it down (include people's names when you know them) or taking pictures of video with your phone (if you have one). If you are being bullied online or on your phone, block all bullies. Do not interact with them; do not reply to them. Just block them. Bullies thrive on knowing they are bothering you, and they slink away like wounded weasels when they know they can't affect you.

This brings us to the most important way to fight bullying. It's not fighting, of course (if you are being physically threatened, report it immediately to the school, your family, and even police). No, the way to fight bullies is to show that what they do doesn't bother you. By this, I don't mean doing what you described where you "get quiet and feel very uncomfortable." That is exactly the kind of reaction bullies like because they know they are getting to you. Bullies do what they do because they can only feel better about themselves by putting other people down and making them feel bad. Groups of bullies (like that 6th grade class) bully a kid that they feel is weak; groups do this as a way to bond socially with each other (they have something in common in that they make fun of a kid they all think is below them). This is wrong, but this is how a lot of immature people behave. 

If you feel confident about yourself and who you are, then bullies can't affect you. For this to work, you have to be comfortable with being a furry. Since you are just 11 years old, I have to guess that you are a furry because you simply enjoy cartoon and animated animals and like the idea of pretending to be like one of these characters, right? There is nothing wrong with that. Liking anthropomorphic (humanlike animal) characters is something that millions of children and adults enjoy. That's why animated movies like Sing, Kung Fu Panda, Madagascar, and Zootopia are so popular, as well as cartoons like Sonic the Hedgehog, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and PAW Patrol and book characters like Winnie-the-Pooh and the heroes in the Redwall stories. There are a lot of reasons why people of all ages like stories featuring animals who talk and act like people, but it would take too long to describe them here in this column, so let's just acknowledge that millions of people read and watch such stories.

If kids at your school ask you why you are a furry, just say, "Well, I just like cartoons and movies and stuff (like the ones I mentioned), like a lot of people do. I even bet you like them, too, right?" Ask them to mention some shows they like, and I bet at least some of them have furry characters in them. And if they ask if you pretend to be a character like that, just say that this isn't weird either. People dress up as monsters for Halloween or Marvel and DC Comics heroes at Comicon. People also like to play video games in which they pretend to be comic book heroes or even (shocking!) furry characters like Sonic, Angry Birds, Spyro the Dragon, Starfox, or Crash Bandicoot. Ask them if they have ever played one of these, and if they have, well, they have enjoyed a furry game!

Once you see that you have nothing to be ashamed about, then their teasing will be senseless and have no power over you. Now, I realize that part of the problem, too, is that you want to be accepted by your schoolmates and not mocked by them, right? Everyone wants to be accepted. But you should only want to be accepted by people who are dope. If you talk to people, you will get to know who is awesome and who isn't. Bullies are phony, and you don't want them as friends. If bullies tease you, my reply is always, "Wow, that would really hurt my feelings if I cared about your opinion or who you are." See, you have to take away their power. You do that by not caring who they are or what their opinions are. People who are mean just to hurt people are not worth your time.

To summarize, this is how to deal with this problem:

1. Be confident in who you are and know that nothing you are doing is bad.
2. Learn to recognize that bullies are not worth your time. Take away their power by not caring what they say.
3. Be open to making friends with people you can find who like cartoons, animated movies, superhero movies, anime, fantasy and sci-fi, and so on.
4. If the bullying continues, continue to keep adults informed about what is happening and keep records by writing it down.
5. Don't forget to enjoy being a furry! Your best revenge is to be happy and enjoy the things you like no matter what other petty people say!

One last thing, if the bullying gets really bad, call the Stop Bullying Now Hotline at 800-273-8255.

Remember, the special people in the world are not normal. Dare to be weird!

Stay Furry!

Hugs,
Papabear
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American convention Megaplex recently shuffled their board of directors. While at it, three furries were removed: Scooby, Stitch and notably, Megaplex founder and president Yappy Fox. The convention says ‘a majority’ of the board felt their leadership styles were not what Megaplex needs. Scooby, Yappy and Stitch put in many years of fantastic work and […]

Dear Papabear,

Hi. 13 year old new furry here. I want to ask my dad if I can get a fursuit. He already knows I'm a furry from snooping on my computer and discord. I don't really know too much of how he feels about it. I also want to attend my local furry con in June. I am really struggling with this new liking. I also want to make friends with furries, but my dad recently made me completely log out of discord and other forums for (reasons) that I will not share here. I hope someone can help me out here!

Victor (age 13)

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Dear  Victor,

Your father is trying to protect you from porn, of which there is a lot on furry websites, as you likely know. At 13, you are too young for such things. The furry fandom was created for adults, not children, but these days a lot of kids as young as 10 are discovering the fandom. It is attractive to them because it relates to many of the cartoons and animated movies young people enjoy watching, and the idea of becoming an anthro animal character can have a lot of appeal to the young imagination.

If you wish to continue exploring your furriness, Papabear's advice to you is that you stop hiding your internet and phone behavior and have an honest discussion with Dad because, at the tender age of 13, you are not going to be able to attend a furcon without his cooperation and support. You are likely going to have a tough time of this, honestly, because it sounds like you have been looking at furporn and possibly indulging in other unsavory behavior. 

Furcons will only allow underage furries to attend if they are accompanied by a parent or guardian. You can't just go by yourself or with a friend.

So, for you to get a fursuit (are you paying yourself or asking Dad to buy it, which will be even harder?) and go to a con, you are going to have to reestablish your connection with Dad. Indeed, you will need a verbal agreement with him to do the following: NOT look at furporn or engage in X-rated roleplay online and be completely transparent with your online and phone activities with Dad (no more hiding what you do; Dad must have complete access to your browser history and more). You will then need time to repair your relationship so that Dad trusts you to be honest with him. Seeing that this is January and the con is in June, I seriously doubt you can fix this in time for the next local furcon.

That said, all hope is not lost. With a lot of work and love, you may be able to get Dad on your side again. You can do this by discussing the fandom openly with him and by showing him such things as the documentary The Fandom by Ash Coyote, which is available free on YouTube here.

Good Luck!
Papabear

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Hi everyone! There have been several announcements recently, here are the highlights: MegaPlex Public Links https://twitter.com/MegaplexCon/status/1480367629973999616?s=20 https://twitter.com/MegaplexCon/status/1480227806722379777?s=20 https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/10101190 https://www.change.org/p/furry-fandom-keep-the-founder-of-megaplex?utm_content=cl_sharecopy_32009025_en-US%3A4&recruiter=1246040008&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=copylink&utm_campaign=tap_basic_share https://megaplexcon.org/about/who/ AnthroExpo https://www.anthroexpo.net/ Furry Invasion https://twitter.com/FurryInvasion/status/1480237943407083524?s=20 https://www.furryinvasion.org/ JMoF (Japan Meeting Of Furries) https://jfpc.asia/en/result/2022/all/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCIZ7hVjsmg Anthro New England https://twitter.com/Anthro_NE/status/1481373739212279808?s=20 https://www.anthronewengland.com/ Ursa Major Awards https://ursamajorawards.org/nominations.htm https://twitter.com/UrsaMajorAwards/status/1482263244890853380?s=20 If you like the work I do please like/follow/share to support the channel I'm on multiple platforms https://twitter.com/GrovelHusky https://www.twitch.tv/grovelhusky https://t.me/grovelreports Subscribe to show support https://www.youtube.com/c/GrovelHusky/?sub_confirmation=1 Grovel Reports Studio made by Kydek https://twitter.com/FluffyKydek Grovel Reports Jan 17th 2022 - A Board Restructure? + New Announcements #megaplex #Ursa #JMoF Banners used in the channel were made by Slushi https://twitter.com/Slushi3Brushi3?s=09 Music created for Grovel Husky by Whooshagg https://whooshagg.com/

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Two conventions cancelled Let’s start with this week’s headlines. Hungarian convention Fursang and US convention Further Confusion cancelled their event this year. Fursang did not release any public statement as of now. Further Confusion says the cancellation was because many event contributors could not attend: staff, panellists, DJ’s, vendors and dealers. At first, they scaled […]

The new year starts! 2022, a brand new start for many. But, COVID-19 hasn’t ended like how everyone wished for. The Omicron variant, found in Nov 2021, is still spreading. Last year, many regions globally loosened pandemic restrictions as COVID-19 stabilised locally and more people got the vaccine. Thus, furry conventions can again hold in-person […]

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How Did JMoF Start? + More about Japanese Furs [FABP E18] ---- In our first episode for 2022, we’re taking you back to Japan again - this time with Luca (Mangluca)! Luca is a rabbit from Japan. He’s been in the fandom since 2006 and works as a staff member for JMoF who works in public relations and translation. We’re excited to finally be interviewing our very first Japanese fur on the show so let’s give Luca, a big awoo! ---- Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 01:28 mangluca joined the fandom 02:53 the first JMoF 04:16 jmof beginnings and history 08:16 what makes jmof special 09:12 jmof dead dog 12:35 favorite jmof moment 13:57 cons popping up in asia 16:32 doujinshi cons 19:05 how to describe japanese furries 21:00 how japanese think of furries 23:05 permission to fursuit in public 25:01 describe furry to normie 29:10 furry as a foreign concept 32:04 differences between japanese and western fandom 33:21 all about vtubers 37:11 LGBTQ+ in Japan 40:41 the future of JMoF 43:17 social media shoutout 44:04 outro Social Media: Our official Twitter: https://twitter.com/foxandburger Fox: https://twitter.com/foxnakh https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCK9xoFQrxFTNPMjmXfUg2cg Burger: https://twitter.com/L1ghtningRunner http://www.youtube.com/c/LightningRunner MangLuca: https://twitter.com/mangluca_en JMoF: https://www.jmof.jp/en/ https://twitter.com/JMoF_en Footage: http://psychowheels.blogspot.com/2011/03/311-japan.html https://www.skyscrapercity.com/threads/toyohashi-japan.1666629/ https://www.pinterest.com/pin/612348880568091505/ https://www.solarehotels.com/en/hotel/aichi/loisir-toyohashi/ https://mykindofjapan.wordpress.com/2018/11/16/types-of-yokai-animal-form/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bake-danuki https://www.foriio.com/works/22919 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDg6iElIwsk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqBvYs8eO6c https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QVSs6DsMKE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuBwCZHlY60 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4S8ftN8Jt4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGjzo5UtZ18 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pR3obcCqQI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0ik_7Wiips https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sidNKV4JXAA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSIdPsnKgrM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-1KVvMxwEo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afBI2icz7v0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zRGAR12oQA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_UIISregp4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFHmMgONy0M https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8alwaRc9nU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tbe2h4L1fpQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJYes-uRvkM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ck2Ob6DVzcY Other pictures and video provided by MangLuca, Pixabay, and hosts' personal footage. Intro/Outro Music: Aioli by Andrew Langdon.

I have been to several furry conventions before. Now with COVID-19, I was unsure how Midwest FurFest was going to handle this pandemic. Midwest FurFest is the largest furry convention in the world. In 2019, they saw more than 11,000 attendees. This year, they took place both in the Hyatt Regency O’Hare and the Donald […]

Dear Papabear,

So, I have a friend group, and the "leader," let's call him Fred (not really), is purrfectly fine with furries (see what I did there?) and couldn't care less. However, if I tell him, the other, not so nice kids are bound to find out, like the notorious Steve (also fake) will go, and I quote, "You're f@&$ing a!$ stupid for being into that porn &h$!." And they will tease me about it. I don't know what to do! Please help! ;w;

Anonymous (age 12)

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Dear Cub,

Ah, group dynamics are a complex thing.  After years (decades, really) of failing to belong to any groups myself, my approach now and forever more will always be to have friendships on a one-on-one basis. You don't have to be friends with everyone in that social circle, especially those who are going to act like "Notorious Steve." Don't worry about that. Why would you want to be friends with haters? Be friends with those who accept you for you, and the others can go take a long walk off a short pier.

This is a good time in your life to learn how to figure out which people are friend material and which ones are shallow and judgmental. If you learn this at the age of 12, you will be way ahead of most people in the world by the time you are an adult.

Remember, you were not put on this planet to get people's approval. You are here to lend a unique voice to the chorus of humanity. Your job is to learn who you truly are as a person and to live your life genuinely, truthfully. 

Hugs,
Papabear

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Guardian Lion and Koru Colt (Yes, him), Ashton Sergal, Harlan Fox

Plus Tier Supporters

Skylos
Snares
Simone Parker
Ausi Kat
Chaphogriff
Lygris
Tomori Boba
Bubblewhip
GW
Moss

McRib Tier Supporters

August Otter

 
MUSIC

Opening Theme: RetroSpecter – Cloud Fields (RetroSpecter Mix). USA: Unpublished, 2018. ©2011-2018 Fur What It’s Worth. Based on Fredrik Miller – Cloud Fields (Century Mix). USA: Bandcamp, 2011. ©2011 Fur What It’s Worth. (Buy a copy here – support your fellow furs!)
Break: Mystery Skulls – Ghost. USA: Warner Bros Records, 2011. Used with permission.
Closing Theme: RetroSpecter – Cloud Fields (RetroSpecter Chill Mix). USA: Unpublished, 2018. ©2011-2018 Fur What It’s Worth. Based on Fredrik Miller – Cloud Fields (Chill Out Mix). USA: Bandcamp, 2011. ©2011 Fur What It’s Worth. (Buy a copy here – support your fellow furs!) S9 Episode 15 – Unlocking Your Resilience - The entire cast gets together to discuss how to be resilient - that is, how you can bounce back from challenges and grow over time. Furries in general are resilient critters, but what's the secret? Take a listen

Welcome to the first 2022 video showing highlights that I've seen in the furry community recently. Several future convention dates are mentioned in this weeks broadcast. Further Confusion is now postponed https://furtherconfusion.org/ The 4th annual Good Furry Award https://www.askpapabear.com/good-furry-award.html BLFC Dealer Announcement https://twitter.com/BiggestLittleFC/status/1476976461533773827?s=20 Fursquared dates https://fursquared.com/dealers Blue Ridge Furfare Dance forms Dance Duel: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdR28Z-nDikSqoHrzbN4VBfhtkZ37IpQV5QLpx_sAP3kz8Jcg/viewform Dance Competition: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeWZXKWj3kXKREQtshmeS324nMYhpJuucnTBspFvCzqHBYmNA/viewform New Years Furry Ball Photo https://twitter.com/newyearsfurball/status/1478793990019420164?s=20 Motor City Furry Con https://twitter.com/MotorCityFurCon/status/1479596208913977344?s=20 Subscribe to show support https://www.youtube.com/c/GrovelHusky/?sub_confirmation=1 Grovel Reports Studio made by Kydek https://twitter.com/FluffyKydek Banners used in the channel were made by Slushi https://twitter.com/Slushi3Brushi3?s=09 Music created for Grovel Husky by Whooshagg https://whooshagg.com/ Grovel Reports Jan 8th 2022 - Whats The Furry News? #furcon #furry #furrynews

Time is a flat circle and it feels like we're back where we began. Wild. 

This week- Fuzz and Savrin discuss the topic of paraphilias, specifically Savrin having read the book "Perv: The Sexual Deviant in All of Us" by Jesse Bering. What a paraphilia is (hint: it's not just the big scary ones) how they develop (thanks Disney) and what you can do about them once you're an adult (accept them and deal with them in as healthy a manner as possible.) 

One thing Savrin did fail to mention in the episode is that for people who seek therapy for dealing with paraphilic issues, finding a therapist certified by AASECT - The American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors and Therapists - Is going to be your best bet, as they're specifically trained on the topics.

Then we talk about the plight of Further Confusion and AnthroExpo in the time of Omicron literally an hour before we found out that FC has been postponed. They could still use your help though.

LINKS -
"PERV" on Alibris - Perv: The Sexual Deviant in All of Us by Jesse Bering - Alibris

AASECT - AASECT:: American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors and Therapists | 

Donate to help Further Confusion by purchasing a supporting membership- Further Confusion 2022 Registration (regfox.com)

Same with AnthroExpo in the drop down- AnthroExpo 2022: CasinOWO Royale (regfox.com)

Telegram fan chat - https://t.me/+6pbv_U1AY95jOWU5 
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Episode 507 - 2020 Plus 2